Book: Luke

The love of Christ draws us into a radically deeper set of love relationships, but don’t expect them to be understood by those outside the faith.

When Jesus invites us to join the feast, and to invite others as well, some people need reassuring to get them in the room, while others need challenging to make space, but the invitation is there for all of us and it’s genuine.

The sacred is all around us and within us, but don’t make the mistake of trying to regulate it.

We are faced with a choice, a crisis, each time we hear the Word, which slices through our souls, our families, our values, and demands our commitment without reservation.

Christ calls us to continue to grow in the measure of our love, prayer and good works.

God’s grace is lavished on all who will receive it, but some of those who have every right to it refuse to receive it unless they are singled out.

The Catechumenate, and the annual Lenten journey, are about writing the Word of God into our hearts so that it can protect us from evil and bear fruits of righteousness.

With Jesus as our pattern, we find a new identity in our uncompromising allegiance to God’s ways.

The risen Christ confronts us with both the gruesome consequences of our violence and the terrifying shock of grace.

After the big event of Christmas, it is faithfulness in our everyday living that produces growth and godliness.

The decision to repent and accept Christ’s gift of forgiveness and life involves a life change which includes a new willingness to honour and serve Christ in the stranger.

When hopes have been extinguished and all is despair, God comes back.