Wednesday, 19 November 2025
Exercise Good Stewardship – Wednesday Week 33 in Ordinary Time
‘Do business with these until I come back.’ (Luke 19:13)
This parable is a challenging and thought-provoking teaching from Jesus about responsibility, faithfulness, and the coming reign of God. The nobleman in the story goes away to be appointed king and entrusts 10 of his servants with money, 10 mina each, instructing them to ‘do business with these until I…
Tuesday, 18 November 2025
Receive Jesus – Tuesday Week 33 in Ordinary Time
When Jesus came to the place, he looked up and said to him, ‘Zacchaeus, hurry and come down; for I must stay at your house today.’ (Luke 19:5)
It is significant that Jesus tells Zacchaeus to hurry, to climb down from his place of observation and come close and then invites himself to Zacchaeus’ house. This moment provokes those around him, and they begin to grumble. They judged Zacchaeus unworthy of Jesus’ time, attention, and intimacy. But what…
Tuesday, 18 November 2025
Receive Jesus – Tuesday Week 33 in Ordinary Time
When Jesus came to the place, he looked up and said to him, ‘Zacchaeus, hurry and come down; for I must stay at your house today.’ (Luke 19:5)
It is significant that Jesus tells Zacchaeus to hurry, to climb down from his place of observation and come close and then invites himself to Zacchaeus’ house. This moment provokes those around him, and they begin to grumble. They judged Zacchaeus unworthy of Jesus’ time, attention, and intimacy. But what…
Monday, 17 November 2025
When Hunger and Hope Collide – Memorial St Eliabeth of Hungary, religious
Then he shouted, ‘Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me!’ (Luke 18:38)
There is a hunger that lives in every human heart, a longing not only to see, but to be seen. In the blind man by the roadside, we witness the ache of all who have waited in darkness, unheard and unseen. Yet when Christ draws near, something begins to stir,…
Sunday, 16 November 2025
Trust in God – 33rd Sunday in Ordinary Time
‘By your endurance you will gain your souls.’ (Luke 21:19)
Today’s gospel passage is set in the Temple grounds in Jerusalem and is primarily about Jesus’ foretelling of the destruction of that Temple. Yet, as with all scriptures, it also speaks an important message to us as we read it today. What Jesus goes on to describe: ‘wars and insurrections…….
Saturday, 15 November 2025
Trust in the Justice of God – Saturday Week 32 in Ordinary Time
‘Yet because this widow keeps bothering me, I will grant her justice’ (Luke 18:5)
It seems Jesus cannot resist persistent women. The woman in this Gospel passage is persistent in her appeals for justice from the unjust judge. The judge gives in only because he wants peace from her pestering. We don’t know the nature of her request other than wanting justice against her…
Friday, 14 November 2025
Preparedness and Detachment – Friday Week 32 in Ordinary Time
‘Those who try to make their life secure will lose it, but those who lose their life will keep it.’ (Luke 17:33)
This morning, as I came to pray over this Gospel, a community of cockatoos held their staff meeting on the clothesline. A couple of wispy dropped feathers later, they flew off suddenly. I was drawn to praise God for their beauty. ‘Jesus said to his disciples….’ So, what is Jesus…
Thursday, 13 November 2025
The Coming of the Kingdom – Thursday Week 32 in Ordinary Time
“The kingdom of God is not coming with things that can be observed; nor will they say, ‘Look, here it is!’ or ‘There it is!’ For in fact, the kingdom of God is among you.” (Luke 17:20-21)
When asked by the Pharisees when the Kingdom would come, Jesus responds, ‘The kingdom of God is not coming with things that can be observed… For in fact, the kingdom of God is among you.’ It would be a lot easier to believe based on what we can see, but…
Wednesday, 12 November 2025
Thank You – Memorial St Josaphat, bishop, martyr
‘But the other nine, where are they?’ (Luke 17:17)
It is not uncommon to hear phrases like ‘people are so rude today’ or ‘we live in such a me centred word.’ I am not certain that we are in the midst of a major moral decline, or that rudeness is triumphing over civility. It seems that there was a…
Tuesday, 11 November 2025
How do we Treat those who Serve us? – Memorial St Martin of Tours, bishop
‘We are worthless slaves; we have done only what we ought to have done!’ (Luke 17:10)
Today’s reading is part of some sayings of Jesus that we can find hard to stomach. He tells his disciples that those who lead others astray should have a millstone tied around their neck and be thrown into the sea; you must rebuke the sinner and forgive endlessly. Then he…