Sunday, 12 October 2025
Set Someone Free – 28th Sunday in Ordinary Time
‘Get up and go on your way.’ (Luke 17:19)
I have a feeling that the diagnostic tools in the time of Jesus were not too sophisticated. God forbid you were prone to eczema, because I have a feeling that you would end up being banished to a life in a leper colony. A life of being ostracised and demonised…
Saturday, 11 October 2025
Obedience to God’s Word – Saturday Week 27 in Ordinary Time
‘Blessed rather are those who hear the word of God and obey it.’ (Luke 11:28)
In this brief yet powerful exchange, Jesus reminds us that true blessedness is not found in status, admiration, or by association, but rather in obedience to God’s Word. The woman in the crowd recognised the greatness of Jesus and praised His mother—a common Jewish act of admiration. Yet Jesus gently…
Friday, 10 October 2025
He is Stronger – Friday Week 27 in Ordinary Time
‘When a strong man, fully armed, guards his castle, his property is safe. But when one stronger than he attacks him and overpowers him, he takes away his armour in which he trusted and divides his plunder.’ (Luke 11:21-22)
I love this image. It’s bold, it’s clear—and it’s deeply personal. Jesus is telling us: I am stronger than whatever has tried to hold you captive. We all have ‘strong men’ in our lives, although they rarely look like the armed guards in this metaphor. They are the forces that…
Thursday, 9 October 2025
Prayer is focussing the energy of the Heart to the One who is all Heart, our God. – Thursday Week 27 in Ordinary Time
‘Ask, and it will be given you; search, and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened for you.’ (Luke 11:9)
It was St John of the Cross who once said, ‘The language that God hears best is the silent language of love!’ Imagine a fish without water. Imagine a bird without the air. Imagine one of us on the journey into the heart and mind of our God without prayer….
Wednesday, 8 October 2025
Learning to Pray is Embracing Dependence on God – Wednesday Week 27 in Ordinary Time
‘Lord, teach us to pray’ (Luke 11:1)
At first glance, the disciple’s request ‘Lord, teach us to pray’ might seem surprising – shouldn’t prayer be an instinctive, natural outpouring of the heart? Well, yes, it is that, but the disciple’s request shows that prayer is something that we can deepen and cultivate. The Lord’s Prayer reflects a…
Tuesday, 7 October 2025
Be Attentive to the Holy – Memorial Our Lady of the Rosary
‘Martha, Martha, you are worried and distracted by many things…’ (Luke 10:41)
Jesus gently but firmly chides Martha, pointing out that in her worry and distraction she has missed what is truly essential. Martha is anxious to offer hospitality and to carry out her duties. To her, these seem both necessary and pressing. Yet she is in the presence of the Lord,…
Monday, 6 October 2025
‘To See or not to See’ – Monday Week 27 in Ordinary Time
‘Go and do likewise.’ (Luke 10:37)
Life is yours if the basis of your living is love. A simple statement and very challenging to live if we take it seriously. Every day we are gifted with numerous invitations to be a ‘good Samaritan,’ to show our love by being generous in our response to the needs…
Sunday, 5 October 2025
Increase our Faith, Lord! – 27th Sunday in Ordinary time
‘Put on your apron and serve me’ (Luke 17:8)
When I read this Gospel, my first thought was, ‘YES! Small faith, trees moving – I am going to write about that! I will just ignore the part about being a servant!’ But after a pause, I wondered why Jesus put these two ideas together. On the surface, it can…
Saturday, 4 October 2025
Belonging to God – Memorial Saint Francis of Assisi
‘rejoice that your names are written in heaven.’ (Luke 10:20)
Today’s Gospel invites us to lean into the heart of our true gift: eternal life. The seventy-two return with joy from their time in ministry, celebrating their victories. Jesus turns their hearts toward the Father’s gracious gift that surpasses all victories: being known and named in heaven. The greatest blessing…
Friday, 3 October 2025
Open to Repentance – Friday Week 26 in Ordinary Time
‘For if the deeds of power done in you had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago, sitting in sackcloth and ashes.’ (Luke 10:13)
Jesus confronts the indifference of hearts that have witnessed ‘his deeds of power’ and yet refuse to repent and accept his message. Chorazin, Bethsaida and Capernaum were towns in Galilee where Jesus performed many miracles, yet they remained largely unresponsive. Tyre and Sidon, Gentile port cities, like Nineveh in the…