Thoughts and Reflections

Acts 2:14a, 36-41/ Ps 23(22)/ 1 Peter 2:20b-25/ John 10:1-10 Imagine the terror that set in on Holy Thursday when Jesus had been arrested. His closest friends, the ones who had spent three years with Him, eating with Him, and watching Him perform miracles, fled to the locked upper room. Peter, the man who had just sworn he would die for Jesus, was so terrified that he denied even knowing Him. He was a sheep who had lost his shepherd, paralysed by the wolves closing in around

Acts 2:14, 22-33/ Ps 16(15):1-2a, 5. 7-8. 9-10. 11/1 Peter 1:17-21/ Luke 24:13-35 In the Gospel passage today, two disciples are walking down the road to Emmaus when an extraordinary encounter changes their lives for ever. They are joined by none other than the Creator of the Universe, the Saviour of the world, but because He looks like any other traveller on an ordinary road, they do not recognise Him. We might ask ourselves: How often does God join us in the ordinary moment

Acts 2:42-47/ Ps 118(117)/ 1 Peter 1:3-9/ John 20:19-31 Imagine being in that locked upper room with the disciples on the evening of the Resurrection. Struck with fear, confusion, and uncertainty. then, suddenly, Jesus is standing right there in the room, large as life. He breathes on them and says, "Peace be with you." That same breath of the Holy Spirit is blowing over us today, God is inviting us into an adventure of faith, healing, and absolute trust. Today is the Second

Acts 10:34a, 37-43/ Psalm 118(117):1-2. 16-17. 22-23/ Colossians 3:1-4/ John 20:1-9 Imagine running to the tomb on that first Easter morning, heart pounding with grief and confusion. You arrive and see the stone rolled away, the tomb empty except for the grave clothes. That same empty tomb is calling to us today with the greatest news in history. Today is not just a remembrance of a past event, it is a living reality. Jesus is risen. In the Gospel today, we hear about the oth

Matthew 21:1-11/ Isaiah 50:4-7/ Ps 22(21)/ Philippians 2:6-11/ Matthew 26:14-27:66 People today come to public notice for all sorts of reasons, politicians, athletes, celebrities, are subject to viral videos and become popular heroes overnight. Millions praise them, their images appear everywhere. Then, just as quickly, they can be demonised, rejected, the same people who praised them one day will decry them the next. Praise turns to hatred, the crowd demands the person be ca