In the Sunday Gospel readings over the last couple of weeks, it seems Jesus has been challenging our built-in attitudes with his demands. Moreover, the challenges he sets for us are getting more demanding every week. Today’s non-negotiable demand to forgive every time we have been wronged is pretty much impossible. What’s next? Loving our enemies?

Since moving in a couple of days ago, I’ve met and talked to a number of parishioners. That was a really scary experience! The level of hope, expectations and undeserved (as yet) admiration was terrifying because I know I can’t possibly fulfil those hopes, meet those expectations or match that admiration. It is so because – to paraphrase the classic…

The donkey couldn’t believe his eyes and ears! “A very large crowd spread their cloaks on the road, and others cut branches from the trees and spread them on the road. The crowds that went ahead of him and that followed were shouting.” (Matthew 21:8-9) The donkey couldn’t understand their words but sensed that what was happening was something intensely…

Personalisation is a process of turning something common into something unique. I believe that in certain well-known chain coffee shops, baristas write clients’ first names on their disposable cups. A piece of jewellery turns an ordinary dress into my dress. Stickers on possessions, tattoos on the skin… Noting methods of personalisation can produce an endless list. At the heart of…

I have closely followed the ongoing war in Ukraine since the full invasion in February 2022. I wish the killing would stop immediately, but unfortunately, it doesn’t seem to be happening any time soon. One of the most striking aspects of this struggle is the highly derogatory language employed by both sides. While it’s quite understandable on the invaded side…