Reflections from Fr Claude

Fourteenth Sunday of the Year For the last four Sundays Mark’s gospel has portrayed the success of Jesus’ ministry where the crowds listened to his teachings, expressed in parables; witnessed the healing of the...

Thirteenth Sunday of the Year The first reading from the Book of Wisdom tells us that God ‘does not rejoice in the destruction of the living, for God fashioned all things that they might...

12th Sunday in Ordinary Time Jesus’ calming the storm is the first nature miracle in Mark. Writing about a storm, Parker Palmer says: ‘It swirls around us as economic injustice, ecological ruin, physical and...

11th Sunday in Ordinary Time In today's Gospel, Jesus describes the hidden growth of seeds. One wonders if he had an outrageous sense of humour or had no clue about farming as mustard sabotages...

Tenth Sunday of the Year This week’s readings are about matters of the heart – but if we need a soft and cuddly Jesus, or one to affirm our sense of order, or our...