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There are all kinds of blindness - physical, lack of insight or perception, an unwillingness to see a confronting reality, and so on. For many weeks now we have travelled with Jesus and the disciples as they head towards Jerusalem.…
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At the heart of so much politics, social media and TV reality shows sits an awful truth - our need to 'lord it over' one another; to control, dominate and destroy others in a relentless struggle to get to the…
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In the Jewish tradition, wealth was seen as a blessing from God and the wealthy person as especially favoured by God. Along with the idea of divine blessing and favour came a divine obligation (often ignored) – the care of…
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For the first time in 80 years members of the Catholic Church in Australia will meet together in the first Assembly of the Plenary Council. The Assembly will be composed of lay people, religious, priests and bishops reflecting on the…
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No doubt, many will find this Sunday’s Gospel difficult reading. Among Jewish scholars and rabbis of Jesus’ time there was often fierce debate about the grounds for divorce permitted by Jewish Law (Deuteronomy 24:1). As the Gospel recalls, a man…
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The disciples are on a steep learning curve as Jesus instructs them about what true discipleship is all about. True discipleship is not about holding the mystery of the Kingdom to our self, to dispense as we see fit, deciding…
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