16 Jan Reflections on Taking the Lowest Place
When in the Gospel our Lord tells us to take the lowest place, we shouldn’t assume that being raised to a higher place will sooner or later follow automatically, as...
13 Jan Reflections on Faith
According to the Letter to the Hebrews, Faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen. In other words, Faith appears to be a contradiction....
11 Jan Reflections on Learning to Believe
When the Galilean official whose son is ill first approaches Jesus, does he already believe? In fact it is difficult to say, and probably not very important to decide. Like...
09 Jan Reflections on the ‘Contemplative’ and ‘Active’
When we turn from prayer in order to attend to the needs of others, St Philip Neri speaks of leaving Christ for Christ. What this means, he explains, is that...
06 Jan Reflections on the Circumcision of Jesus
“And at the end of eight days, when He was circumcised, He was called Jesus, the name given by the angel before He was conceived in the womb.” So much...