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...
04 Jan Reflections on the Glorious Mysteries
The Resurrection St John invites us to see what love the Father has given us, that we should be called children of God. The love given us by the Father is...
02 Jan Reflections on Love as Beginning and End
Speaking of the Word Who was to become flesh, St John tells us that, in the beginning, all things were made through Him, and without Him was not anything made...