Contemporary word: We are one
Do you remember the first prayer you were taught?
Contemporary word: Last words
I’ve no doubt that many of you have received wonderful ‘last words’ from somebody you respect, or love.
Contemporary word: Radical love
Professor Isaac Asimov, was a master of science fiction. One of his books is called “The Naked Sun”. In it he weaves a story about a future planet called Solaria.
On Solaria each person lives in absolute luxury but also in extreme isolation.
Contemporary reflection: What’s in a name?
Names have histories and stories and traditions attached to them. Names, and how we are named by and name others, can be life giving or life limiting.
The Contemporary Word: Failure, Forgiveness, Calling
On the waters of Lake Galilee – some time after Jesus had appeared to the disciples in a closed room, Peter and some of the other disciples, went back to doing what they knew best – fishing.
The Contemporary Word: Doubts! Are they okay?
Have you ever had doubts? What sort of doubts have you had as far as the Christian faith is concerned?
The Contemporary Word: Easter
I don’t know about you, but I certainly can’t explain the resurrection fully – probably not even partially. For me it’s mystery, and all attempts at rational explanations fail.
The Contemporary Word: Extravagant love
In each version of this story, which is told in every gospel, Mary says not a word.
Yet, in her silence, her actions could be said to sing: to sing of compassion and of extravagant love.
‘A letter to my home’
HOMILY: “I was young when I left home / But I been out a-ramblin’ ’round / I never wrote a letter to my home / To my home, Lord, to my home / And I never wrote a letter to my home …”
‘Lest disaster speak the last word’
HOMILY: Into a context of urgent and exasperated teaching on Jesus’ part (teaching about the need for love, the decision for love and life in the kindom) come two stories.