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Feast of St Michael and All Angels (1 October)

Saint Thomas Aquinas taught that every human being is assigned a guardian angel. The archangels are next in the hierarchy of angelic spirits and serve humanity directly, performing the most important tasks, and today we honour three of them. Michael, whose name means ‘Who is like God’, is mentioned several times in the Bible. Michael…

Seventeenth Sunday after Pentecost

Our Gospel passage is taken from Matthew, Chapter 20 If taken literally, the parable of the Labourers in the Vineyard would likely raise the hackles of any business person, whether in the corporate or not-for-profit world. This parable is certainly not about a fair wage or just recompense for work. In fact, it goes against…

Sixteenth Sunday after Pentecost (17 September)

The Gospel passage for today is found in Matthew, Chapter 18 In a sense, our Gospel today is an ideal Gospel to ponder any time we want to get our spiritual lives in order. Approaching today’s Gospel passage in context, you can almost discern a not-so-subtle storm brewing among the disciples over which of them…

Fifteenth Sunday after Pentecost (10 September)

Our Gospel passage this week comes from Matthew, Chapter 18 Today’s Gospel passage parallels with the Gospel from two Sundays ago. Both passages use the word ‘Church’ – the only two places the term appears in the Gospels – and both passages speak of binding and loosing, and even though this passage is primarily concerned…

Fourteenth Sunday after Pentecost (3 September)

Our Gospel passage today comes from Matthew Chapter 16 Verse 21 from today’s chapter marks a transition in Matthew’s story as Jerusalem and its events begin to loom large. Immediately after Peter’s confession from last Sunday, Jesus turns his attention to the cross – his own cross and the one appointed for each person who…

Thirteenth Sunday after Pentecost (27 August)

Today’s Gospel passage comes from Matthew, Chapter 16 Peter’s historic confession of faith in Caesarea Philippi stands as one of the great affirmations in the Gospels. Matthew presents it almost as a blurt – unanticipated, not overtly foreshadowed in the previous passage. Today’s Gospel scene takes place about twenty miles north of the Sea of…

Twelfth Sunday after Pentecost (20 August)

This week’s Gospel passage is found in Matthew Chapter 15 Matthew’s story of a Canaanite woman follows a controversy with some Pharisees and scribes. He recalls the encounter between Jesus and the Jerusalem authorities, not just to record this memorable exchange. Matthew is writing to the church of his day, a church that is an…

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