Fr Prodencio Bognay, Assistant Priest at St Agnes’ Catholic Parish, reads from the Gospel of Luke (12: 49-53) in which Jesus tells his disciples, ‘I have come to bring fire to the earth and how I wish it was blazing already’.In a community where there exists an established strong set of beliefs already, [...]
Fr Prodencio Bognay, Assistant Priest at St Agnes’ Catholic Parish, reads from the Gospel of Luke (12: 39-48) in which Jesus tells his followers to stand ready for the Son of Man is coming at an hour you do not expect.Fr Prodencio says our Gospel story today somehow provides us with a mental [...]
On the feast of St Luke the Evangelist, Fr Prodencio Bognay, Assistant Priest at St Agnes’ Catholic Parish, reads from the Gospel of Luke (10: 1-9) in which Jesus appoints 72 and sends them like lambs among wolves.“I am sending you like lambs among wolves”. Fr Prodencio says, we can just imagine that [...]
Anne O’Brien, Director of Mission at St Agnes’ Catholic Parish, reads from the Gospel of Luke (12: 13-21) in which Jesus says, ‘Be on your guard against all kinds of greed; for a person’s life is not made secure by what they own, even when they have more than they need’. Anne says, [...]
Anne O’Brien, Director of Mission at St Agnes’ Catholic Parish, reads from the Gospel of Luke (12: 8-12) in which Jesus says ‘do not worry about how you to defend yourselves or what you to say, because when the time comes, the Holy Spirit will teach you what you should say’. Anne says, [...]
Anne O’Brien, Director of Mission at St Agnes’ Catholic Parish, reads from the Gospel of Luke (12: 1-7) in which Jesus tells his followers to be on guard against the hypocrisy of the Pharisees and that God’s love is great. In this Gospel, Anne says, Jesus uses sparrows to show just how much [...]
Anne O’Brien, Director of Mission at St Agnes’ Catholic Parish, reads from the Gospel of Luke (11: 47-54) in which Jesus continues to call out the Scribes and Pharisees for their actions and hypocrisy. In this Gospel, Anne says, Jesus has most certainly antagonized the Pharisees. He set the scene by publicly criticising [...]
Anne O’Brien, Director of Mission at St Agnes’ Catholic Parish, reads from the Gospel of Luke (11: 42-46) in which Jesus says to the Pharisees and lawyers, ‘Alas for you, because you load on people burdens that are unendurable; burdens that you yourselves do not move a finger to lift’.Reflecting on the Gospel, [...]
Anne O’Brien, Director of Mission at St Agnes’ Catholic Parish, reads from the Gospel of Luke (11: 37-41) in which Jesus says one should not only appear to be good but to actually do what is good. Today in this story, Anne says, Jesus is telling us about the importance of love and what’s [...]
Tony Worner, Leader of Formation at St Agnes’ Catholic Parish, today reads the Gospel of Luke (11:29-32) in which Jesus speaks of the Sign of Jonah.Tony says, the phrase “it is asking for a sign” jumped out at him in today’s Gospel. Tony asks us to think back to Pope John XXIII who called for a ‘renewal’ [...]