St Dominic spent his life salting the earth and lighting the world; so, we celebrate him today, in the hope that we may follow him here on earth and so into heaven. To follow the way of Dominic, we need to look at his life. Our Dominic was born at the high point of the Reconquista, that series of military campaigns by a coalition of Christian rulers to retake the Iberian Peninsula. And so, even from the cradle, Dominic had impressed upon him a key principle: heroic efforts

You'll be pleased to know that our group for new and aspiring Catholics is flourishing. Good numbers show up on Wednesday nights for our RCIA group; a similar number have already received initiation this year. Please God, there will be many more. Everyone is always welcome; we’re ready to welcome you as soon as you’re ready. This is the Lord’s work among us and in you. For new Catholics, there is a detachment from the original community. If they’re coming from a Christia

In these parables the Lord is teaching us about how to approach a situation of non-success. This isn’t the same as failure: the Church has not failed, but she has not yet succeeded in every way, especially in the face of evil opposition. Isn't God's Kingdom meant to be unstoppable, unopposable? Shouldn't it be revealed suddenly and gloriously? How does evil persist in the face of divine rule? These parables teach us the same lesson that Holy Saturday does. Christ was sow

The parable of the sower accounts for people falling away from Christ. The wisdom here is attributing, rightly, the cause of that fall away to external factors. None of the causes of falling away is Christ himself; neither is the cause of falling away the person themselves. Other things have been introduced and have worked on them. So, Christ is still credible. He is worthy of our faith. Christ hasn’t set us up for a fall. His Gospel isn’t defective. He didn’t cause tho

The Lord's feeling for the crowds and the action he takes speak to what health and holiness is. We believe health and holiness are when everything works as it is designed to do. Sickness and sin are inhibitors of the Creator’s design. We should just recognise that sickness and sin are used by God to make himself known to us: a sudden cure or a quick turn reveal the hand of God. But apart from that, there remain those times when we must contend with sickness and sin. Then