Well, if you’ve ever wanted to know what it's like to be God, today is your chance. I hope you're not too disappointed if the experience wasn't of wondrous power or creative knowledge. The Lord’s parable answers the question: what is it like to receive prayer? Making prayers is a task we have some affinity with already. There are our common prayers of the Mass and Divine Office, and private prayers at other times. I love seeing our votive candle trees all lit up. Each can

At the end of his mortal life with us, Jesus cried out: “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?” That is, the Son of God called on his Father in the depths of suffering and distress. It was a dark day for humanity when the Son saw his abandonment, when not even God’s only Son seems to catch heaven’s ear. There are uncertainties about him saying “Why have you forsaken me?”: is he quoting a psalm? Has he lost sight of heaven? Is he showing us what to do? In what sense i

The first Mass, the original Mass, the one which Jesus himself offered, took a whole day to say: from sunset on Holy Thursday to sunset...

“Increase our faith” is the prayer of those who have judged themselves. And as soon as we realise that self-judgment is in view, our...

The rich man didn’t go to Hades because Lazarus suffered; he went to Hades because he knew Lazarus and his suffering, but did nothing...

You’ll be pleased to know there’s no character in the Lord’s parable worth imitating just as they are. We have to take the best...

Jesus’ words to Nicodemus are crucial because they show us how to read his earthly life and death. They’re like lenses which we put on...