Gospel Reflection 22 May 2022
Reflection on the Gospel-Easter 6C (John 14:23-29) -Veronica Lawson RSM “Take from my heart all painful anxiety.” This is the prayer of the first Sister of Mercy, Catherine McAuley. It …
Prayer and Reflection
Gospel Reflection 15 May 22
Reflection on the Gospel -Easter 5C (John 13:31-35) -Veronica Lawson RSM The literary context for today’s gospel reading is Jesus’ final meal with his disciples. Jesus has washed the feet …
Gospel Reflection 8 May 22
Reflection of the Gospel-Easter 4C (John 10:27-30) -Veronica Lawson RSM Listening is important. Having the capacity to hear is even more so. Today’s gospel is wonderfully reassuring for those who …
Gospel Reflection 1 May 22
Reflection on the Gospel-Easter 3C (John 21:1-19) -Veronica Lawson RSM John 21 represents an addition to the original gospel text of John 1-20, an epilogue that centres on a third …
Gospel Reflection 24 April
Reflection on the Gospel-Easter 2C (John 20:19-31) -Veronica Lawson RSM This weekend we celebrate the second of eight Sundays of the Easter Season that culminates in the Feast of Pentecost. …
Gospel Reflection 17 April
Reflection on the Gospel-Easter Year C (Easter Vigil Luke 24:1-12; Easter Sunday John 20:1-9) -Veronica Lawson RSM It is not always wise to discount someone’s story just because it sounds …
Gospel Reflection; Passion Sunday 10 April
Reflection on the Gospel-Passion Sunday Year C (Luke 22:14-23:56) -Veronica Lawson RSM Jesus of Nazareth is executed in Jerusalem when the city is filled with pilgrims who are there to …
John 8:1-11
Reflection on the Gospel-5th Sunday of Lent Year C ( John 8:1-11) Veronica Lawson RSM Historian Gerda Lerner has demonstrated that patriarchy emerged some 3000 years ago with the invention …
Gospel Reflection
Reflection on the Gospel-4th Sunday of Lent Year C (Luke 15:1-3, 11-32) -Veronica Lawson RSM Unfailing forgiveness and arms open to welcome back wayward sons and daughters is a key …
Gospel reflection John 4: 1-42
Reflection on the Alternative Gospel – 3rd Week in Lent (John 4:1-42) -Veronica Lawson RSM A woman of Samaria comes to draw water from the well of Jacob, Israel’s great …