Early in John’s Gospel we were told: ‘God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.’ (John 3:16) Here in today’s...

In tonight’s Gospel, we are not told much about the actual meal, as we are in the other Gospels. All we have is that they were at ‘supper’ (John 13:2) ,during the course of which Jesus ‘dipped...

As the longest Psalm in the Bible, Psalm 119 comprises 176 verses. Its message sings the praise of Israel’s Law and describes how the faithful should respond to the gift of God’s self-...

Today’s Gospel speaks of almsgiving, prayer and fasting. These were the three aspects of piety that were most highly esteemed in Jesus’ day. Almsgiving was particularly important at that time...

‘And when they saw [the baby lying in a manger], they made known the saying that had been told them concerning this child.’ (Luke 2:17) Shepherds were held in such poor esteem by the wider society in...