For this Sunday’s gospel, in the encounter between Jesus and the Pharisees who bring before him a woman caught in adultery (Jn 8:1-11), we see that Jesus’ words are spare.  Both his few terse words and the gesture of his bending down into the silence twice communicate the new way of God embodied in Jesus.  […]

Chapter Talk – Eighth Sunday of the Year – cycle-C – March 3, 2019 Next Sunday is Lent. This Sunday’s gospel could well be a good teaching to usher us into Lent.  It reveals Jesus’ remarkable understanding of the human heart and soul.  The gospel contains three pericopes and opens with: ‘Can a blind person guide a […]

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