Good morning, brothers and sisters. If you’re like me, then you find today’s Gospel rather troubling. The landowner in the parable – who represents God – seems blatantly unfair. We all remember the story: the landowner hires workers for his vineyard first at dawn, then later and later in the day, and finally 5pm … and at the end the ones who worked for only one hour at sunset are paid exactly the same as those who worked a full 12 hours in the sun. This seems obviously unfair – and I’d be...

A very good and very warm morning, brothers and sisters! Today’s readings nicely align with the theme of finding God in silence. In the first reading we have Elijah, one of the greatest prophets in the Old Testament. He was the miracle-worker who called down fire from Heaven on Mt Carmel, defeating the false prophets and enraging Queen Jezebel. In this reading, he has fled Mt Carmel to hide in Mount Horeb, inside a cave. In that seclusion, God speaks to him: he should go outside as the Lord...

Van Gogh - The Sower Good morning, brothers and sisters. It is a beautiful morning today, which is fitting given today’s readings, which all align along the theme of nature -- God’s gift of creation. Let’s start with the second reading. St Paul writes to the Romans that [quote] “all creation is groaning in labor pains even until now…” The created world, the universe as we know it, is waiting for a re-birth. This is an important doctrine we sometimes forget about– that, at the end of time,...