In the Gospel today Jesus institutes, the Sacrament of Reconciliation (confession). Jesus appears to His Apostles  – after His crucifixion. The Apostles are in a room – the doors and windows are locked – but Jesus appears in the room. Then Jesus breathed  on the Apostles.  The fact that Jesus ‘breathed’ on the Apostles is very significant. There are only a few times recorded in the Bible, where God breathed (and Jesus, is of course, God). The first time God breathed was when He created the...

GOSPEL REFLECTION   …   When Our Lord died, the disciples of Jesus were devastated and traumatised. They had put all their hopes in Jesus, that He would be the One who would save them from the Romans & restore God’s Kingdom as it was before the Fall. Instead, it appears that evil had won, but nothing could be further from the truth. God is always completely in control! In the early hours of Sunday morning something happened which was greater than any imagination or dream could have been,...

PASSION SUNDAY   This week, Holy Week, Our Lord taught us how to live and how to love. There are many lessons we can learn from Our Lord’s Passion and Death.    One lesson is forgiveness. We, mankind, are sinners. Our Lord has good reason to punish us, but instead, He punished Himself. By His Passion and Death, Our Lord took our punishment on Himself and removed all punishment from us.    Our God and Our Creator, who is innocent, chose to suffer a cruel Passion and Death so that we, His...