Lectio Divina – Weekly Video Reflections on the Sunday Gospel
We invite you to participate in the Gospal reflection for the next Sunday with Bishop David Walker, Fr John Frauenfelder and Virginia Ryan.
These Lectio Reflections provide the framework to develop our faith life. Our faith is in Jesus who comes to us as the human face of God. Faith life is human life lived in a deeply personal and intimate relationship with Jesus. Jesus is our friend and lover, the most significant point of reference in our life. We need to lead our life conscientiously and intentionally so that all that we do is done within the context of our love relationship with Jesus. Lectio Divina is one of the ways we can develop this.
Mission: Sharing the Life of Jesus with the World
Introduction The Church exists for mission. Every structure, ministry, sacrament, and form of pastoral care ultimately serves the mission entrusted to the Church by Christ: “Go into all the world and preach the Gospel to the whole creation” (Mk 16:15). Yet mission is often misunderstood. It is frequently reduced to…
Following Jesus: The Heart of the Christian Life
We live in a time of great change. The Church has changed in many ways over the past century, and the world around us has changed even more. Sometimes these changes can leave us uncertain. Yet beneath all the changes there is something that never changes: our call to follow…
Trinity Sunday – God So Loved the World
Lectio Reflection – John 3:16-18 (Year A 2026) There are some passages in scripture that are so familiar that we can stop really hearing them. I think this Gospel for Trinity Sunday is one of them. “For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son…” Most of…
The Ascension and the Courage to Go
Lectio Reflection – Solemnity of the Ascension – Matthew 28:16-20 (Year A 2026) There is something deeply moving about the final scene of Matthew’s Gospel. The disciples return to Galilee, back to where so much of it began, and there on the mountain Jesus gives them their final commission. What…
The Way, the Truth and the Life
Lectio Reflection – Fifth Sunday of Easter – John 14:1-12 (Year A, 2026) There are some passages in the Gospel of John that feel less like ordinary teaching and more like standing before a great mystery. This Gospel for the Fifth Sunday of Easter is one of them. It is…
The Road to Emmaus
Lectio Reflection – Third Sunday of Easter – Luke 24:13-35 (Year A, 2026) There is something deeply human about this Gospel. Two disciples walking away from Jerusalem, weighed down by disappointment, confusion, and loss. “We had hoped…” – those words linger for me. They speak of a faith that once…
Articles & Writing from Bishop David Walker
Mission: Sharing the Life of Jesus with the World
Introduction The Church exists for mission. Every structure, ministry, sacrament, and form of pastoral care…
Eleventh Sunday in Ordinary Time – Year A
Today’s readings spell out a theme of being chosen, loved and sent out to proclaim…
Lectio Reflection – Eleventh Sunday in Ordinary Time – Matthew 9:36, 10:8 (Year A 2026)
Following Jesus: The Heart of the Christian Life
We live in a time of great change. The Church has changed in many ways…
On my way to school pick-up…
On a busy afternoon on my way to school pick-up, I zipped to the shops…
