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.
Devotion: A Heart Ready for God
The word devotion is often misunderstood. We may associate it with particular prayers, religious practices, or moments of spiritual consolation. We speak of devotion to the Sacred Heart, devotion to Our Lady, or devotion to a favourite saint. These are genuine forms of devotion, but St Peter of Alcántara invites…
Who Do You Say That I Am?
A Reflection on Matthew 16:13–20 – Twenty-First Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year A There comes a moment in every relationship when knowing about someone is no longer enough. Something more personal is asked of us. I think we reach just such a moment in this Sunday’s Gospel. Jesus begins with…
The Confessions of St Augustine – Session 01
Confessions Of Augustine Books 1-2 https://youtu.be/IUXygjEfwt8 Book I 1. Opening Praise and Acknowledgment of God Augustine does not begin by telling his life story, but by speaking directly to God: “You are great, Lord, and greatly to be praised.” He immediately recognizes the paradox of prayer: human beings are only…
When Faith Steps Out of the Boat
A Reflection on Matthew 14:22–33 – Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year A) There are moments in the Gospels when a familiar story becomes so well known that we risk overlooking its depth. The account of Jesus walking on the water is one of those passages. We remember Peter stepping…
Into the Deep: leaving the safety of the shoreline.
A Reflection on Luke 5:1-11 There is a moment in Luke’s Gospel that I think captures something essential about the whole Christian journey. Jesus has been teaching beside the Lake of Gennesaret when he tells Simon Peter to take the boat out into deeper water and lower the nets. Peter…
The Treasure Worth Everything
Lectio Reflection – Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time – Matthew 13:44-52 (Year A 2026) As we come to the end of this section of Matthew’s Gospel devoted to the parables of the Kingdom, Jesus gives us several final images: treasure hidden in a field, a merchant searching for fine pearls,…
Articles & Writing from Bishop David Walker
Twenty-Third Sunday in Ordinary Time – Year A
There is a streak in today’s readings that reminds us that our faith goes a…
Devotion: A Heart Ready for God
The word devotion is often misunderstood. We may associate it with particular prayers, religious practices,…
It is written into being
Romans 13:1-10…. Paul’s words in Romans are striking in their simplicity, “The one who loves…
Lectio Reflection – Twenty-Third Sunday in Ordinary Time – Matthew 18:15-20 (Year A 2026)
We’re on that road now!
I was at Mass the other day and the Priest started by wishing everyone a…
