Deacon Bill’s Sunday Gospel Reflections
21st Sunday in Ordinary Time
Deacon Bill reflects on the Gospel of 21st Sunday in Ordinary Time: To believe in Jesus Christ as the Son of God is a gift of faith that is given to those whose hearts are open, enabling them to make a personal and decisive commitment to ...
20th Sunday in Ordinary Time
Deacon Bill reflects on the Gospel of 20th Sunday in Ordinary Time: The gates of heaven are open to those whose faith in Christ is personal, persistent, cheerful and practised daily, especially in the service of others. ...
19th Sunday in Ordinary Time
Deacon Bill reflects on the Gospel of 19th Sunday in Ordinary Time: It is in times of adversity that we must cling ever more, not to ourselves, not even to the Church but to Christ, the Lord of the Church, with the unshakeable faith in his ...
The Feast of the Transfiguration
Deacon Bill reflects on the Gospel of the Feast of the Transfiguration: If we pray as often as we can, then we too, like Jesus, can have our own moments of transfigurations, when the touch of God could lift our darkness and banish our fears ...
17th Sunday in Ordinary Time
Deacon Bill reflects on the Gospel of 16th Sunday in Ordinary Time: True happiness is not found in any earthly treasure; it is only found in Christ; therefore as Christians we are called not by choice but by virtue of our baptismal ...
15th Sunday in Ordinary Time
Deacon Bill reflects on the Gospel of 15th Sunday in Ordinary Time: God’s Word spoken through signs and wonders since the dawn of creation, culminating in the Word made flesh in Jesus Christ, is still alive and active in the world and ...
16th Sunday in Ordinary Time
Deacon Bill reflects on the Gospel of 16th Sunday in Ordinary Time: Although there will always be evil in our world as long as human nature is tainted by sin, we must never allow ourselves to be indifferent to it but with patience and ...