Yesterday’s announcement of Cardinal George Pell’s conviction for sexual abuse is another sickening example of the endemic culture of sexual abuse within the Catholic Church. Of course, other denominations have not been without their offenders, but the problem does seem particularly endemic within the Catholic Church. Just last week, on 21st February, the book, “In …
Month: February 2019
After Jesus’ compassionate miracle of turning water into wine (discussed in my post last week), the very next incident recorded in John’s Gospel portrays a completely different side to Jesus’ character. We find Jesus becoming extremely angry with people, to the point where he becomes physically violent. It is the incident where Jesus drives the …
Following on from last week’s post, (“The Danger of the Familiar”), let me now share some thoughts about the familiar passage that prompted my pontifications; the “water into wine” miracle recorded in John chapter 2. There may be nothing new in what I now share, but as I explained last week, that doesn’t matter. It …
This week I read, again, the account of Jesus turning water into wine, recorded for us in the second chapter of John’s Gospel. Reading such a familiar passage is a challenge, because our tendency is to gloss over it. Familiarity tends to dull the mind. It inures us to profundity. It desensitises us to the …