Homilies Blog

By The Rev. Canon Joanne Davies, Oblate, SSJD Forgiveness is God’s love and will for everyone. Jesus’ journey to the cross was for all. In being open to all this love we are to let

By The Right Reverend Dr. Susan J.A. Bell Ooh Sisters, (and Brother – and kidlets) today is not an easy feast.  Dare I say, that if we were designing the Church calendar ourselves, we might

Celebrating the Conclusion of Women at a Crossroads 2026 By Sr. Constance Joanna, SSJD The readings this morning seem as though they were chosen specifically for the Women at a Crossroads. They all speak of

By Sr. Constance Joanna, SSJD The first reading this morning from Isaiah is probably one of many peoples’ favourite passages of scripture because it is so full of joy and hope, of the promise of

By Sr. Constance Joanna, SSJD The very first word in the Rule of St. Benedict is “listen” – “Listen carefully, my child, to the instructions of your teacher, and incline the ear of your heart.”

By The Rev. Canon Joanne Davies, Oblate, SSJD If we genuinely seek God’s will for life, and know God in all life, we will automatically place ourselves apart from a world of strategies and powers.

By Michael Burgess “I have fought the good fight, finished the course and kept the faith.” (2 Timothy 4:7). In John Bunyan’s famous allegory of the Christian journey through life, Pilgrim’s Progress, there’s a moment

By The Rev. Canon Joanne Davies, Oblate, SSJD Then he said to his disciples, “The harvest is plentiful, but the labourers are few … “ There are so many people out there needing Love, sustenance,

By The Rev. Canon Joanne Davies, Oblate, SSJD The journey is not about power but the joy of being God’s own, and the love given and received as obedient hope-filled followers of Christ. St Columba, also

By The Rev. Canon Joanne Davies, Oblate, SSJD Jesus, consume me with Your love as I consume You. As a hospital Chaplain…I have been asked, what is happening when I eat the bread and drink