Category Archives: Geoff Wood Blog

“Jesus came and stood in their midst and said to them ‘Peace be with you.”             It’s consoling to know that no matter how firmly we lock our doors, Jesus can still break in upon our privacy, bringing with him … Continue reading →

Do you think that I have come to bring peace on earth?  No, I tell you, but rather division.  Luke 13:51             In last week’s Gospel did Jesus really do the man born blind a favor?  Would it not have … Continue reading →

Lazarus In a brief play called “Calvary” by William Butler Yeats, Lazarus appears amid the crowd watching Jesus carry his cross up that tragic hill.  The people press forward: To shout their mockery: ‘Work a miracle,’ / Cries one, ‘Save … Continue reading →

Not deep enough! Samaritans were distant cousins to the Jews, traceable to the Israelites (peasants?) who remained in Palestine around 587 BC when the elite Jewish priests, aristocrats, scholars and bourgeoisie of Judea were carried off to Babylon.  The physical … Continue reading →

Not all the king’s horses nor all the king’s men . . .    Conversion is rarely a sudden thing.  It often plays itself out over time.  For example, today we read of Abraham’s first call to follow God out … Continue reading →

“I was afraid, because I was naked, so I hid.”             What’s happening in the news today is not history.  You might call it “current events” but not history.  If it is worth anything it will be called history after … Continue reading →

“Act as if ye had faith . . . and faith will be given to you.”             For the last few weeks we have been reading each Sunday passages from St. Matthew’s Sermon on the Mount.  Jesus’ basic theme is … Continue reading →

Have you not known? Have you not heard? The Lord does not faint or grow weary . . .   He gives power to the faint, and to him who has no might he increases strength.  Even youths shall fall exhausted; but … Continue reading →

This little light of mine, I’m gonna let it shine . . .             The Church celebrates the birth of Jesus on December 25th, the day of the year (the winter solstice) when the sun rises lowest on our horizon, … Continue reading →

“Work is for people who don’t know how to fish.” Anonymous.             Last Sunday we heard Matthew’s Gospel about the call of Jesus’ first disciples.  It’s a brief account, little descriptive detail.  Jesus comes along, sees Peter and Andrew fishing … Continue reading →