Whatever the thoughts and feelings Simon experienced, he stands in stark contrast to Jesus, who day in and day out selflessly walks with us as we carry the crosses that come our way - crosses of our own making and crosses given to us by others, reflects Br Julian McDonald. Sometimes we let those crosses feed our bitterness, at other times we allow them to transform us, to contribute to our growth and development as human beings, as followers of Christ.

All of us Christians, worthy of the name, have a responsibility to reflect, in our words and actions to one another and to everyone we encounter, something of the person and the Gospel of Jesus, writes Christian Brother Julian McDonald.

“God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him may not be lost but have eternal life” is a statement that has captured the attention of countless Christians and given them hope, writes Christian Brother Julian McDonald.

This Sunday’s Gospel story of Jesus and the money-changers in the Temple, constitutes an invitation to each of us to pause and reflect on what it is that makes us angry enough to want to change ourselves, our Church and the injustices that pertain in that part of the world to which we belong, writes Br Julian McDonald CFC.

The Transfiguration of Jesus was the moment of revelation to Peter, James and John of the divine dwelling deep within Jesus. It was a revelation of the goodness and love of God alive in him and reaching out to the world, writes Christian Brother Julian McDonald.