Upcoming Parish Events

Date	Time	Event
Wednesdays	10.45 am/6 pm	60+ Club / Yoga & Meditation
Second Tuesday	7.30 pm	Spiritual Evening
Second Saturday	4.30 pm	Youth Group Meeting (11-14 yrs)
Third Fridays	7.30 pm	Bible Study
Fourth Sunday	10.30 am	Family Mass (No Catechism)
14 June 2026	3.00 pm	Parish Synodal Team Meeting
21 June 2026	10.30 am	Family Mass – Fathers’ Day
21 June 2026	3.00 pm	Parish Finance Team Meeting
28 June 2026	10.30 am	Summer Garden Party& Intenational Day
25 July 2026	3.30 pm 5.30 pm	Children’s ‘Splish Splash Summer Bash’

Homily for 11th Sunday in Ordinary Time

My dear brothers and sisters in Christ,

Today we return to Ordinary Time after celebrating the great Feast of Corpus Christi. Jesus looks upon the crowds with compassion. He sees people who are tired, searching, wounded, and longing for meaning. Then He says:

“The harvest is plentiful, but the labourers are few.” (Matthew 9:37)

I would like to start with the life story of a person. Two thousand years ago there lived a man who was considered insignificant by many. He was a fragile fisherman. Many days he returned home with empty nets. His village regarded him as unlucky. He wanted to be useful. He wanted his life to count for something, but nothing seemed to work.

One morning, while washing his empty nets, he met a stranger.

The stranger looked at him differently.

Most people looked at him with judgement. Some looked at him with disappointment. Others barely noticed him at all.

But these eyes were different.

They were eyes beyond judgement.

They were eyes that saw not what he was, but what he could become.

They were eyes that saw his hidden potential.

Then the stranger said only two words:

“Follow me.”

The fisherman looked into those eyes and saw a promise he had never seen before. Leaving behind his nets, his boat, his failures, and even his fears, he followed Him.

That fisherman was Simon Peter.

There was another man, Peter’s brother Andrew. He was a seeker, searching for truth. He had listened to many teachers. Many spoke as though they knew everything, yet their words left him empty.

Then he encountered Jesus.

In Jesus he found not merely another teacher but Truth itself.

There was a wisdom beyond all human wisdom, a voice that seemed to come from eternity itself—the very voice that once said, “Let there be light.”

And when Jesus said, “Follow me,” Andrew left everything and followed Him.

Every disciple had a story.

Some were fishermen.

Some were learned.

Some were young.

Some were old.

Some were impulsive.

Some were thoughtful.

Some were saints in the making.

Some carried many weaknesses.

Yet Jesus called them all.

He did not call the qualified.

He qualified those He called.

That is the mystery of God’s way.

When God chooses people, He does not first look at their achievements. He looks at their hearts.

My dear brothers and sisters, today we are the new disciples.

Like the Twelve, we come from different walks of life. Some of us carry successes; others carry disappointments. Some feel strong in faith; others struggle. Some feel useful; others wonder whether they matter at all.

Yet Christ looks at each one of us with the same compassionate gaze.

He sees beyond our failures.

He sees beyond our fears.

He sees beyond what others think of us.

He sees the person we can become.

And today He still says:

“Follow me.”

The harvest is still plentiful.

There are children who need guidance.

Families who need support.

Elderly people who need companionship.

Neighbours who need kindness.

A parish that needs willing hearts.

The question is not whether God is calling.

The question is whether we are listening.

St Augustine once said:

“God does not choose people because they are worthy; He makes them worthy because He has chosen them.”

May we never think we are too small, too weak, or too ordinary for God.

For the same Lord who transformed Peter, Andrew, and the Twelve can transform us.

May we have the courage to leave behind our fears, trust His call, and become labourers in His harvest.

Amen.