Every April 25th we pay our respects to Australian and New Zealand soldiers who fought in World War I, at Gallipoli in Turkey. One of the best ways we can show respect to our fallen soldiers is by understanding the breadth of Anzac history.

You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies; you anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows (Psalm 23)

We are all called to accept Jesus and proclaim the Good News of the Gospel to all people.

With our journey through Holy Week Palm Sunday to Easter Day, we are led deeper into a sombre reflection and reverence of the final days of Jesus 's life.

Just like the blind man in last week’s readings, Lazarus represents us all. Lazarus represents all of humanity (all “dead men”) that Jesus loves and wants to liberate from the clutches of sin and death.

Now, he is in the light, not just of his physical sight, but because a deeper insight opens him up to Jesus who is the Light of the world.

The Holy Spirit that is present in Baptism. Baptism, the ritual which is the is the outward symbolic sign of a deep reality, the coming of God penetrating every aspect of a person’s life.

This Sunday we look to the internal struggles within a faith community, faith versus works as the means to be in relationship with God.