Today’s reading focuses on John the Baptist again, not this time in his role preparing the way for the Messiah, but rather as a witness to Jesus’ Messianic ministry. John the Baptist is in prison […]
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Feast of All Saints – 3rd November 2013 Coming from the Feast of All Saints we remember Saints have pasts, and sinners have futures, if we can’t accept that fact at this stage of our […]
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Mission Sunday – 20th October 2013 Like every other annual celebration or memorial that comes round every twelve months, Mission Sunday again this year runs the risk of ‘been there, done that before’!! about it. […]
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Conscious that “even-you-know-who” can quote scripture to suit himself’ – nonetheless I admit this weekend to finding a very appropriate resonance, not to mention a relevant timely argument in today’s 2nd reading about law and […]
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“Corpus Christi” – The Body of Christ, is the familiar Latin and English expression for today’s feast. The church itself is yet another way of understanding this expression (the Church, that is, as the People […]
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Trinity Sunday – 26th May 2013 Now that the Easter Season has officially ended with the Feast of Pentecost last Sunday – we have begun ‘Ordinary Time’. And as you might expect, ‘ordinary time’ itself […]
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Pentecost 19/05/2013 I remember once reading that “what God wants from us is spiritual fruits not religious nuts” That fruit ‘n’ nut observation has particular relevance on this Pentecost weekend. It’s the Mystery of Spiritual […]
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Ascension Sunday 12th May 2013 Welcome to Ascension Sunday! ‘(God be with the days when we used to say welcome to Ascension Thursday)’. Who says the Irish Hierarchy don’t take decisions that affect a real […]
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Just two weeks now after Easter Sunday and we’re still very much sharpening our focus on the “initial” impact of these first post resurrection days on the lives of Jesus’ Apostles and his friends. […]
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Welcome toPalm Sunday 2013, and welcome too to Holy Week that begins with this day. The next week can be as different or as ordinary as you choose to make it – in terms of […]
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