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Sunday 27 October
Thirtieth Week Ordinary Time Ecclesiasticus 35:12-14, 16-19, Psalm 34,2 Timothy 4:6-8, 16-18, Luke 18:9-14 “Jesus told this parable to those who were convinced of their own righteousness. The Pharisee prayed, ‘thank God I am not like the rest of humanity, greedy and dishonest’. The tax collector stood at a distance and prayed, ‘O God be […]
Sunday 20 October
Twenty ninth week ordinary time. Exodus 17:8-13, Psalm 121, 2 Timothy 3:14-4:2, Luke 18:1-8 “The Lord will guard your coming and going both now and forever”– Ps 121 May the road rise up to meet you.May the wind be always at your back.May the sun shine warm upon your face; the rains fall soft upon […]
Sunday 13 October
Twenty Eighth Week IN Ordinary Time 2 Kings 5:14-17, Psalm 98, 2 Timothy 2:8-13, Luke 17:11-19 “Ten lepers met Jesus, and one of them, realising he had been healed, returned glorifying God in a loud voice; and he fell at the feet of Jesus and thanked him.” The Awareness Examen is an old custom of […]
Sunday 6 October
Twenty Seventh Week in Ordinary Time Habakkuk 1:2-3, 2:2-4, Ps 95, 2 Timothy 1:6-8,13-14, Luke 17:5-10 “I remind you to stir into flame the gift of God … for God did not give us a spirit of cowardice but rather of power and love and self-control.” In this Year of Faith, what are the ways […]
Sunday 29 September
TWENTY SIXTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME Amos 6:1,4-7, Psalm 146, 1 Timothy 6:11-16 , Luke 16: 19-31 The rich are lionised, while the poor are marginalised. Even the example of poor but righteous Lazarus has not corrected this error. What astounds me about this passage is the towering cynicism of the Jews. Deaf to Moses […]
Sunday 22 September
TWENTY FIFTH WEEK ORDINARY TIME 1 Timothy 2:1-8, Amos 8:4-7, Luke 16:1-3 Choose this day…again Swindling and tampering to disadvantage the poor have continued unabated for centuries. Yet money, tainted though it sometimes is, can aid us to lead people to Christ when it fails. Bank collapses, shonky investment schemes, fraudulent traders, even total strangers […]
Sunday 15 September
TWENTY FOURTH WEEK ORDINARY TIME Exodus 32:7-11, 13-14, Psalm 51, 1 Timothy 1:12-17, Luke 15:1-32 Extravagant love The three parables all emphasise God’s extravagant love. He told these parables to the scribes and Pharisees because they had complained Jesus welcomed sinners. In the parables the central characters already have a relationship with something or someone […]
Sunday 8 September
TWENTY THIRD WEEK IN ORDINARY TIMESocial Justice Week Wisdom 9:13-18, Philemon 9-10, 12-17, Psalm 90, Luke 14: 25-33 Detachment When we see people interviewed after a natural disaster standing by houses which have been completely destroyed, they all say that the loss of their possessions doesn’t matter because they are alive. Our faith requires the […]
Sunday 1 September
TWENTY SECOND WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME Ecclesiasticus 3:17-20, 28-29, Psalm 68, Hebrews 12:18-19, 22-24, Luke 14: 1, 7-14 The power of humility Alongside contemporary methods of solving relationship problems such as conflict resolution, negotiation and assertiveness training, humility seems an old-fashioned and even weak choice. Yet, humility is an effective means of resolving any relationship […]
Sunday 25 August
Twenty First Week in Ordinary Time Isaiah 66:18-21, Ps.117, Hebrews 12:5-7,11-13, Luke 13:22-30 We’re no greater than we are within the four walls of our homes Jesus tells us to ‘try to enter through the narrow gate.’ We know from John the gate is Christ. We recognise airport gates, where carry-on luggage is controlled. Our […]
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