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December 07, 2017
The Second Sunday of Advent Is 40:1-5 & 9-11; 2 Pet 3:8-14; Mk 1:1-8 (Year B) It is significant that the Gospel according to Mark, considered by most to be the earliest of the written Gospels, has no account of the birth of Jesus. Instead his Gospel begins with the call of John the Baptist.
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November 30, 2017
First Sunday of Advent Is 63:16-17 & 64:1 & 3-8; 1 Cor 1: 3-9; Mk 13: 33-37 (Year B) “I never stop thanking God for all the graces you have received. Christ has indeed been strong among you so that you will not be without any of the gifts of the Holy Spirit while you
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November 23, 2017
Christ the King Ez 34:11-12 & 15-17; 1 Cor 15:20-26 & 28; Mt 25:31-46 (Year A)  ”After that will come the end, when Christ hands over the Kingdom of God to the Father, having done away with every sovereignty, authority and power. And when everything has been subjected to him, then the Son himself will
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November 16, 2017
The 33rd Sunday of the Year Prov 31:10-13 & 19-20; 1 Thess 5:1-6; Mt 25:14-30 (Year A)  ‘You will not be expecting us to write anything to you about ‘times and seasons’, since you know very well that the Day of the Lord is going to come like a thief in the night.” St Paul
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November 09, 2017
The 32nd Sunday of the Year Wis 6:12-16; 1 Thess 4:13-18; Mt 25:1-13 (Year A) “O God, you are my God, for you I long; for you my soul is thirsting. My body pines for you like a dry, weary land without water.” The psalmist’s prayer springs from a longing at the heart of humanity.
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November 02, 2017
“O Lord, my heart is not proud, nor haughty my eyes. I have not gone after things too great nor marvels beyond me. Truly I have set my soul in silence and peace. A weaned child on its mother’s breast, even so is my soul.” The prayer of the responsorial psalm, with its call to
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October 26, 2017
The 30th Sunday of the Year Ex 22:20-26; 1 Thess 1:5-10; Mt 22:34-40 (Year A) “The Lord said to Moses, ‘Tell this to the sons of Israel. You must not molest the stranger or oppress him, for you lived as strangers in the land of Egypt.” At the heart of the law entrusted to Moses
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October 19, 2017
The 29th Sunday of the Year Isaiah 45:1 & 4-6; 1 Thes 1:1-5; Mt 22:15-21 (Year A) ”Thus says the Lord to his anointed, to Cyrus, whom he has taken by his right hand. It is for the sake of Israel, my chosen one, that I have called you by name.” These words, spoken in
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October 12, 2017
The 28th Sunday of the Year Is 25:6-10; Phil 4:12-14 & 19-20; Mt 22:1-14 (Year A) “On this mountain the Lord of hosts will prepare for all people a banquet of rich food, a banquet of fine wines, of food rich and juicy, of fine strained wines.” Food, shared with good company, is a universal
Omnium Gatherum
October 05, 2017
Recently I visited the Naval Museum in Madrid, which features the history of the Spanish navy from the 15th century onward. I had read a story a while back that the statue of Our Lady that had graced the quarterdeck of the flagship of John of Austria at the Battle of Lepanto in 1571 had
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October 05, 2017
The 27th Sunday of the Year Is 5:1-7; Phil 4:6-9; Mt 21:33-43 (Year A)  ”Let me sing to my friend the song of his love for his vineyard.” A love song, by its very nature, comes from the heart and speaks to the heart. For this reason the prophet Isaiah chose the language of love
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September 28, 2017
The 26th Sunday of the Year Ez 18:25-28; Phil 2:1-11; Mt 21:28-32 (Year A) “Lord, make me know your ways. Lord, teach me your paths. Make me walk in your truth, and teach me: for you are God my saviour.” The psalmist prayed not only that he might acknowledge God’s truth, but also that he
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