Bishop David McGough, Author at Catholic Herald

Bishop David McGough

March 03, 2016

Fourth Sunday of Lent Jos 5:9-12; 2 Cor 5:17-21; Lk 15:1-3 & 11-32 (Year C) “The Pharisees and the scribes complained. ‘This man,’ they said, ‘welcomes sinners and eats with them.’” The most consistent complaint against Jesus was that he not only welcomed sinners, but went far beyond the social conventions of his day, sitting

The Father looks for repentance as a farmer looks for fruit on a cherished fig tree

February 25, 2016

Third Sunday of Lent: Ex 3:1-8 & 13-15; 1 Cor 10:1-6 & 10-12; Lk 13:1-9 (year c)

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February 25, 2016

Third Sunday of Lent Ex 3:1-8 & 13-15; 1 Cor 10:1-6 & 10-12; lk 13:1-9 (Year C) “I have seen the miserable state of my people in Egypt. I mean to deliver them out of the hands of the Egyptians and bring them up out of that land to a land rich and broad, a

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February 18, 2016

Second Sunday of Lent Gn 15:5-12 & 17-18; Phil 3:17 – 4:1; Lk 9:28-36 (Year C) Young children dream of what they might become. Their innocence trusts that everything is possible. Long ago Abram, the father of Israel, left the security of a settled home at the bidding of his Lord. He became a rootless

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February 18, 2016

Second Sunday of Lent, Gn 15:5-12 & 17-18; Phil 3:17 – 4:1; Lk 9:28-36 (Year C)

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February 11, 2016

First Sunday of Lent Deut 26: 4-10; Rm 10:8-13; Lk 4:1-13 (Year C) On Ash Wednesday, at the blessing and imposition of Ashes, we were called to our Lenten journey: “Repent, and believe in the Gospel.” Pope Francis, announcing the Jubilee year, has given this Lent a particularly personal dimension. This Lent, he points out,

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February 04, 2016

Fifth Sunday of the Year Is 6:1-8; 1 Cor 15:1-11; Lk 5:1-11 (Year C) Pope Francis, in his recent apostolic exhortation Evangelii Gaudium, on the joy of the Gospel, has invited us to become a missionary Church. Each and every parish has been called to share the Gospel with its neighbours. The Holy Father’s enthusiasm

Don’t feel up to the task of spreading the Gospel? You are not alone

February 04, 2016

Fifth Sunday of the Year: Is 6:1-8; 1 cor 15:1-11; lk 5:1-11 (year c)

Pride led to the downfall of Jerusalem

January 28, 2016

Fourth Sunday of the Year: Jer 1:4-5 & 17-19; 1 cor 12:31–13:13; lk 4: 21-30 (year c)

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January 28, 2016

Fourth Sunday of the Year Jer 1:4-5 & 17-19; 1 Cor 12:31–13:13; Lk 4: 21-30 (Year C) “I have appointed you as a prophet to the nations. They will fight against you but shall not overcome you, for I am with you to deliver you, it is the Lord who speaks.” Such was the ministry

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January 21, 2016

Third Sunday of the Year Neh 8:2-6; 1 Cor 12:12-30; Lk 1:1-4 & 4:14-21 (Year C) The Old Testament Books of Ezra and Nehemiah chronicle the zeal of those who had made a new beginning in Jerusalem after the Babylonian exile. As such, they reflect the enthusiasm and commitment of every radical reform. At the

Any new beginning must be rooted in something deeper than our fragile humanity

January 21, 2016

Third Sunday of the Year: Neh 8:2-6; 1 Cor 12:12-30; Lk 1:1-4 & 4:14-21 (year c)

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