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Persistent prayer will always purify the heart
October 17, 2019
The 29th Sunday of the Year Ex 17:8-13; 2 Tim 314 – 4:2; Lk 18:1-8 (Year C) “The Lord will guard you from evil, he will guard your going and coming, both now and forever” (Psalm 120). For people of faith, prayer is the first resort in a time of crisis. Sadly, it is also
Let’s surrender our divisions to the Lord’s healing
October 10, 2019
The 28th Sunday of the Year 2 Kgs 5:14-17; 2 Tim 2 8-13; Lk 17:11-19 (Year C) “All the ends of the earth have seen the salvation of our God. Shout to the Lord all the earth, ring out your joy.” Psalm 97 invites all the nations of the earth to proclaim a salvation that
What to do when our old reassurances crumble
October 03, 2019
The 27th Sunday of the Year Hab 1: 2-3 & 2: 2-4; 2 Tim 1:6-8 & 13-14; Lk 17:5-10 (Year C) “How long, Lord, am I to cry for help while you will not listen?” The prophet Habakkuk gave voice to the sense of abandonment experienced by the inhabitants of Jerusalem following the fall of
Practical concern for the poor is at the heart of the Mosaic Law
September 26, 2019
The 26th Sunday of the Year Amos 6:1 & 4-7; 1 Tim 6:11-16; Lk 16:19-31 (Year C) Throughout the Gospels, and especially in Luke’s Gospel, Jesus described his mission in terms of the poor. Thus he had come to bring good news to the poor, to set prisoners free, and to give sight to the
Understanding the puzzling tale of the dishonest steward
September 19, 2019
The 25th Sunday of the Year Amos 8:4-7; 1 Tim 2:1-8; Lk 16:1-13 (Year C) The Prophet Amos, who confronted the extravagant excesses of Israel’s northern kingdom in the 8th-century BC, could well have claimed to have been the most outspoken of Israel’s prophets. His strident denunciations of the rich had disturbed an insensitive, self-indulgent
What true contrition really means
September 12, 2019
The 24th Sunday of the Year Ex 32:7-11 & 13-14; 1 Tim 1:12-17; Lk 15:1-32 (Year C) “The Lord spoke to Moses, ‘Go down now because your people have made themselves a calf of molten metal and have worshipped it and offered it sacrifice.’” The narrative of the golden calf cannot be dismissed as the
Are we willing to pay the true cost of discipleship?
September 05, 2019
The 23rd Sunday of the Year Wis 9:13-18; Phil 9-10, 12-17; Lk 14:25-33 (Year C) “What man can know the intentions of God? Who can divine the will of the Lord?” This question, attributed to Solomon in the Book of Wisdom, precedes a moving reflection on the wisdom of heart that predisposes faith to communion
Humility is the path to glory
August 29, 2019
The 22nd Sunday of the Year Eccl 3:17-20; Heb 12:18-19 & 22-24; Lk 14:1, 7-14 (Year C) ‘My son, be gentle in carrying out your business. The greater you are, the more you should behave humbly, and then you will find favour with the Lord.” The Book of Ecclesiasticus is a distillation of popular wisdom spanning the
God can’t be known through casual acquaintance
August 22, 2019
The 21st Sunday of the Year Is 66:18-21; Heb 12:5-7 & 11-13; Lk 13:22-30 (Year C) The Book of Isaiah concludes with a vision of unsurpassed hope embracing all the nations of the earth: “The Lord says this: ‘I am coming to gather the nations of every language. They shall come to witness my glory.
Why Jesus says he brings fire to the earth
August 15, 2019
The 20th Sunday of the Year Jer 38:4-6 & 8-10; Heb 12:1-4; Luke 12:49-53 (Year C) “Let Jeremiah be put to death: he is unquestionably disheartening the remaining soldiers in the city, and all the people too, by talking like this…” Jeremiah, together with a host of martyrs reaching down to the present day, was
Like Abraham, we are in search of our homeland
August 08, 2019
The 19th Sunday of the Year Wis 18:6-9; Heb 11:1-2 & 8-19; Lk 12:32-48 (Year C) “Our soul is waiting for the Lord. The Lord is our help and our shield. May your love be upon us, O Lord, as we place all our hope in you.” The responsorial psalm at this Sunday’s Mass calls
The futility of measuring our lives by what we own
August 01, 2019
The 18th Sunday of the Year Eccl 1:2 & 2:21-23; Col 3:11-5 & 9-11; Lk 12:13-21 (Year C) “Make us know the shortness of our life, that we might gain wisdom of heart. In the morning fill us with your love, then shall we exult and rejoice all our days.” The psalmist’s meditation is both a reflection on
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