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30th SUNDAY OF ORDINARY TIME
You must love the Lord your God, and your neighbour as yourself When you look at something like the Catechism of the Catholic Church, and see its 691 pages, or look at the 2,000 pages of the big Jerusalem Bible, … Continue reading
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29th SUNDAY OF ORDINARY TIME
Everyone on this earth belongs to God. All are made in his image. Therefore it is right that all men and women, ‘from the rising to the setting of the sun’, should know the God to whom they belong. … Continue reading
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28th SUNDAY OF ORDINARY TIME
The Church’s year is drawing to a close: in a few weeks we will be thinking very clearly about the end of time – but here we have a preview. The parable of the banquet is a link between the … Continue reading
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27th SUNDAY OF ORDINARY TIME
“He will lease the vineyard to other tenants.” Today we focus on the vineyard: frequently we see the vineyard as an image or parable of the Kingdom of God. A vineyard takes a great deal of work, throughout the year; … Continue reading
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26th SUNDAY OF ORDINARY TIME
Once a sinner, always a sinner.” That seems to be the attitude of the self-righteous in the first reading and the Gospel; they object that God is unjust, because he gives sinners another chance. But God tells them quite … Continue reading
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25th SUNDAY OF ORDINARY TIME
We can never hope fully to understand God: especially God’s generosity. We are very good at working out who is deserving of good fortune and who is not – unfortunately for us, God’s gifts go to those God chooses, not … Continue reading
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EXALTATION OF THE HOLY CROSS
We will sometimes interrupt our usual cycle of Sundays for this Feast, which therefore also interrupts the usual pattern of readings. Today all the readings harmonise with the central theme, which is, of course, the cross. There are many ways … Continue reading
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23rd SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
If he listens to you, you have won back your brother. No man is an island…” How true this is for those who follow Christ: each of us has responsibilities towards each other, based on our ‘debt of mutual … Continue reading
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22nd SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
If anyone wants to be a follower of mine, let him renounce himself. A quick glance at last week’s Gospel reveals the interesting development of the story: last week, we heard Peter proclaiming that Jesus was the Messiah, and being given … Continue reading
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21st SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
There is a very simple theme to this Sunday’s readings: it is the principle of authority in the community of the Church: we are introduced to the idea that God gives authority to someone in the first reading, where Shebna … Continue reading
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