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He is God, not of the dead, but of the living The Word This Week It is fortuitous that this passage of the Gospel is normally read near to the beginning of November, when we have celebrated the feasts of … Continue reading →

The Son of Man has come to seek out and save what was lost. The Word This Week There is a subversive humour in today’s Gospel which turns upside down the conventions of everyday life: we see a senior tax … Continue reading →

The publican went home at rights with God; the Pharisee did not. A few weeks ago (22nd Sunday in Ordinary Time) we had a Gospel about humility in social life – today we hear the Lord reiterating the message, but … Continue reading →

God will see justice done to his chosen who cry to him. The Word This Week Perhaps the hardest Olympic event is the marathon: not only does it demand strength and fitness, but it calls for immense perseverance and endurance. … Continue reading →

No one has come back to give praise to God, except this foreigner. There are many messages in today’s Gospel: the power of God to heal, the compassion of Jesus for those in need, the fact that a despised foreigner … Continue reading →

If only you had faith! The Word This Week Faithfulness, faith and trust. These most invisible and difficult things are what God asks of us – just as we, in our own way, ask them of those who love us. … Continue reading →

Good things came your way, just as bad things came the way of Lazarus. Now he is being comforted here while you are in agony.   The Word This Week Following on from last week (“You cannot be the slave … Continue reading →

You cannot be the slave both of God and money   How easy to take the words of Jesus out of context: “Use money to win you friends,” is one of those lines that sounds strange to us outside the … Continue reading →

There will be rejoicing in heaven over one repentant sinner. The message of God’s forgiveness is one that we are familiar with, but which the Lord still wishes to emphasise. Our human approach to forgiveness is so often flawed – … Continue reading →

None of you can be my disciple unless he gives up all his possessions. This is a very difficult set of readings. The Gospel itself starts with a saying which many find hard to understand: must we really “hate” our … Continue reading →