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Mary for Today: Mary in the Year of Faith:
‘Always a Virgin’ Theology and Physicality: This belief comes from tradition rather than Scripture or a definitive council. Only the virginal conception of Jesus is directly mentioned in the New Testament, where the emphasis is placed not so much on Mary or on virginity as such, but on Jesus and the great new event signified […]
The Man with the Flowers
A Story by Michelle O’Neill I was four when it happened. I was woken from sleep one night by something crashing against a wall. My baby brother George started crying and then I heard my mother’s voice screaming “No, No, No!” My father shouted “Are you crazy? You nearly hit me. You’re frightening the baby. […]
St Joseph, Mainstay of Families
One of the invocations in the Litany of St Joseph that strikes a chord for me is St Joseph, Mainstay of Families, pray for us. We look in the Scripture and find precious little about St Joseph, but what little there is, is precious. He links Jesus to Israel .When he accepts Mary’s baby as […]
St Joseph and the Three Ps
In early October 2012 the Church marked the 50th anniversary of the start of the Second Vatican Council. The occasion saw the publishing of a number of books about that Council and a reviewer in the London Tablet suggested that those interested would do well to read the Council Documents again before tackling anything else […]
Talking With Mary
We pray to Mary . The Hail Mary is the most concise, all-embracing prayer one could dream up, and the Rosary enshrines an unparalleled expression of communal devotion. But do we ever talk with Mary? Her life has so many features in it that correspond to our own that we can bring it into our […]
Mary for Today – Mary in the Year of Faith: Mother of God.
We need to capture again the meaning of the four Marian dogmas; they are more than statements of belief. They are four major affirmations about Mary. They can be, and must be, made relevant to people in their present circumstances if they are to have meaning today. They are not all from the same period; […]
Tuesday 1 January
Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God Numbers 6: 22-27; Ps 67: 2-3.5.6.8 (2a); Galatians 4: 4-7; Luke 2:16-21 Mary treasured all these things The Lord blesses us and keeps us, and lets his face shine on us, and brings us peace. He adopts us as daughters and sons, and has sent the Spirit of his […]
Sunday 30 December
The Holy Family of Jesus, Mary and Joseph 1 Samuel 1:20-22. 24-28, Ps 84, 1 John 3:1-2. 21-24, Luke 2:41-52 Love in the family The family is a beautiful reflection of the life of God, for there we learn the warmth of love and the comfort of healing. It is in the smile of our […]
Tuesday 25 December.
Christmas Day Isaiah 9:1-7, Ps 96, Titus 2:11-14 Luke 2:1-14 (Midnight Readings) God loves me What is my memory of past Christmases? Happy times and family for most, but for some perhaps sadness and loneliness. However for all of us there is one constant focus, that God entered our human story in the form of […]
Saturday 22 December
1 Samuel 1:24-28, (Ps) 1 Samuel 2:1.4-8, Luke 1:46-56 The Almighty has done great things for me Mary’s song of thanksgiving is clearly modelled on the Canticle of Hannah which is today’s Responsorial Psalm. Mary in her canticle notes and praises God who has changed the balance of life. God has raised up this lowly […]
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