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Sunday 18 December
Isaiah 7:10-14; Psalm 24; Romans 1:1-7; Matthew 1:18-24 O Come Emmanuel The O Antiphons are most familiar to us in the hymn O come, O come Emmanuel. The verses of this hymn are images of Christ. We can use these images or titles as we address Christ in prayer around the table, or while lighting […]
Sunday 11 December
Third Sunday of Advent Isaiah 35:1-6, 10; Psalm 146; James 5:7-10; Matthew 11:2-11 Good News We are so familiar with these words of the Gospel: ‘the blind see, the lame walk, lepers are cleansed and the deaf hear. The dead are raised to life and the Good News is proclaimed to the poor.’ Do we […]
Sunday 4 December
Second Sunday of Advent Isaiah 11:1-10; Psalm 72; Romans 15:4-9; Matthew 3:1-12 God is close When John the Baptist preached in the wilderness, his message was ‘the kingdom of heaven is close at hand. Repent, turn towards God.’ What encourages your wholehearted response to God? Let God help you fine-tune your response. God is already […]
Sunday 20 November
Feast of Christ the King 2 Samuel 5:1-3; Ps 122; Colossians 1:12-20; Luke 23:35-43 Praise the KIng! There is so much to love in today’s scriptures, especially in the reading from Paul’s letter to the Colossians. It prompts us to burst into praise of Christ our King. Do you feel that? There is the promise […]
Sunday 23 October
30th Sunday in Ordinary Time Ecclesiasticus 35:12-14,16-19, Ps.34, 2 Timothy 4:6-8,16-18, Luke 18:9-14 Being real Jesus tells a story about two men in the temple. The Pharisee believes he is important. He tries to elevate himself by despising the tax collector who prays next to him, his head bowed. But it is the Pharisee who […]
Sunday 16 October
Twenty-Ninth Sunday of Ordinary Time Exodus 17:8-13, Ps.121, 2 Timothy 3:14-4:2, Luke 18:1-8 Persistence Poor old Moses! He had to keep his arms raised to heaven. As soon as he let them droop, the enemy got the better of his troops. Just as well two tribesmen came along to prop him up. In the context […]
Sunday 25 September
26th Week in Ordinary Time Amos 6:1,4-7, Ps 146, 1 Timothy 6:11-16, Luke 16:19-31 Binding and loosing The disciple is again reminded that it is the poor who make present Christ’s judgment in the world. Within the lives of the poor is exercised a hidden ministry of binding and loosing. The rich man is sent […]
Sunday 18 September
25th Week in Ordinary Time Amos 8:4-7, Ps 113, 1 Timothy 2:1-8, Luke 16:1-13 No room at the inn Christ makes present, through the poor, his judgment of the world: whoever does this to the least of these does it to me (Matt 25:40). Therefore, the disciple who is devoted to mammon (wealth) is best […]
Sunday 11 September
24th Week in Ordinary Time Social Justice Week Exodus 32:7-11,13-14, Ps 51, 1 Timothy 1:12-17, Luke 15:1-32 Holy Saturday discipleship In these parables the accent is not on being lost but on being found. Christ on Holy Saturday goes to the depths of creation; there is no place where he is not. The disciple learns […]
Sunday 4 September
23rd Week in Ordinary Time Wisdom 9:13-18, Ps 90, Philemon 9-10, 12-17, Luke 14:25-33 A Christ bearer In the upper room Christ shows the disciples his wounds (John 20:20). The crucified Christ patterns the disciple on himself. The disciple so transfigured says to the world, “see this wound, this is where I was forgiven 70 […]
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