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Epiphany, Baptism of the Lord, Second and Third Sunday in Ordinary Time 5, 12, 19 and 26 January 2025
Solemnity of the Epiphany (Matthew 2:1-12) The story of the magi carries with it an extraordinary richness. The evangelist teaches us about the mission of the Son of God. Jesus is ‘made manifest’ (epiphany = manifestation) as Messiah not only for his own people, but for those who come ‘from the east’, for all the […]
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Third,and Fourth Sunday of Advent (Year C), Feast of the Holy Family (Year C) 15, 22 and 29 December
Third Sunday of Advent (Luke 3:10-18) Luke’s gospel gives prominence to John the Baptist as a social reformer. We are called upon to share with the hungry and with the needy, to act with justice and to avoid violence. John talks of the baptism that Jesus will give people. The baptism Jesus gives will […]
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Christ the King, First Sunday of Advent (Year C) 24 November, 1 and 8 December 2024
Christ the King (John 18:33-37) Jesus is not king in an earthly sense, but because he is the anointed one of God, who comes to do the will of God. Jesus’ kingdom is ‘a kingdom of truth and life, a kingdom of holiness and grace, a kingdom of justice, love and peace’. Jesus came’ to […]
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Thirty-First, Thirty-Second and Thirty-Third Sunday in Ordinary Time 3, 10, 17 November 2024
Thirty-First Sunday in Ordinary Time (Mark 12:28-34) Jesus is now in Jerusalem where he has several encounters with the religious teachers. In today’s account, there is no animosity, it is a peaceful dialogue. The conversation raises a point which was very frequently made by the prophets of the Old Testament and by Jesus: love of […]
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27,28,29 and 30 Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year B) 6, 13, 20 and 27 October 2024
Twenty-Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time (Mark 10:2-16) Jesus teaches of commitment and fidelity in marriage and loving guidance of young people and children. These remain the basic foundations of a healthy and happy society. They are God-given principles. How faithful am I to commitments undertaken? Do I cherish those who are close to me? We […]
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Twenty-Fifth and Twenty-Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time Year B 22 and 29 September 2024
Twenty-Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time (Mark 9:30-37) The second half of the Gospel of Mark is dominated by the journey towards Jerusalem, the place of the death and resurrection of Jesus. Since this Gospel is comparatively short, the tension of this journey is more evident than in the other gospels, as Jesus draws his reluctant […]