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Fr Frank Brennan’s Homily – Christmas Day 2024...
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John the Baptist comes in the midst of his own social, political and religious context, proclaiming a baptism of repentance, invoking the image used by the prophets Isaiah and Baruch: the image of every valley being filled in, every hill being laid low, every road being made straight and...
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We are also the protagonists of an era that we have a duty to pass on. …To pass on, and to hope’ as we journey through Advent to Christmas....
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John the Baptist comes in the midst of his own social, political and religious context, proclaiming a baptism of repentance, invoking the image used by the prophets Isaiah and Baruch: the image of every valley being filled in, every hill being laid low, every road being made straight and...
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We begin our Advent season with the prophet Jeremiah’s hopeful vision of justice, peace and truth, a vision of heaven on earth....
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If you’re a republican like me, the imagery of Christ as king does not do a lot for you. Afterall the feast of Christ the King was instituted by Pope Pius XI back in 1925 when monarchies were still seen to be necessary correctives to the revolutionary aspects of...
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As if to match our feelings of apprehension for our world as Donald Trump announces some left field appointments to his Cabinet, today’s gospel is an extract from Mark’s eschatological discourse in Chapter 13, warning us of dire things to come....
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Today’s gospel is the last scene prior to that eschatological discourse which concludes with Jesus telling us: ‘Be on your guard, stay awake, because you never know when the time will come.’ No matter what your politics, no matter what your level interest in the US election, no matter...
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Fr Frank Brennan’s Homily for the 30th Sunday in Ordinary Time 2024...