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In today’s gospel, a scribe asks Jesus which is the first of all the commandments. Mark has Jesus repeat Moses’ formula from the Book of Deuteronomy: ‘You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your mind, and with all your...
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We have cause to reflect on today’s second reading from James: ‘An answer for the rich. Start crying, weep for the miseries that are coming to you. Your wealth is all rotting, your clothes are all eaten up by moths. All your gold and your silver are corroding away,...
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In this gospel, Jesus makes the second of his third predictions of his passion and death. He is at pains to avoid all publicity and is dedicated to schooling the disciples in what is to come....
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Homily for the 16th Sunday in Ordinary Time 23 July 2023 Readings: Wisdom 12:13,16-19; Psalm 85; Romans 8:26-27; Matthew 13:24-43 In today’s gospel, Jesus tells another parable: ‘The kingdom of heaven may be compared to a farmer who sowed good seed in their field. While everybody was asleep...
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Homily for the 5th Sunday in Ordinary Time Readings: Isaiah 6:1-8; Psalm 137; 1 Corinthians 15:1-11; Luke 5:1-11 6 February 2022 It’s almost two weeks since Pope Emeritus Benedict admitted that he erred in claiming that he had not attended a critical meeting 40 years ago in relation...
In today’s gospel, a scribe asks Jesus which is the first of all the commandments. Mark has Jesus repeat Moses’ formula from the Book of Deuteronomy: ‘You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your mind, and with all your...
We have cause to reflect on today’s second reading from James: ‘An answer for the rich. Start crying, weep for the miseries that are coming to you. Your wealth is all rotting, your clothes are all eaten up by moths. All your gold and your silver are corroding away,...
In this gospel, Jesus makes the second of his third predictions of his passion and death. He is at pains to avoid all publicity and is dedicated to schooling the disciples in what is to come....
Homily for the 16th Sunday in Ordinary Time 23 July 2023 Readings: Wisdom 12:13,16-19; Psalm 85; Romans 8:26-27; Matthew 13:24-43 In today’s gospel, Jesus tells another parable: ‘The kingdom of heaven may be compared to a farmer who sowed good seed in their field. While everybody was asleep...
Homily for the 5th Sunday in Ordinary Time Readings: Isaiah 6:1-8; Psalm 137; 1 Corinthians 15:1-11; Luke 5:1-11 6 February 2022 It’s almost two weeks since Pope Emeritus Benedict admitted that he erred in claiming that he had not attended a critical meeting 40 years ago in relation...