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Elijah the prophet reaches the mountain of God and enters a cave. Elijah is on the run; he is afraid for his life. Then he is told to go out and “stand on the mountain before the Lord”....
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Pope Leo has proclaimed this year a special Franciscan Jubilee, offering the faithful a plenary indulgence to foster spiritual renewal and inviting us to imitate St Francis' love of God, fellow human beings and all creation....
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In today’s first reading from the first book of the Kings, Elijah emerges from the cave in search of God. But the Lord was not in the strong wind, nor in the earthquake, nor in the fire. God was not to be found in the big things and the...
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The Gospel of this Sunday presents to us the amazing story of the multiplication of bread and Jesus feeding 5ooo men and probably equal number of women and children. This story occurs in all four gospels and there are six versions of it....
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In our Gospel today, we reach the end of our three-week meditation on St Matthew's chapter 13, the third of Christ's discourses on the "Kingdom parables". The first two of our parables today follow a similar pattern: something of value is found, its value surpasses all else they possess,...
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Our hope is not attached to results and successes of temporal nature. It is rooted in the life, suffering, death and resurrection of Jesus. Today’s liturgy reminds us that nothing in this world, not even human frailty and sinfulness, can derail God’s plan....
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For the third Sunday in a row, we hear Jesus’ parables about the kingdom of heaven in Matthew Chapter 13. This Sunday we hear the two briefest parables: the labourer in the field who discovers a hidden treasure, and the pearl merchant who finds a pearl of great price....
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Our hope is not attached to results and successes of temporal nature. It is rooted in the life, suffering, death and resurrection of Jesus. Today’s liturgy reminds us that nothing in this world, not even human frailty and sinfulness, can derail God’s plan....
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Last week we heard the parable of the sower. This week we hear the next parable in Matthew Chapter 13 with Jesus explaining what the kingdom of heaven is like: it’s the parable of the good wheat and the bad weeds. ...