Sunday Week 31 Year B
Readings: Deut 6:2-6; Hebrews 7:23-28; Mark 12:28-34 ‘And after that no one dared question him any more’… Interesting. What do you think shuts them up so thoroughly? Are they scared? Confused? Are they...
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Readings: Philippians 4:10-19; Luke 16:9-15 Money continues to be in the spotlight today and it’s interesting how Jesus both praises and condemns it in the same breath. He calls it tainted, little,...
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Homily for a Study Day on the Spiritual Exercises dealing with the Contemplatio ad Amorem Readings: Dan 12:1-13; Heb 10:11-14, 18; Mark 13:24-32 A plane passed over and I could hear it with a shudder...
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Readings: Isaiah 40:25-31; Matthew 11:28-30 Jesus confuses me. I love this gospel but my first reaction hearing Jesus words ‘I am gentle and humble in heart’ is to say ‘who are you kidding?’ We used to...
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Readings: Isaiah 62:1-5; I Cor 12:4-11; John 2:1-11 Here’s a quiz for you… How many times does Mary appear in John’s gospel? … Trick question: the answer is none. The ‘mother of Jesus’, however,...
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Readings: 1 Sam 26:2-23; 1 Cor 15:45-49; Luke 6:27-38 Today’s readings are a charter for stupidity and a counsel for failure. Economics is founded on the belief that value grows by self-interest....
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Though I’m not up to preaching these days I thought I might enlist the Loyola Hall Team to give their reflections occasionally. Today’s offering is from Edel McClean. Readings: Isaiah 35:1-6,10; Psalm...
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Edel McClean offers these reflections: Readings: James 1:1-11, Psalm 118, Mark 8:11-13 The liturgical title for today is Monday of the Sixth Week of Ordinary Time. Ordinary Time. A quick look at...
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Edel McClean offers these reflections: Readings: Amos 2; Matthew 8: 18-22 I’m perplexed by today’s gospel reading. I don’t want this to be my Jesus speaking. I want to catch a softness in his eye. I...
View ArticleThe Queenship of Mary
Readings: Isaiah 9:1-6; Psalm 112:1-8; Luke 1:26-38 Today’s memorial might focus on Mary’s place in the cosmos — and by extension the cosmic identity and destiny of all sons of Adam and daughters of...
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