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Let us be achievers just like our Mamma Mary!!
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Today's Gospel starts with the happy occasion of the shepherds finding Mamma Mary, Saint Joseph a
There are three gospels for Dec 25. Oddly, Matthew does not occur. Midnight mass had Lk 2:1-14, dawn mass had Lk 2:15-20, and the mass during the day, as always, had the Johannine prologue. But the vi
I was on lay ministry duty yesterday and I took Holy Communion to four housebound parishioners.
When we began the Year A of readings a few weeks ago and we were told that Matthew's Gospel would figur
A strong voice in turbulent times
Donald Cozzens
17 May 1939-9 December 2021
Chris McDonnell First published in La Croix International December 2021
We heard this week of the passing of the A
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What will be our best birthday gift to our baby Jesus? Having an intimate personal relationship with our Lord Jesus!!
Homily:
God is longing to be with
John is the new Elijah promised in the book of Malachi. How delightful and wonderful Holy Scripture is! God Bless you all and wish you a Merry Christmas and a happy New Year 2023.
Gerry O'Hanlon's article very accurately summarises where the Global Synod is at present. Many of the same concerns emerged globally and there was a sense of momentum engendered. Next we have the Cont
Yes, it is an important sentence theologically, but a complete non-event when read in church between two texts about the virginal conception. The RSV is followed closely by the NRSV here. Doulos is tr
A United Ireland would be a different country from the one we have known and lived in all our lives. A better country? Not if Sinn Fein is in charge. And do we really want to take on the traumas and b
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