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  • 27 October, 2019. 30th Sunday (C)

    October 27 2019
    Pádraig McCarthy

    Paddy #4: Here is the relevant paragraph of Bishop Cullinan’s letter:I have been asked by several people to say a word on yoga and mindfulness. My question is ¬"Will they bring us closer to Chris

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  • 27 October, 2019. 30th Sunday (C)

    October 27 2019
    Terry Guy

    The too often unrecognised Pharisee in all of us, 7 out of 10 could do better, but then again God loves us unconditionally and uses the good and bad.Holy Mary Mother of God pray for us sinners now

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  • 27 October, 2019. 30th Sunday (C)

    October 27 2019
    Paddy Ferry

    Pádraig, about Bishop Cullinan and his comments on yoga, while this kind of nonsense coming out of the mouths of bishops or others does not put me up or down anymore, I am still perplexed as to why s

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  • 27 October, 2019. 30th Sunday (C)

    October 27 2019
    Pádraig McCarthy

    A thought on the debate on Yoga following a letter from Waterford bishop Alphonsus Cullinan. The religious practices of the Pharisee did not open him to God.On 9 January 2015 Pope Francis said at m

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  • 27 October, 2019. 30th Sunday (C)

    October 27 2019
    Pádraig McCarthy

    As Seamus says: “The Gospels are full of rogues and rascals. It appears that Jesus liked to irritate people by emphasising the amusing goodness of the baddies.” And the badness of the goodies? Whe

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  • 25 October, 2019. Friday of Week 29

    October 25 2019
    sean walsh

    "So then, with my mind I am a slave to the law of God, but with my flesh I am a slave to the law of sin." The celebrant to me as he unvested: "Thank you for reading Paul.." I said, "That was me!.." He

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  • 24 October, 2019. Thursday of Week 29

    October 24 2019
    Gilles Njobam cmf

    On this day October 24, the Claretian Missionaries and universal church celebrates the feast of their founder Saint Anthony Mary Claret who died on this day in 1870 in Fontfroide, France. He was born

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  • 27 October, 2019. 30th Sunday (C)

    October 27 2019
    Seamus Ahearne

    The poetry of faith is always expansive:The dramatist Jesus has done well. The impresario Luke has put the Play on stage. We are the audience. We watch and admire the performance of the two chara

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  • 20 October, 2019. 29th Sunday (C)

    October 20 2019
    Pádraig McCarthy

    Exodus 17: The Moses painted here is a humorous picture of a seanchaí kind of Moses, a man totally committed to prayer and intercession. It is like the story of St Kevin and the blackbird: while lost

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  • 20 October, 2019. 29th Sunday (C)

    October 20 2019
    sean walsh

    Paul to Timothy. Second Reading. "Proclaim the message." Three words - what words! He does not say - "Read the Good News..." Reading/reader - quite misleading. The term 'reader'is a misnomer. Proclaim

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