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  • 24 July. Tuesday, Week 16

    July 24 2018
    Deacon Alfred Capelle

    I believe this is the first time for me to make comments as requested. As a permanent deacon in the Catholic Church of the Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI) I find sources of homily helps such as

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  • 22 July. 16th Sunday

    July 22 2018
    Brian Fahy

    Come away…and rest for a while 24/7 has become the defining description of modern life. Every hour of every day is accounted for and filled with our human activity. I remember the first time I saw

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  • The curious case of the Archbishop’s comments.

    July 12 2018
    Con Devree

    #12 As written this text could seem as positing faith as merely a matter of belief, e.g. “one’s obedience to the Fifth Commandment [i.e. behaviour] is reinforced by one’s faith [i.e. belief] in

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  • 19 July. Thursday, Week 15

    July 19 2018
    Peter Saling

    Jesus's words in today's gospel describing himself as gentle and humble of heart should be our focus because love and forgiveness will always lead to right living and triumph over fear and condemnatio

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  • ACP Public Meetings – “What do we need to say to Pope Francis about the Irish Church?”

    July 17 2018
    Mattie Long

    The ACP realise that many people have been unable to attend these meetings and have expressed a desire to have their views taken into account. We will be inviting people who wish to express their opin

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  • 19 July. Thursday, Week 15

    July 19 2018
    Brian Fahy

    Come to me Come to me all you who labour and are overburdened. These few verses from Matthew’s gospel are among the most endearing and attractive in the whole of the New Testament. We are immediatel

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  • The curious case of the Archbishop’s comments.

    July 12 2018
    Joe O'Leary

    Thomas fearlessly draws all the consequences: Christ in the first instant of his conception enjoyed the exercise of free will (q. 34, a. 2), the capacity to gain merit (a. 3), abundance of sanctifying

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  • The curious case of the Archbishop’s comments.

    July 12 2018
    Joe O'Leary

    Summa Theologiae III, q. 33, art. 2: Verbum Dei assumpsit corpus mediante anima, et animam mediante spiritu, idest intellectu. Unde oportuit quod in primo instanti conceptionis corpus Christi esset an

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  • The curious case of the Archbishop’s comments.

    July 12 2018
    Joe O'Leary

    St Thomas Aquinas says in Summa Theol. III that ONLY Jesus was fully formed at the moment of conception. For all others the soul is present only at some later stage. In the 19th century the focus on t

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  • A Broken Dream

    July 8 2018
    Chris McDonnell

    'What is the urgency to protect migrants at a time when we are all at risk?' asks Lloyd at #2 If he were a migrant, he would surely know the answer to his question.

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