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  • 24 March: Sat. of Week 5 of Lent

    March 24 2018
    Fr Harold Camonias

    Hi: Peace! I just want to comment this website and send my gratitude. This website has been a wonderful site to reflect on the readings and to get ideas for my homilies. May the Good Lord, continue t

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  • 18 March. Fifth Sunday of Lent

    March 18 2018
    Pat Rogers

    What did Paul mean people to understand, when he calls himself a "doulos" in Romans 1:1 ? A SERVANT, yes, but under a sort of divine compulsion to render this service. His use of DOULOS in 1 Corinth

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  • 18 March. Fifth Sunday of Lent

    March 18 2018
    Pat Rogers

    As regards the term "SLAVE" in Luke 19:17 ('Εὖγε, ἀγαθὲ δοῦλε, ὅτι ἐν ἐλαχίστῳ πιστὸς ἐγένου...), the NRSV rightly and consistently renders "doulos"

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  • 18 March. Fifth Sunday of Lent

    March 18 2018
    Pat Rogers

    Granted, the inclusive language lessens the force of Hb 2:6, in that it has "human beings" and "mortals" for "man" and "son of man". However, the discussion might begin with Psalm 8 verse 4.

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  • 18 March. Fifth Sunday of Lent

    March 18 2018
    Joe O'Leary

    "We do not yet see everything in subjection to them" should be "we do not yet see everything in subjection to him", i.e. the Son of Man, but we do see him made less than the angels and we will see him

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  • Shortcuts to Liturgy Resources provided

    May 5 2018
    Mattie Long

    Des Gilroy. Sorry that you find it difficult to find the resources you are looking for. All matters concerning the liturgy are to be found by clicking on the Liturgy tab at the top of the Home Page.

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  • Australian Catholic Church to hold first Plenary Council in 80 years

    March 20 2018
    Frances Burke

    The Catholic Church in Australia is in crisis. I have no doubt that its active role in the cover-up of child sexual abuse - which has been thoroughly investigated and documented by the Royal Commissio

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  • 18 March. Fifth Sunday of Lent

    March 18 2018
    Joe O'Leary

    When I read in the NEB, "'Abraham', God went on..." I can feel the intrusive presence of the translator. Likewise, the inclusive language of NRSV sometimes feels as if a nannyist translator is interve

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  • Forever Moving On ….. But Never Stopping to Solve Problems

    March 22 2018
    Kevin Walters

    My response to gun culture on another site in the USA; to ”As a teacher, I would rather be permitted to carry a firearm if it means I can protect my students, rather than locking the door of my cla

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  • 18 March. Fifth Sunday of Lent

    March 18 2018
    Joe O'Leary

    You have to curb inclusive language when it leads to egregious mistranslation, as in the NRSV's version of Hebrew 2:6 But someone has testified somewhere, “What are human beings that you are mind

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