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  • Things Fall Apart

    February 18 2017
    Lloyd Allan MacPherson

    We listened and spoke and summoned the courage to be true Christians but the message fell on deaf ears it seems or upon a divided Church wrecked by "secular storms". I've grown to detest the word "se

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  • Things Fall Apart

    February 18 2017
    Kevin Walters

    “When the signs of strain are such that cracks appear in a structure, there are three immediate choices. Ignore the evidence and trust that all will be sorted, make-do with some sticky tape until a

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  • 19 Feb, 2017. 7th Sunday in Ordinary Time

    February 19 2017
    Joe O'Leary

    Well said, Sean. non-mimetic response could be a rule of life for us all. It makes the Gospel a joyful adventure.

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  • 19 Feb, 2017. 7th Sunday in Ordinary Time

    February 19 2017
    Sean O'Conaill

    A blow to someone's right cheek is far more likely to be a backhanded blow with the right hand, a provocation in the case of a Roman soldier setting out to intimidate a Jewish village and assert domin

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  • Child abuse scandal ‘almost fatally destroyed’ Catholic Church

    February 12 2017
    Rory Connor

    I mentioned above that leading members of FOUR "Victims'" groups had made allegations of child killing against the Religious Congregations and also provided a link to an article in which I attempted t

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  • Fundamental Rights in the Church

    February 10 2017
    Phil Greene

    Thank you Tony for your reply @4. I subsequently looked up the meaning of Charter and found this definition of the noun: A written grant by a country's legislative or sovereign power, by which an inst

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  • 19 Feb, 2017. 7th Sunday in Ordinary Time

    February 19 2017
    Joe O'Leary

    I heard a very interesting sermon by a Japanese-American female Anglican priest:She says this is not "doormat theology".1. Hitting the right cheek is done from a position of power, with a down str

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  • Things Fall Apart

    February 18 2017
    Darlene Starrs

    Chris, I share your admiration for and hope in Pope Francis, however, I suspect that he is too steeped in Tradition, too steeped in Old Theology, and too steeped in Clericalism, to create any major sh

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  • 19 Feb, 2017. 7th Sunday in Ordinary Time

    February 19 2017
    Cephas Magaji

    Although I fully understand Jesus' teaching on non-retaliation and love of one's enemies, I find it a very difficult one to accept in some of our parishes today, in view of the recent killings of seve

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  • 19 Feb, 2017. 7th Sunday in Ordinary Time

    February 19 2017
    Pat Rogers

    Thanks, Loyola. Good to hear of your ministry in Wisconsin! Please do not hesitate to send us a short reflection for Lent, if the Spirit should prompt you. And I'm sure you'll mention our website to s

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