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We all like to see results. But it doesn’t always happen. It didn’t happen to Ezekiel who was not able to persuade Israel to turn back to the Lord. Paul had to contend with insults and hardships …
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One of the greatest challenges to Christians is reconciling our faith in a good God with the reality of evil and suffering. Our faith does not offer a neat philosophical answer to suffering and evil. …
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Today we celebrate the feast of the Birth of St John the Baptist. John is mentioned in all the Gospels as setting the stage for Jesus. He is a prophet in the Old Testament tradition - one …
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We all love stories. Jesus used stories or parables to explain profound truths. His audience was made up chiefly of simple country people who were familiar with work on the land. Today’s parables illustrate how God presence in …
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The story of Adam and Eve (1st reading) seeks to deal with the origins of the reality of evil. In Mark’s Gospel the people do not really understand who Jesus is until the Crucifixion when the centurion acknowledges …
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Today the Church celebrates her faith in the Corpus Christi - the Body and Blood of Christ which we receive in the Eucharist. Catholics have a saying: ‘it is the Mass that matters’. It is the Mass …
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Today the Church celebrates her faith in the revelation of God as three persons, Father, Son and Holy Spirit. We have been baptised in the name of the Trinity and so share in the life and being of …
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Today the Church celebrates her faith in the revelation of God as three persons, Father, Son and Holy Spirit. We have been baptised in the name of the Trinity and so share in the life and being of …
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Pentecost: when the Spirit of God is poured out as gift on the apostles. They had been cowering indoors out of fear. Now they are transformed into a courageous group singing the praises of God and telling the …
In today’s Gospel Jesus speaks to the disciples about how they will have to live after he has ascended. He tells them that they are in the world but not of the world. This means that they must be …
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