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This Sunday’s Gospel reminds us that if we took everything that we said or did or thought and set it in the presence of our Blessed Lord, it would make all the difference in the world to …
Dear Friends,
In this Sunday’s Gospel, our Blessed Lord asked his disciples, “Who do people say I am?” In other words, “What do they think of me? What sort of image do they have of me?” And we heard, …
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It is part of our contemporary culture to judge people by how they look and dress. St James in today’s second reading challenges us to think again! It is a challenge of faith - ‘the making of distinctions …
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Today’s readings all speak about the Word of God. In the Old Testament it is revealed in the Law that God gave his people to set them apart from their pagan neighbours and to give them moral guidance. …
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Today’s Gospel narrates the desertion of many of Jesus’ disciples. Will the Twelve also leave him? Significantly it is Peter who rallies the others and commits the twelve to Jesus: ‘Lord, who shall we go to?’ There may …
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The reading from the book of Wisdom is pure invitation: all are invited to the feast including the ignorant and the foolish. There is a clear link with the Gospel where Jesus also invites using challenging words: …
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Today’s first reading is about the prophet Elijah who has given up all hope. But when angels provide food and drink he is able to continue his journey. There is here a link with the manna which …
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Today’s Gospel reading continues from last Sunday. The people seek out Jesus because they want more ‘signs’ as well as free food! Jesus speaks to them of food that lasts forever. They ask what they must do …
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For the next five Sundays we turn from St Mark’s Gospel to that of St John. The overall theme is Jesus the Bread of Life. The multiplication of the food offered by the small boy is in …
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In today’s first reading Jeremiah tells his hearers that the Lord himself will be their shepherd. This is the background to the Gospel reading when Jesus took pity on the people ‘because they were like sheep without …
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