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28th Week in Ordinary Time 2020 11th – 17th October In today’s Gospel the kingdom of God is portrayed as a great banquet, a wedding feast, where humanity can sit with God. It describes Israel’s refusal to the invitation of the prophets and its rejection of the gospel as proclaimed by Jesus and his apostles. This invitation is now made to the Church and to all … [Read more...] about NEWSLETTER 11.10.20

27th Week in Ordinary Time 2020 4th – 11th October The image of a vineyard in the Bible refers to Israel as God’s people. The parable in the gospel is aimed at ‘the chief priests and the leaders’. They have taken over the vineyard and neglected it. Others will take on this task who will produce fruit. Matthew, writing for the early Church, is saying that Christians were … [Read more...] about NEWSLETTER 04.10.20

26th Week in Ordinary Time 2020 27th September – 3rd October Today we focus on the second Mass reading. It includes a beautiful and profound hymn which expresses the emptying out and glorification of Christ articulating in a powerful way the heart of the mystery of Christ.This year Family Fast Day is on Friday the 9th of October. Although this is a difficult time for us, our … [Read more...] about NEWSLETTER 27.09.20

25th Week in Ordinary Time 2020 20th – 26th SeptemberThe key word in today’s Gospel is ‘entitlement’. Surely, we think, the workers who had spent the whole day in the vineyard were entitled to a bigger wage than those who had begun later in the day. ‘It’s not fair’, children would say! Remember that the Gospel parables are not just stories, they are stories with a message. … [Read more...] about NEWSLETTER 20.09.20