Sunday Reflection
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Second Sunday of Advent: The incarnation, still dawning upon us
Dec 09, 2018
Advent is about the incarnation. The enfleshment of the Eternal Word has indeed already occurred. In many ways, however, the Incarnation is still dawning on us, with all the connotations you can squeeze out of that word ‘dawning.’
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First Sunday of Advent: Between two Advents
Dec 02, 2018
Ready or not, storms come and do their thing. The poetry of apocalypse capitalises on this fact of nature.
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The Solemnity of Christ the King: Auctoritas
Nov 25, 2018
Following Jesus Christ, the King, demands that we stand apart from those elements of society that refuse to recognise His authority. Following Jesus Christ our King, forces us to make decisions that are determined by the law of God, not the popular opinion of the day.
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Thirty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time: Faith to the End
Nov 18, 2018
At this time every year, I go down to Guardian Angels School to answer questions that the 8th graders have devised.
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Thirty-second Sunday in Ordinary Time: What motivates you? God’s love for you or your love of yourself?
Nov 11, 2018
What a difference between the actions of the scribes and the actions of the widow in the treasury.
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Thirty-first Sunday in Ordinary Time: It’s not that difficult
Nov 04, 2018
From Deuteronomy the Lord took, “You shall love the Lord your God with your whole heart, whole mind and whole strength, and your whole soul.”
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Thirtieth Sunday in Ordinary Time: By the side of the road we cry out
Oct 28, 2018
Our lives are full of images. There are images on TV, on the computer, on the tablet, on the phone. We spend our lives focusing on so many images that we miss that which we need to see, the Presence of Our Lord.
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Twenty-ninth Sunday in Ordinary Time: Authority and Service
Oct 19, 2018
James and John had it all wrong. They wanted authority. They wanted to sit at the right hand and left hand of Jesus when the Kingdom of God was established on earth. They wanted to lord it over others.
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Twenty-eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time: The Wisdom of God
Oct 14, 2018
It was really horrible. Twelve year old Tommy was bawled out by his little league coach. He was mocked in front of his teammates.
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Twenty-seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time: For you, the married
Oct 05, 2018
Twenty-seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time: For you, the married
Sunday Reflection
Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time: Trust in the Lord
In the first reading for this Sunday, Jeremiah says, “Cursed be he who trusts in human beings.” It is impossible to create an ideal society if that society does not have God as its foundation, its heart and its end.
