Sunday Reflection
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Thirty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time: Investing wisely
Nov 15, 2020
This Sunday we have the parable of the Talents. This is the parable of the three men who were called upon to invest money, or talents.
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The Solemnity of All Saints: Heroes
Nov 01, 2020
The saints are really heroes. They completed their lives united to God, truly being all that God created them to be. They live on now united to the Lord in heaven, praying for us here on earth, and guiding us to be the heroes that God calls us to be.
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Thirtieth Sunday in Ordinary Time: Teach the children to love
Oct 25, 2020
People always say that it is more difficult to be a child or teen these days than back when they were young. People said that way back when I was young and drugs started dominating lives.
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Twenty-ninth Sunday in Ordinary Time: Doing our bit
Oct 17, 2020
In the first reading for this Sunday, the Prophet Isaiah, actually the Second Isaiah, makes a startling statement. He refers to King Cyrus of Persia, a pagan, as someone who has been anointed by God.
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Twenty-eighth Sunday of Ordinary Time: Wearing the clothes of Christ
Oct 10, 2020
Wearing our Christianity is a solution to the problem of polarisation in our society. When we identify ourselves first as Christians rather than as members of this or that political party or as liberal or conservative, then our primary mode of action will be to treat others with the kindness of Jesus Christ.
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Twenty-seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time: Tenant Farmers All!
Oct 04, 2020
The vineyard in today’s Gospel was constructed to produce fruit for its owner. Only, in today’s Gospel, the labourers in this vineyard decide to steal the vineyard from the Master and keep the fruit for themselves.
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Twenty-sixth Sunday of Ordinary Time: The Eternal Offering
Sep 26, 2020
This Sunday we are treated to one of the most beautiful passages in the Bible. It is found in the Letter of St Paul to the Philippians.
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Twenty-fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time: Justice and Mercy
Sep 20, 2020
Human Resources would not have been happy with that landowner. Sometimes, it seems that Human Resources does not want to come out on the side of generosity. I remember a time that we wanted to pay an employee extra for work on a particular project. We were told that we could not do this unless we re-adjusted that employee’s pay scale for all his work.
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Twenty-fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time: Are there limits to forgiveness?
Sep 13, 2020
Do not be concerned with the number 77. Jesus was using this number to say that the number of times we should forgive is far greater than we could imagine.
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Twenty-third Sunday of Ordinary Time: Minority Report
Sep 06, 2020
The Lord puts the parable of the unforgiving debtor before us that we may learn from it. He has no desire for us to die, so he warns us: “This is how your heavenly Father will deal with you if you, any of you, fail to forgive your brother or sister from your heart.”



Sunday Reflection
Third Sunday of Easter: Witnesses
Today’s Gospel reading is an Easter account from the Gospel of Luke. It begins with the events that took place on the evening of Easter Sunday, after Jesus had appeared to the two disciples on the road to Emmaus.