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Don’t Just Hang Around
Thirty-Second Sunday of the Year. Fr Haavar Simon Nilsen calls on us to long for Christ.In this Sunday's Gospel, we
Hoping to See God
Solemnity of All Saints. Fr Vivian Boland encourages us to long for the vision of God. A few days before he
Out of an Agony of Love
Thirty-First Sunday of the Year. Fr David Sanders warns today's Church, and today's Christians, against the hypocrisy of the Pharisees. In
Render to God
Twenty-Ninth Sunday of the Year. Fr Bruno Clifton offers a radical reading of Christ's saying on taxes to Caesar. Assyria and
A Feast of Reconciliation
Twenty-Eighth Sunday of the Year. Fr Allan White discusses the terms on which we participate in the Eucharistic banquet. Jesus was
Working With God
Twenty-Seventh Sunday of the Year. Fr John Patrick Kenrick suggests that today's parable is not about punishment but hope. In first century
Never Too Late
Twenty-Sixth Sunday of the Year. Fr Peter Hunter tells of the road paved with good intentions. My mother used to say to
Putting Food on the Table
Twenty-Fifth Sunday of the Year. Fr Richard Conrad draws out the social and economic implications of the parable of the
Sharing the Freedom of God
Twenty-Fourth Sunday of the Year. Fr Martin Ganeri invites us to see the bigger picture. In this chapter of St Matthew's Gospel
The Truth That Sets Us Free
Twenty-Third Sunday of the Year. Fr Timothy Calvert insists that only adherence to the truth of Christ can bring an
Absolutely Clear
Twenty-Second Sunday of the Year. Fr Leo Edgar warns us against making the Gospel too cosy.Let me make this absolutely
The Unvarnished Truth
Twenty-First Sunday of the Year. Fr Dominic Ryan goes, in spirit, with the pilgrims to World Youth Day in Madrid. Last