Month: November 2012

Reflection – Solemnity of Christ the King

This Sunday the Church celebrates the feast of Christ, the universal King. It is appropriate that we celebrate this Solemnity as we approach Advent, the season in which we wait in anticipation for the coming of the Messiah, our Saviour…

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Reflection – 33rd Sunday in Ordinary Time

As we approach the close of the liturgical year of the Church, the readings this Sunday speak about the end of time prompting us to consider the “last things” – death, judgment, heaven and hell in the context of our…

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Reflection – 32nd Sunday in Ordinary Time

The scribes are again the subject of the teaching of Jesus in today’s Gospel. As interpreters of the Jewish law they attracted a high level of respect in the community and people stood to greet them in the streets. But…

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Reflection – 31st Sunday in Ordinary Time

In this Sunday’s readings we reflect on the commandments or the law of God. In the Gospel we hear how a scribe – who was a respected leader in the Jewish community, tests Jesus by putting this question to him,…

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