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Bishop David McGough
The Word this Week: sin diminishes our expectations
fourth sunday of lent josh 5:9-12; 2 cor 5:17-21; lk 15:1-3 & 11-12 (year c) "the lord said to joshua, ‘today i have taken the shame of ...
A blunt challenge from St Paul
third sunday of lent ex 3:1-8 & 13-15; 1 cor 10:1-6 & 10-12; lk 13:1-9 (year c) on this third sunday of lent the encounter of moses ...
Second Sunday of Lent: Acknowledging our sin – and our dependence
second sunday of lent gen 15:5-12 & 17-18; phil 3:17 - 4:1; lk 9:28-36 (year c) "it is your face, o lord, that i seek. hide not you...
Jesus's temptations - and ours
first sunday of lent deut 26:4-10; rom 10:8-13; lk 4:1-13 (year c) "my father was a wandering aramaean. he went down into egypt. the egyptia...
The parable that makes us feel most uncomfortable
eighth sunday of the year eccl 27:4-7; 1 cor 15:54-58; lk 6:39-45 (year c) ‘the kiln tests the work of the potter, the test of a man is in h...
Forgiveness is more than a strategy
seventh sunday of the year 1 sm 26: 2,7-9,12-13 & 22-33; 1 cor 15:45-49; lk 6:27-38 (year c) ‘the lord is compassion and love, slow to a...
Only faith can make us fulfilled: a reflection on this Sunday's readings
sixth sunday of the year jer 17:5-8; 1 cor 15:12 & 16-20; lk 6:17 & 20-26 (year c) "happy indeed is the man who follows not the coun...
Finding our vocation: a reflection on this Sunday's Mass readings
fifth sunday of the year is 6:1-8; 1 cor 15:1-11; luke 5:1-11 (year c) in the language of the secular world, the word "vocation" refers to a...
The Word this Week
fourth sunday of the year jer 1:4-5 & 17-19; 1 cor 12:31 - 13:13; lk 4:21-30 (year c) "before i formed you in the womb i knew you; befor...
The Word this Week
third sunday of the year neh 8:2-6 & 8-10; 1 cor 12:12-30; lk 1:1-4 & 4:14-21 (year c) ‘the law of the lord is perfect, it revives t...
The Word this Week
second sunday of the year is 62:1-5; 1 cor 12:4-11; jn 2:1-11 (year c) "about zion i will not be silent … no longer are you to be named ‘for...
The Word this week
the baptism of the lord is 42:1-4 & 6-7; acts 10:34-38; lk 3:15-16 & 21-22 (year c) "now, while jesus after his own baptism was at p...
The Word this Week
the epiphany of the lord is 60:1-6; eph 3:2-3 & 5-6; mt 2:1-12 (year c) the celebration of the epiphany is, in many ways, a joyful medit...
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