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Fr Richard Ounsworth OP
The virgin birth of Christ is not necessary, but it is appropriate
a virgin did conceive . i will not be the first person to tell you this, but the prophet isaiah did not unequivocally predict the birth...
The Lord of the World
paul’s letters to the thessalonians offer hope of the day of the lord. november is, for christians, the last month of the year, since with d...
Judgement is Coming
the parables in st matthew’s gospel are eschatological in their message. as the liturgical year draws to a close, our attention is always tu...
How the Gospel presents the choice offered to us by Christ’s crucifixion
september sees the feast of the exaltation of the cross, and as the newly elected prior (much to my astonishment) and new parish priest of h...
The Transfiguration: an image of Christ’s revelation to the world
a damaged icon of the transfiguration laid out near the wreckage of transfiguration cathedral in odesa after a missile strike on july 23, 20...
Romans: Through baptism we will be resurrected with Christ into a new life
the month of july finds us firmly in ordinary time, and our gospel readings are from matthew. our second readings, however, are from the let...
The nature of God is seen in the love that took Jesus to the Cross
we always say that god is not a puzzle to be solved, but the unfathomable reality within and beyond everything that is, ever has been or eve...
The Paschal mystery continues at the Ascension and Pentecost
in the “farewell discourse” of st john’s gospel, chapters 14-16, christ prepares his disciples for his departure. in fact there is some deli...
The empty tomb of the risen Lord?
there are two distinct sets of stories in the gospels about the resurrection of jesus. the one set, about which i wrote last year, concern t...
Mary and Joseph were guided by goodness
during lent we should look to the model obedience of mary and joseph. the month of march falls entirely within lent this year, but there are...
The Incarnation and the Crucifixion are woven together at Candlemas
as it is often noted, christmas seems to begin earlier and earlier every year: certain newspapers can be almost guaranteed to have a letter ...
The meaning of Matthew
The opening Gospel is carefully stuctured to present key teachings of Jesus
we are back to year a in the lectionary, which means that for most of the year we shall be reading from st matthew’s gospel on sundays. the ...
God with us
Prophecy can speak both to its own time and to the future coming of Christ
the prophecy of isaiah 7 must be one of the most famous in the old testament. “the maiden is with child, and will soon give birth to a son w...
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