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Fr Richard Ounsworth OP
On discipleship
Faith is a gift from God, and we deserve no reward for exercising it
october is not an especially exciting month liturgically: we have an uninterrupted run of ordinary sundays, with readings from chapters 17 t...
On discipleship
Faith is a gift from God, and we deserve no reward for exercising it
october is not an especially exciting month liturgically: we have an uninterrupted run of ordinary sundays, with readings from chapters 17 t...
On the fall of Satan
What is the relationship between God and Satan, and how has God defeated him?
on the first sunday in july, we read from the beginning of luke 10 about christ sending out 72 of his disciples as heralds of his coming. th...
The Paraclete
The Spirit sent by Christ is our Advocate, testifying on our behalf
it will not be until the last sunday in june that we return to green vestments and our regular cycle of readings from st luke’s gospel. the ...
Easter with Saint John
The Fourth Gospel gives us an intimate, eye-witness account of Jesus’s life
in eastertide, we take a break every year from reading our usual gospel – in this year luke – and turn to the gospel of st john. scholars of...
The risen Christ in the four Gospels
How to interpret the accounts of the Resurrection
when we think about easter, and particularly about the appearances of the post-resurrection christ, we are almost certainly going to be thin...
From temptation to Transfiguration
When Lent’s journey seems overshadowed by confusion and doubt, be not afraid
on the first two sundays of lent we always hear the same gospel stories, of the temptations of christ in the wilderness and of the transfigu...
Selective reading
The Bible is not for covering up, even if some passages make readers uncomfortable
i remember reading somewhere recently – i’m afraid i forget where – the claim that the catholic church has, for the last 2,000 years, been t...
The coming King
As we come to the end of the Church’s liturgical year, we should consider own vanities before the kingdom of Christ
in november, we reach the end of the church’s liturgical year, and the readings direct our minds towards the end of all things. traditionall...
The Glory of the Son of Man: Transfiguration is an image of Christ’s revelation to the world
the first sunday in august is the feast of the transfiguration, and so our run of ordinary time sun- days is interrupted, though the g...
Curing the sick and casting out demons: Christ’s earthly ministry was to heal and to cleanse
the last two “ordinary” sundays before lent begins tomorrow, 14 february on ash wednesday, saw us reading from the first chapter of st mark’...
Bread of Heaven: The forthcoming transition to John’s Gospel is full of meaning
this being year b of the sunday lectionary cycle, we will mostly be reading through st mark’s gospel; but only mostly, because it is the sho...
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