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Fr David Howell
The revolutionary choice to forgive
"as you wish that others would do to you, do so to them." (luke 6:31) this line from sunday’s gospel makes us think how we want to be treate...
‘Rejoice in that day and leap for joy, for behold, your reward is great in heaven’ (Luke 6:23).
in sunday’s gospel, the word used for ‘leaping for joy’ in response to hatred is the same as that which described john the baptist leaping i...
Putting out to sea: Jesus calls; Peter follows
getting into one of the boats, which was simon’s, he asked him to put out a little from the land . (luke 5:3) in this sunday’s gospel we see...
Jesus's Presentation in the Temple transformed the ancient rites into a new covenant
o gates, lift high your heads; grow higher, ancient doors. (ps 24: 7 ) the jews presented their first-born in the temple forty days after bi...
‘To send out the oppressed in freedom’
in sunday’s gospel, as jesus reads from the scroll of isaiah (61:1-2) in his hometown synagogue, he strikingly adds a verse (58:6) from an e...
Full to the brim: Trusting in Mary's command
‘now there were six stone water jars there for the jewish rites of purification, each holding seventy or one hundred litres’ (john 2:6). in ...
Baptism of the Lord: the Holy Trinity longs to cleanse us spiritually through mercy
"when jesus also had been baptised and was praying, the heavens were opened, and the holy spirit descended on him in bodily form, like a dov...
The mysterious Easterners who dreamt God's dream
and being warned in a dream not to return to herod, they departed to their own country by another way. (matthew 2:12) at the end of sunday’s...
Welcome to 2025: keeping New Year's Day with Mary, the Mother of God
the lord make his face to shine upon you and be gracious to you; the lord lift up his countenance upon you and give you peace. so shall they...
How Jesus teaches us to be honest with him and with our loved ones
‘ did not understand the saying that he spoke to them.’ (luke 2:50) in sunday’s gospel for the holy family, mary did not understand her son....
The joyous challenge of Christmas is to see each person we meet as a small child of God
when he brings the first-born into the world, he says, 'let all god's angels worship him .' (hebrews 1:6) the reading from the letter ...
'Blessed are you among women'
"he shall stand and shepherd his flock in the strength of the lord" (micah 5:4) micah’s prophecy of jesus in sunday’s first reading looks fo...
Gaudete Sunday: John the Baptist's joyful surrender to his mission
"the peace of god, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in christ jesus." (philippians 4:7) in this sund...
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