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Fr David Howell
Sunday's Gospel: Jesus is the living bread, come down from heaven
anyone who eats this bread will live for ever; and the bread that i shall give is my flesh, for the life of the world. (john 6:51) it is har...
Touch is the only two-way sense: we experience it with Christ through Holy Communion
"you open wide your hand, o lord, and grant our desires. " the psalm for sunday’s mass unlocks the gospel of the feeding of the five thousan...
Preaching a Gospel of conversion and repentance
"and if any place does not welcome you and people refuse to listen to you, as you walk away shake off the dust from under your feet as a sig...
Jesus’s broken hands nailed to Cross show how true strength comes from weakness
"what is this wisdom that has been granted him, and these miracles that are worked through him?" (mark 6:2) our lectionary’s translation of ...
Saint Peter was freed from prison to not escape death but to embrace it
“the angel then said, ‘put on your belt and sandals.’ after he had done this, the angel next said, ‘wrap your cloak round you and follow me....
Every concession to the devil makes us less free and more enslaved
"'let anyone blaspheme against the holy spirit and he will never have forgiveness: he is guilty of an eternal sin.' this was because they we...
Jesus’s body needed to be broken by the soldier’s lance
“then moses took the blood and cast it towards the people.” (exodus 24:8) in sunday’s first reading, moses threw the blood of the sacrificed...
What does it mean if we are 'kept' in the name of the Father?
"holy father, keep those you have given me true to your name, so that they may be one like us. while i was with them, i kept those you had g...
What was Peter saying as the Holy Spirit descended?
"as peter reached the house cornelius went out to meet him, knelt at his feet and prostrated himself. but peter helped him up. ‘stand up,’ h...
How to move beyond shame and act boldly like St Paul
st paul "preached boldly at damascus in the name of jesus" according to st barnabas in today's first reading (acts 9:27). but how could st p...
'I am the Good Shepherd': Unraveling Jesus's use of metaphorical names
"of all the names in the world given to men, this is the only one by which we can be saved." (acts 4:12) in sunday’s first reading, st peter...
Escaping the darkness by accepting 'the beauty of the light'
"their joy was so great that they still could not believe it" (luke 24:41) in sunday’s gospel, the risen jesus’s disciples do not believe in...
How doubting Thomas can inspire those of us who endure a 'traumatised faith'
"unless i see the holes that the nails made in his hands and can put my finger into the holes they made, and unless i can put my hand into h...
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