Homilies in 2024 (9)
In today’s Gospel from Luke, we hear the disciples approach Jesus with a simple yet profound request: “Lord, teach us to pray.” This request speaks to their desire for a deeper communion with God, and Jesus responds by giving them—and us—the Our Father. …
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Read more...Today’s readings offer us profound reflections on the sanctity of marriage. They remind us that marriage is a gift from God, a lifelong covenant between a man and a woman, rooted in God’s original plan for humanity. As we reflect on these readings, let us also consider how …
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Read more...Today’s first reading is taken from the Book of Proverbs, a beautiful example of “wisdom literature.” Here, wisdom isn’t abstract or theoretical—it’s practical guidance for living well. Proverbs teaches us how to act with justice and compassion, especially toward …
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Read more...Tuesday, 17 September, 2024
Year B
Yesterday some of us were introduced to a word that was perhaps not part of the usual vocabulary of men and women who work in finance. That word was charism or spiritual gift. It is a word that our first reading from St Paul’s letter to the Corinthians examines.
When Paul …
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Read more...This morning’s readings call us to reflect deeply on how we, as a Christian community, live out the balance between justice and mercy. They challenge us to consider what it means to truly follow Christ—both individually and as part of the Body of Christ, the Church.
In …
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Read more...Remembering how the LORD came to the exiled Israelites in Egypt, the first reading tells once again how his people are asking for a sign. Psalm 85 is celebrating the end of that exile, many years after the prayer of the Prophet Micah in our first reading. In our Gospel Jesus …
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Read more...“Beware false prophets” Jesus says. For it is “by their fruits [that] you will know them”.
Actions speak louder than words, and hypocrisy and inauthenticity should be warning signs for Christians in their leaders.
You will recall how yesterday Steve intended to intimate how …
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Read more...On Wednesday, we heard from Brendan about how we should focus on our reconciliation with God, or rather, God’s reconciliation with us – and Brendan was right to remind us, as St Paul did, that “God has reconciled the human world to himself in Christ – fundamentally and …
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Read more...Just before today’s first reading, at the start of this 18th chapter, we’re told that:
When David had finished speaking to Saul, the soul of Jonathan was bound to the soul of David, and Jonathan loved him as his own soul. (1 Sam 18:1)
Unlike Saul who herded donkeys and …
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