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26th Week in Ordinary Time 2020 27th September – 3rd October Today we focus on the second Mass reading. It includes a beautiful and profound hymn which expresses the emptying out and glorification of Christ articulating in a powerful way the heart of the mystery of Christ.This year Family Fast Day is on Friday the 9th of October. Although this is a difficult time for us, our … [Read more...] about NEWSLETTER 27.09.20

25th Week in Ordinary Time 2020 20th – 26th SeptemberThe key word in today’s Gospel is ‘entitlement’. Surely, we think, the workers who had spent the whole day in the vineyard were entitled to a bigger wage than those who had begun later in the day. ‘It’s not fair’, children would say! Remember that the Gospel parables are not just stories, they are stories with a message. … [Read more...] about NEWSLETTER 20.09.20

24th Week in Ordinary Time 2020 13th – 19th September  The key phrase in today’s Gospel is: ‘he had no means of paying’. His debt is astronomical but his master wipes it out. When we come before God with our ‘debts’ we are totally unable to pay them. All our good works and prayers and penances are the fruit of divine grace; they do not earn us … [Read more...] about NEWSLETTER 12.09.20

23rd Week in Ordinary Time 2020  6th – 12th September  When Matthew wrote his Gospel the church was no longer part of the Jewish community with its daily norms and customs. It needed guidelines for its life together. Faith in Jesus and his teachings are the basis for this new community. Since Jesus revealed God to be compassionate … [Read more...] about NEWSLETTER 06.09.20

22nd Week in Ordinary Time 30th August – 5th September In last Sunday’s Gospel Peter acknowledges Jesus as the Christ, the Son of the living God. But when Jesus now reveals himself as the Suffering Servant of Isaiah who will redeem his people by his passion, death and resurrection, Peter cannot accept it. From a rock he becomes an obstacle. He is reminded that he is a … [Read more...] about NEWSLETTER 30.08.20