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34th Week in Ordinary Time 2020 Solemnity of Christ the King. 22nd–28th November. This Sunday, the last in the Church’s year, we celebrate the feast of Christ the King. His sovereignty is not over temporal affairs. It is more about his hidden existence in the poor and the humble. He is the defender and protector of […]

33rd Week in Ordinary Time 2020. 15th –21st November. In today’s Gospel Matthew narrates the parable of the talents. The servant who buries his talent is described as wicked and lazy. It may be that Matthew is directing this parable to a Christian community that had become complacent. He is urging the faithful to embrace the […]

32nd Week in Ordinary Time 2020. Sunday: Remembrance Sunday.8th –14th November. Wisdom is the theme that runs through today’s readings. In the Gospel Jesus exhorts his listeners to ‘stay awake’. In fact, all the bridesmaids fall asleep, the wise as well as the foolish. The difference is that the wise have the oil they had the […]

31st Week in Ordinary Time 2020. 1st –7th November.Sunday: Solemnity of All Saints.Today we celebrate the holiness of ordinary people. To be a saint is to be loved by God and to love God. That love carries an extraordinary promise: ‘we shall be like him because we shall see him as he really is’. If you […]

30th Week in Ordinary Time 2020 25th –31st October. Today’s Gospel reminds us that our faith is not just an abstract theory; it is a practical reality. Jesus brings together the two great commandments: the love of God is closely linked with love of neighbour. It is a religious duty to care for the poor and […]