Read the scriptures for Friday of Week Twenty-Four in Ordinary Time at this link.
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Lectio Divina - daily prayer with the scriptures
Homily Studio - weekly discussions on the sunday scriptures
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Read the scriptures for Friday of Week Twenty-Four in Ordinary Time at this link.
Apologies I just sent out yesterdays LD again – here is Thursday’s.
Read the scriptures for Thursday of Week Twenty-Four in Ordinary Time at this link.
Join David Moxon, Cushla O’Connor and John Kinder in conversation with John O’Connor reflecting on the scriptures for the Twenty-Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time.
Read the scriptures for this Twenty-Fifth Sunday at this link.
David refers to the Book of Wisdom as a “Deuterocanonical” book. More info at this link.
Read the scriptures for Wednesday of Week Twenty-Four in Ordinary TIme at this link.
Read the scriptures for Tuesday of Week Twenty-Four in Ordinary Time at this link.
Read the scriptures for Monday of Week Twenty-Four in Ordinary Time at this link.
Sorry about the sound of passing cars in today’s recording – which I had to do on a roadside!
Read the scriptures for the Twenty-Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time at this link.
Join Triona Doocey, Rory Paterson & Chris Duthie-Jung in conversation reflecting on the scriptures for the Twenty-Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time.
Read the scriptures for this Sunday at this link.
Read the scriptures for Saturday of Week Twenty-Three at this link.
Read the scriptures for Friday of Week Twenty-Three in Ordinary Time at this link.
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There is a bad old joke that suggests that giving a homily is the art of twisting whatever the preacher wants to say to fit the scriptures.
Today’s palm branch procession, and reading of the passion of Jesus signals our move into Holy Week.
It is helpful to see these days before Easter as a week of retreat. While we continue our family and work routines, our focus is guided beyond.
In these days let us look together to Jesus.
I’ve been moving about a bit in recent weeks, across the country and further afield. I don’t enjoy the travel since planes are not designed for people of my height. But I love being with the people I end up with after a journey of any length.
Don’t get down when you hear today’s first reading.
Jeremiah is having a bad day. He’s a bit overwhelmed with the negative response he is getting when he passes God’s message to the people. In short, Jeremiah is having a Jeremiad.
The heart of the home in years past was the hearth.
It was at the hearth that the family gathered for the warmth and light of the flame and the food that was prepared there.
The fire was treated with respect since the same flame which provided energy for the home could just as easily destroy it.