It is Good For Us To Be Here
Over the years serving in different parishes, I have met many people in times of joy such as baptisms and weddings and frequently harder times of sadness and heartbreak through bereavement, illness and the challenges of life. Life can be wonderful and it can also be very…
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There was a fine attendance for Mass on Ash Wednesday as we started the Season of Lent. This weekend the gospel reading is ordinarily the account of the temptations of Jesus in the desert. The gospel writer, Mark does things a little differently by simply stating that Jesus was driven into the desert by the…
This weekend we celebrate the Feast of Our Lady of Lourdes and look forward to the start of Lent on Ash Wednesday during the coming week. The year is moving on quickly as Holy Week and Easter are celebrated at the end of March.
This weekend, the gospel begins by saying that a leper comes…
Look Up
In the first reading this weekend, Job gives us several words and phrases for the difficulties of life. He speaks of life as ‘pressed service’, ‘hired drudgery’, ‘nights of grief’, ‘no hope’, ‘my eyes will never again see joy’. He is not exactly full of joy this weekend.
The gospel reading…
Brigid Brings the Spring
How often do we hear that ‘January is a long month.’ Those words say many things about the darkness that surrounds us and the slight doubt that things will not improve. However, February comes this week. In schools, the children will sing the ‘Brigid Brings the Spring’ and all our spirits…
God is With You
The readings and the Word of God this weekend can touch our lives and hearts.
In the gospel Jesus goes into Galilee after the arrest of John the Baptist. He is launching into the unknown and He is a lone voice. In the first reading there is a similar narrative where…
Come and See
Our gospel text at Mass this weekend is more notable for what it doesn’t say rather than what is included. This is often the case and is the reason why we need to take time to listen carefully rather than rushing to apply it.
The simple words of Jesus are…
The Baptism of the Lord
Our church ‘clock’ is still somewhat on Christmas time which concludes this weekend with the Feast of the Baptism of the Lord. Our family clock is already set for school and work with parents and grandparents back on routine duties.
Why this feast of the baptism of the…
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