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19th Sunday Ordinary Time-Year B
In our Gospel reading today, Jesus links show the connection between the bread of life that he gives to those who believe in him and the manna that God gave to the wandering people in […]
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18th Sunday Ordinary time – Year B
Last week, we saw how Jesus fed the people with the bread of life but when they came back the next day for more, he said to them, “do not work for perishable food, work […]
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The Church facing the Covid-19 emergency
The Church has always had the duty of scrutinizing the signs of the times and of interpreting them in the light of the Gospel’, as we read in Gaudium et spes. How do we interpret the […]
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Catholic Church of Our Lady of the Rosary, Brixton, in this time of Lockdown and the Cancellation of Public Masses
Preamble: In his letter of 31st March, 2020, the Archbishop of Southwark, Most Reverend John Wilson, following the Prime Minister’s announcement, and the decision of the Bishop’s conference of England and Wales, directed that with […]
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Closure of Churches due to Corona Virus (COVID-19)
When something akin to Coronavirus threatened the very life of the infant Jesus Christ, it was to Egypt that God sent him for safety. It wasn’t anywhere in Israel. One of my colleagues referred to […]
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Solemnity of the Annunciation
The feast of the Annunciation, now recognized as a solemnity, was first celebrated in the fourth or fifth century. Its central focus is the Incarnation: God has become one of us. From all eternity God […]
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The Role of Counselling in handling marriage issues today
A friend of mine once lamented to me: “When I and my wife first got married, I was amazed and pleased at how similar we were. We had identical senses of humour, liked and detested […]
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Ash wednesday, Year A
‘The candle that is just smoking, not lit, still has life in it; it still has hope in it. If a neighbour, family member or friend is in a very bad situation or mood, our […]
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6th Sunday, Year A
Any new movement or community which emerges from an older tradition has to face the problem of its own identity and direction. How different is it from the old community? How similar? One of the […]
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Valentine’s Day
A few years ago, I was invited to speak to young university students at a valentine’s day party. In that speech, I pointed out that the February 14 feast commemorated two Valentines: the first a […]