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Feb 20, 20214 min read
First Sunday of Lent, Year B
As we always find with Mark’s gospel, today’s reading is chockers with allusions. When we celebrated the Baptism of the Lord, I looked at...
St Mary's
Feb 13, 20214 min read
6th Sunday of Ordinary Time, Year B
This is the last Sunday before we begin Lent. As you know, this Wednesday coming is Ash Wednesday. So, this is also the final Sunday of...
St Mary's
Feb 6, 20214 min read
5th Sunday of Ordinary Time, Year B
The last few Sundays we have been looking at different aspects of the Mass. First, we looked at how our community is called and formed by...
St Mary's
Jan 30, 20215 min read
4th Sunday of Ordinary Time, Year B
The last few weeks we have been looking at different aspects of the Mass. We have been going through our ritual looking at different...
St Mary's
Jan 23, 20214 min read
3rd Sunday of Ordinary Time, Year B
Last week I mentioned that I was going to use the next few Sundays to look at some aspects of the Mass. We began by looking at the fact...
St Mary's
Jan 16, 20214 min read
2nd Sunday of Ordinary Time, Year B
One of my formators at the seminary would always use his retreats or talks to focus on the prayers and rituals that we do all the time.
St Mary's
Jan 9, 20213 min read
Baptism of the Lord, Year B
This gospel is a goldmine of scriptural references and connections. I highly recommend reading it again this week, but when you do read...
St Mary's
Jan 2, 20214 min read
Feast of the Epiphany, Year B
Today we celebrate the Feast of the Epiphany. This is the feast of the revelation of God’s mystery to the nations. How this works in...
St Mary's
Dec 26, 20204 min read
Feast of the Holy Family, Year B
Today we celebrate the Feast of the Holy Family. It is quite fitting that it comes so close to Christmas when we celebrate in a special...
St Mary's
Dec 24, 20205 min read
Christmas 2020, Year B
As we have said throughout Advent, we remember Christ’s first coming in order to prepare for his second coming, when the mystery of the...
St Mary's
Dec 19, 20204 min read
4th Sunday of Advent, Year B
Today’s first reading has a lot to tell us about prayer. One of my scripture teachers at the seminary thought our first reading is one of...
St Mary's
Dec 12, 20204 min read
3rd Sunday of Advent, Year B
Today, once more, we focus on the figure of St John the Baptist. This time from the gospel of John. This gospel labels John the Baptist...
St Mary's
Dec 5, 20203 min read
2nd Sunday of Advent, Year B (Dcn Jim Curtain)
Earlier this year, during the first lockdown period around Easter, I had to go into the city once a week to collect mail from the GPO...
St Mary's
Nov 28, 20204 min read
1st Sunday of Advent, Year B
This is a phenomenal first reading. One of my favourite theologians thought that this first reading is one of the climaxes of the whole...
St Mary's
Nov 21, 20204 min read
Feast of Christ the King, Year A
Kingship is a big biblical theme. In the Scriptures, God constantly both amplifies and transforms our understanding of kingship. God’s...
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