Good Friday, 2018

The passion and death of Jesus Christ are not even a footnote in history for those who do not acknowledge him to be anything more than a human being. To begin to grasp their significance requires faith in him and love of him. Faith makes accessible to the mind the...

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Holy Thursday

This is my body given for you. If someone said that to you out of the blue, you might well be taken aback. Leaving aside the immoral meaning the phrase might have, to give your body to someone should mean that you first love them with your deepest heart and...

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Palm Sunday, Year B

Sometimes they strew His way,And His sweet praises sing;Resounding all the dayHosannas to their King:Then “Crucify!”is all their breath,And for His deaththey thirst and cry. We began our celebration today at the front door of the church in a spirit of exultation. We literally hosanna-ed Jesus in. His entry into...

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Third Sunday of Lent, Year B

We’ve all seen it. The distracted parent on the street, trying to juggle shopping with pushing a pram whilst keeping an eye on a toddler who has recently discovered his feet. The toddler runs ahead thoughtless of any danger. Suddenly, the parent sees that the child is about to run...

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