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  The Daily Bread, 7th April 2020 Readings: Isaiah 49:1-6; Psalm 70(71):1-6,15,17; John 13:21-33,36-38   There is “high drama” in today’s Gospel. It’s one of those excerpts which could be filmed dramatically, but with the camera stopping at certain points for a commentator to explain, or try and explain, what...

  The Daily Bread, 6th April 2020 Readings: Isaiah 42:1-7; Psalm 26(27):1-3,13-14; John 12:1-11 Today, I would like to offer some words on the Responsorial Psalm we have heard. It is a beautiful psalm of encouragement and hope. It begins: The Lord is my light and my help;   whom shall...

  The following inspiring and challenging text is taken from a sermon of Saint Augustine (354-430). The passion of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ is the hope of glory and a lesson in patience.    What may not the hearts of believers promise themselves as the gift of God’s...

  Palm Sunday Benediction, 05.04.20: On Devotion to Our Lady Devotion to Our Lady in the Roman Catholic tradition has always been very powerful, very present. It has gone through periods where there have been abuses, where Our Lady has been treated as if equal to Christ himself or even...

  From the beginning of the First Reading, right through the Second Reading and the whole of the Passion according to St. Matthew, Jesus seems totally defenceless, vulnerable, helpless: “I offered my back to those who struck me, my cheeks to those who tore at my beard.” When Peter takes...

  The Sunday Bread, 05.04.20 Readings: Isaiah 50:4-7; Psalm 21(22):8-9,17-20,23-24; Philippians 2:6-11; 26:14-27:66 From the beginning of the First Reading, right through the Second Reading and the whole of the Passion according to St. Matthew, Jesus seems totally defenceless, vulnerable, helpless: “I offered my back to those who struck me,...

  The Daily Bread, 4th April 2020 Readings: Ezekiel 37:21-28; Jeremiah 31:10-13; John 11:45-56 It’s clear from the Gospel reading today that the reason for which the Jewish Authorities wanted to kill Jesus was because they were afraid that, if everyone went after Him, then the Temple in Jerusalem would...

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