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sunday gospel reading reflection year C Nivmeber 13th

Read the Short Gospel Reflection for Sunday November 13th

Sunday November 13th 2022, the 33rd Sunday of the Year, Year C TO PROPERLY understand today’s Gospel would require a History and Theology lesson on how the people reading Luke’s Gospel understood ‘Temple’ and ‘covenant’, the ‘Ark of the Covenant’ (not the Harrison Ford version!) and even something about the Chosen People’s wanderings in the...

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Sunday Gopel Reflection October 30th

Sunday Gospel Reflection for 31st Sunday of the Year, October 30th

INTRODUCTION: The story of Jesus stopping to call the ‘small’ Zacchaeus from the tree in order to dine with him is one of the most likeable stories in the Gospels. It is often used in children’s liturgies because of its drama and pictorial qualities. For children it can be a pleasant and edifying parable about...

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Gospel Reflection for 1st March 2020

Do not lead us into temptation Lent is a Pilgrimage, a Journey, and it begins with Jesus being led into the wilderness of the desert by the Holy Spirit. The desert for the Jewish People is a very scared and symbolic place. It was in the desert that the Israelites encountered and experienced God. It...

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