In a poem in the Irish language, transmitted in folklore and in written tradition, in the course of an instruction to a young person beginning life’s course, among other matters …

Reflection: 01 October 2023 (A) Twenty-Sixth Sunday of the Year

Reflection September 24 2023 (A) Twenty-Fifth Sunday of the Year
Reflection & Dialogue: Facing the future with vision and response to vision In today’s liturgical readings we have material for reflection on how to bring vision and response to this …

Reflection: September 17 2023 (A) Twenty-Fourth Sunday of the Year
Reflection & Dialogue: Forgiveness; No Revenge. A Message for faith communities and civil society. The biblical and Gospel message, while primarily addressed to believers, may also have much to say …

Reflection: September 10 2023 (A) Twenty-Third Sunday of the Year
Reflection & Dialogue: Christianity and the soul of a nation. Currently, when attempts are being made to decrease the influence of the Church in public life, or to impede it …

Reflection September 03 2023 (A) Twenty-Second Sunday of the Year
Reflection & Dialogue: Free from the Law, but under the Law of Christ. A question that has been with Christianity from the beginning, and is still with it, is the …

Reflection August 27 2023 (A) Twenty-First Sunday of the Year
Reflection on the Second Reading. One must live with the mystery that is God. One lesson to be learned from the second reading, in which Paul is speaking to the …

Reflection: August 13 2023 (A) Nineteenth Sunday of the Year
Reflection & Dialogue: Prayer for help in a troubled Church What is indicated as material for reflection with regard to the present readings seems determined by the Gospel text, and …

Reflection July 30 2023 (A) Seventeenth Sunday of the Year
Reflection & Dialogue: Christ and his Church the Pearl of Great Price Today’s readings in good part speak for themselves and provide ample material for reflection on faith in the …

Reflection July 23 2023 (A) Sixteenth Sunday of the Year
Reflection & Dialogue: The beginnings and growth of the kingdom of God and of the church, a growth beyond bounds, despite weaknesses and scandals. A principle, and for some time …

Reflection July 16 2023 (A) Fifteenth Sunday of the Year
The word of God inspires eager longing and hope. The theme of eager longing and hope runs through the three readings today, and invite us to reflect on them in …