Reflections

Reflection & Dialogue: Can the Gospel call to perfection be lived? In Sirach’s day the question was implicitly put: “Can we keep the commandments”, and answered categorically in the positive …

Reflection & Dialogue: The Beatitudes and Our Vocation to Beatitude The Catechism of the Catholic Church considers the Beatitudes of such importance that it devotes a special section (numbers1716-1720) to …

The Bible in Dialogue with Questions of the Day. Reflection and Dialogue: Good beginnings; repentance, a change of mind, belief in the Gospel and in the Church. Reflection. Repentance, change …

A. The bible as Guide in Life and Liturgy (Sunday Readings) B. Reflection & Dialogue:  Good beginnings; repentance, a change of mind, belief in the Gospel and in the Church. …

Reflection and Dialogue: Epiphany, Ecumenism, the Holy Spirit, the Sin of the World. In this Sunday’s liturgy we are still under the influence of the spirit of the Epiphany, and …

The Bible in Dialogue with Questions of the Day Reflection and Dialogue: Baptism and Christian spirituality; baptism and the belief in the heavens open to us Reflection. Baptism and Christian …

Reflection & Dialogue: The greatness of Mary living with the mystery that was her Son During the Christmas season attention has been centred on Jesus, on his birth and the …

The Bible in Dialogue with Questions of the Day: Jesus Son of God. Development of belief in the divinity of Christ/ John 16:12-13 has Jesus tell his disciples: “I still …

Reflection & Dialogue: Emmanuel! God (and Christ) is with us always The title given to the son of David in Isaiah’s prophecy, repeated again in Matthew’s Gospel narrative on Jesus’ …

Reflection & Dialogue: Jesus Christ the cause of our joy Traditionally this third Sunday of Advent was known as “Gaudete Sunday” from the opening word Gaudete, “Rejoice” in the Latin …