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Reflection: December 31 2023

Dialogue: The Family Today. “Let marriage be held in honour by all”. In a final admonition towards the end of the letter to the Hebrews the author says: “Let marriage …

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Reflection 25 December 2023

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 …

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Reflection Sunday 24th Dec 2023 4th Sunday in Advent (A)

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’ …

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Reflection: November 1 2023. All Saints

The Bible in Dialogue with Questions of the Day: Beatitudes: Peace and Joy in believing. Reflection: All Saints. A Great cloud of witnesses. Irish tradition and, indeed Christian belief, has …

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Reflection: October 29 2023 (A) Thirtieth Sunday of the Year

Reflection & Dialogue: Good example. Christian life requires mutual support In the second reading today, and in others places in his letters, Paul refers to members of his churches being …

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Reflection: October 15 2023 (A) Twenty-Eighth Sunday of the Year

Reflection & Dialogue: All welcome within the Church, but a wedding garment of grace called for. The Church likes to portray herself as an open church, open to everyone, irrespective …

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Reflection: October 8 2023 (A) Twenty-Seventh Sunday of the Year

Reflection & Dialogue: Fill your minds with everything that is noble. What St Paul has to say in today’s reading from the letter to the Philippians presents abundant material for …

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

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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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