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21st Sunday after Pentecost  Today’s Mass presents us with a fascinating mosaic of texts which at first sight might seem somewhat disparate. We have a kind of chiasmus within the Introit Mardochai praying to the Lord with great assurance that all things are in…

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Christ the King  Even though the kingship of Our Lord Jesus Christ is loudly proclaimed in the Holy Scriptures and has ever been at the heart of our faith, in modern times it has come to be strongly contested. It was before this spectacle…

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19th Sunday after Pentecost  At the heart of today’s Gospel, we find a royal wedding, thrown by the King for his Son. Who is this King, and who is this Son, and what is this wedding? The King is God the Father. The Son…

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Solemnity of the Most Holy Rosary  The month of October brings back before our minds – even though it is never far away – the wonderful prayer of the Holy Rosary. The feast of the Holy Rosary is on 7 October but is solemnised…

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October 2025 (2-4 October) October is one of those months that children of Mary look forward to with great anticipation. It is the month of the Holy Rosary! The Rosary should be dear to us for numerous reasons, and not just because it is…

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16th Sunday after Pentecost  In today’s epistle, St Paul gives us a glimpse of his own interior life with the Blessed Trinity, a life which he longs to share with us. Christ dwells, he says, in our hearts through faith which is grounded in…

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15th Sunday after Pentecost  Today’s Gospel present us with an unusual spectacle. Jesus, surrounded by a great crowd of followers, approaches a town by the name of Naim. As he reaches the town, another great crowd is emerging– it is a funeral cortege, making…