Patience. Today is the feast of the holy family and it all began of course with Mary’s yes Her fiat (her consent) to the Father’s invitation allowed her to conceive...
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Reflection of the Gospel – Matthew 2:13–15, 19–23
St. Bonaventure, Doctor of the Church
time renewing our spiritual life, surrendering to God, and reflecting on the question Jesus asks the people of those cities in our gospel today: Will you be exalted to heaven?...
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The Meeting Tent
Our first reading today from Exodus refers to ‘the meeting tent’ which Moses always set up outside the camp site as the Israelites travelled across the desert to the Promised...
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Gnats and Camels
From mint and dill to gnats and camels, today’s gospel finds Jesus using lots of familiar images of his time to make his message pretty clear to the Pharisees. The...
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