- Written by: martin bennett
Fr. Gerry Hughes.
When the Leadership Team met on 17th Feb, it was the first gathering without founder member, inspiration and friend Fr. Gerry Hughes, SJ, who has stepped down to take care of his health. I think it is fair to say that he left two large gaps in the team on Saturday. Firstly, his inspiration. Anyone who has attended a course, studied his writings or been in a meeting with Gerry will know what I mean when I say the rather too-easily used ‘intellectual giant’ isn’t nearly adequate to describe what it is to have the privilege of Gerry’s mind shedding light on your own thoughts and understanding. There are, no doubt, people who have the same intellectual capacity as Gerry, (although I am very hard put to name many), but where intellectual giants have the tendency to look down on people from their lofty height, so that their knowledge can make you feel inadequate, Gerry has a wonderful gift of sharing his insights allowing you (individual or group) to tag along to reach new insights.
- Written by: Joseph O'Hanlon
EASTER 2018
CHRIST IS RISEN. ALLELUIA! ALLELUIA!
I always struggle to write a homily for Easter Sunday. So I adopt the Micawber principle. I start preparation early in Lent and hope something will turn up. I have by now a collection and I have selected two. I hope they will suggest ideas that you can use or discard as you break God’s holy words. That we will have people going out of church on Easter Sunday proclaiming that their hearts burned within as we opened for them the Scriptures, is a consummation devoutly to be wished
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- Written by: Joseph O'Hanlon
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- Written by: Joseph O'Hanlon
ACTA COMMENTARY ON OUR SUNDAY LECTIONARY
Third Sunday of Lent Year B
This Sunday may be a day that the LORD has made but, as far as the Lectionary is concerned, it is exceedingly messy. There are two reasons (at least) for this. The Gospel of Mark is suddenly abandoned and we move to the Gospel of John which replaces Mark until be reach Palm Sunday. This is to present readings that are more appropriate to themes and pastoral activities (RCIA, baptism, themes relevant to Easter expectations). Download: >>> 3rd Sunday of Lent Year B
- Written by: Alex Walker
The cardinal turns serious again and he leans forward and looks me in the eye.
“The problem – and it’s a major one – is this. We are not meeting the needs of real people. We can’t be self-satisfied. The most pernicious temptation we have in the Church is to give in to the feeling that ‘we have arrived’. Pope Francis is trying to jar us out of that.”