Author: Patrick Muldoon

This Sunday the Church celebrates the feast of Christ, the universal King. It is appropriate that we celebrate this Solemnity as we approach Advent, the season in which we wait in anticipation for the coming of the Messiah, our Saviour…

As we approach the close of the liturgical year of the Church, the readings this Sunday speak about the end of time prompting us to consider the “last things” – death, judgment, heaven and hell in the context of our…

The scribes are again the subject of the teaching of Jesus in today’s Gospel. As interpreters of the Jewish law they attracted a high level of respect in the community and people stood to greet them in the streets. But…

In this Sunday’s readings we reflect on the commandments or the law of God. In the Gospel we hear how a scribe – who was a respected leader in the Jewish community, tests Jesus by putting this question to him,…

I was privileged to be in Rome to attend a Forum for Leaders in the New Evangelisation, which was organised by Caritas in Veritate International on the weekend of Mission Sunday (October 21st 2012) . Approximately 40 people involved in…