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…
Patrick Muldoon Oibríonn mé mar riarthóir le Sacred Space (www.sacredspace.ie). Is láithreán gréasáin é a bhunaigh na hÍosánaigh sa bhliain 1999. Tugann sé deis do dhaoine idir óg agus aosta machnamh a dhéanamh agus guí os comhair an ríomhaire. Is…
In today’s Gospel we have the interaction between Jesus and Bartimaeus – the blind beggar on the side of road. In the time of Jesus the blind man was ridiculed, he was an outcast from society – left alone and…