Reflection – 32nd Sunday in Ordinary Time

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…

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Reflection – 31st Sunday in Ordinary Time

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,…

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Mission Sunday in Rome

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…

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Modhanna Nua Cumarsáide

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…

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Reflection – 30th Sunday in Ordinary Time

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…

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