Category: Fr. Frank Doyle S.J

TODAY’S FEAST is one which many preachers would prefer not to have to talk about. What…

TODAY’S GREAT AND JOYFUL FEAST rounds off the tremendous mysteries that we have been commemorating since…

THE FIRST READING and the Gospel today seem to be in contradiction. Although both are written…

When the Ascension is celebrated on the following Sunday, the Second Reading (Rev 22:12-14,16-17,20) and the…

AFTER FIVE WEEKS of preparation we now enter the climax of the Lenten season and what…

GOD HAS A VERY BAD MEMORY. That is one way we might express the theme of…

LENT IS A TIME FOR RENEWAL. Part of that renewal requires that we become aware of…

ONE OF THE RECURRENT THEMES throughout the Lenten season is the compassion and mercy of our…

WE ARE FACED in today’s readings with a paradox of our Christian faith – we belong…

The readings of Lent are taken from a wide variety of texts in both the Old…