22nd Sunday of the Year

IN LAST WEEK’S GOSPEL we saw the disciples riding high. They had, through Peter, acknowledged that…

21st Sunday of the Year

IN TODAY’S GOSPEL WE RECALL a high point in Jesus’ relationship with his disciples. It represents…

20th Sunday of the Year

WE SEE IN THE GOSPEL TODAY Jesus entering non-Jewish territory, something he very seldom does. We…

Feast of the Assumption of Mary –

Today’s feast celebrates the special place that Mary has in the life of the Church. This…

19th Sunday of the Year

WE HAVE TODAY in the Gospel a continuation of last week’s story about the feeding of…

17th Sunday of the Year

WE HAVE TODAY the third and final set of readings centred on the parables of the…

16th Sunday of the Year

TODAY SEES A CONTINUATION of last Sunday’s Gospel reading from chapter 13 of Matthew on the…

15th Sunday of the Year

Sacred Space: http://livingspace.sacredspace.ie/OA151/ THERE ARE THREE DISTINCT PARTS in today’s Gospel: parable, interlude, and explanation of…

14th Sunday of the year

Sacred Space: http://livingspace.sacredspace.ie/oa141r/ THERE ARE TWO APPARENTLY contradictory sides to the Gospel.  On the one hand,…

Solemnity of Saints Peter and Paul

  By sharing the cup of the Lord’s suffering, they became the friends of God. (Entrance antiphon)   …