6th Sunday of the year – FIRST IMPRESSIONS

Can you recall the geography of the past weeks in these stories from Mark’s gospel? Right…

6th Sunday of the year – FIRST IMPRESSIONS 1

At the weekend Masses in most parishes where I preach, after the communion rite, the ministers…

6th Sunday of the year

LEPERS WERE AMONG THE MOST PITEOUS of people in ancient (and in even not-so-ancient) times. Although…

6th Sunday of the year – They believed to have locked God in a camp

Introduction During the crossing of the desert, Moses had given to the people of this provision:…

A bowl of noodles from a strange

  That night, Sue quarreled with her mother, then stormed out of the house. While enroute,…

Presentation of the Lord

A Sermon on the Feast of the Presentation of Our Lord on Luke 2:22-40 by Peter…

Presentation of the Lord

HOMILY OF JOHN PAUL II Friday, 2 February 2001 V Day of Consecrated Life http://www.vatican.va/holy_father/john_paul_ii/homilies/2001/documents/hf_jp-ii_hom_20010202_presentation-lord_en.html “Come,…

Presentation of the Lord

Pope Benedict’s Homily on the Feast of the Presentation Vatican City, February 03, 2013 (Zenit.org) http://www.zenit.org/en/articles/pope-s-homily-on-the-feast-of-the-presentation…

Presentation of the Lord

HOMILY OF HIS HOLINESS BENEDICT XVI Vatican Basilica Wednesday, 2 February 2011 http://www.vatican.va/holy_father/benedict_xvi/homilies/2011/documents/hf_ben-xvi_hom_20110202_vita-consacrata_en.html Dear Brothers and…

Presentation of the Lord

The feast was first observed in the Eastern Church as “The Encounter.” In the sixth century,…