Articles by OLQoH
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Twentieth Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year B) 18/19 August 2018
Fr Frank writes: My Dear Friends, Throughout the month of August we have had the great privilege of hearing and contemplating the teachings of Jesus as given in the magisterial sixth chapter of St John’s Gospel. In these gospel readings (set in the context of the feeding of the 5,000) Jesus reveals the […]
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Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year B) 11/12 August 2018
Fr Frank writes: My Dear Friends, As Catholic Christians we are linked by a shared Communion in the Body and Blood of Christ. This sharing enables us, as individuals making up the Church, to become more truly The Body of Christ. Communion and community, of course, have the same root. For this reason […]
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Eighteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year B) 5 August 2018
Fr Frank writes: My Dear Friends, Longing for food, looking forward to the next meal, is a popular human pastime – food shopping (as well as planning menus, baking, cooking and eating out) could now be classed as a hobby! In today’s first reading the whole community of Israel complain to Moses […]
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Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year B) 29 July 2018
Fr Frank writes: My Dear Friends, In today’s first reading and in the Gospel we hear of signs: signs of God’s power and love. We can note three things in these two readings, plus an additional point from our second reading, which is more to do with our response to God’s power and love […]
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Sixteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year B) 22nd July 2018
Fr Frank writes: My Dear Friends, In today’s First Reading Jeremiah prophesies God’s plan to appoint a shepherd after his own heart. We see this prophecy being fulfilled in Jesus when he describes himself as the Good Shepherd. We draw three insights from the readings of today’s liturgy: The Church always […]