Articles by OLQoH
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Our Lord Jesus Christ the King (Year A) 25/26 November 2017
Fr Frank writes: My Dear Friends, Today we celebrate the Feast of Christ the King. Christ is our King: the King of our hearts and minds. We pray today that we may be given the grace to model our lives ever more closely on Jesus and be always true to His Covenant. […]
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Thirty-Third Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year A) 19 November 2017
Fr Frank writes: My Dear Friends, As we approach the end of the Church’s Year our readings take on an apocalyptic feel. In our Gospel we are advised not to waste the gifts God has given us, but to develop them. These ‘talents’ can take many forms (we may be musicians, speakers, […]
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Thirty-first Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year A) 4/5 November 2017
Fr Frank writes: My Dear Friends, Next Sunday we hold our Remembrance Day Requiem Masses following, in the case of Harwich/Dovercourt, a wreath-laying ceremony before the Calvary outside church. At both Sunday Masses we will remember the war dead and will hold a two-minute silence – in the case of Frinton/Walton at the […]
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The Thirtieth Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year A) 28/29 October 2018
Fr Frank writes: My Dear Friends, On Wednesday this week we begin the month of November. In the Church November is a month when we especially remember the dead. We do this day-by-day as the ‘holy souls box’ is present at the foot of the altar during each Mass, but more especially on […]
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Twenty ninth Sunday (Year A) 21/22 October 2017
Fr Frank writes: My Dear Friends, In today’s Gospel, the Pharisees and the Herodians ask Jesus a tricky and embarrassing question in order to trap him. The nationalistic Jews saw the payment of taxes as illegal. These were not taxes collected to improve public services, but a levy imposed by the victorious […]