Articles by OLQoH
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Twenty-seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year A) 8th October
Fr Frank writes My Dear Friends, This Sunday, as with the last two, we hear of Jesus likening the Kingdom to a vineyard: a place of order, beauty and warmth – a place which produces something wonderful – ‘wine to cheer the heart of man’. The Chief Priests and Elders are criticised for […]
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Twenty-sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year A) 30 September/1 October 2017
Fr Frank writes: My Dear Friends, October is the month of the Holy Rosary. To mark the special character of this month each weekday Mass in both parishes, except on those occasions when Mass is followed by Adoration, will end with a recitation of one decade of the rosary (another exception – on Thursday […]
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The Twenty-fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year A) 23/24 September 2017
Fr Frank writes: My Dear Friends, We should always be thankful for God’s goodness to us. As Catholic Christians we always say grace before meals, thanking God for the food we are to eat and for those who prepared it, as well as remembering all those who have too little to eat. This […]
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The Twenty-Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year A) 16/17 September 2017
Fr Frank writes: My Dear Friends, Today’s Gospel reading makes clear how important it is for members of any Christian community to be forgiving. Peter asks Jesus how often he should forgive his brother, then answers his own question by suggesting seven times. The Jewish tradition taught that God forgives three times and […]
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Twenty-second Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year A) 2/3 September 2017
Fr Frank writes: My Dear Friends, In today’s second reading St Paul urges the Christians in Rome (and us too) to offer their living bodies as a holy sacrifice. We are told to offer our whole selves over to God. In offering ourselves in this way we are following Jesus’ example of self-giving […]