Articles by OLQoH
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The Twentieth Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year A)
Fr Frank writes: My Dear Friends, Our Gospel reading today shows the importance of Faith. Jesus uses the faith of the Canaanite women to make clear that his love and concern extends to all people of faith. Jesus says to the woman, ‘you have great faith’. May we too display this ‘great faith’ […]
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Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year A) 12/13 August 2017
Fr Frank writes: My Dear Friends, The 15th August is the Feast of the Assumption of Our Lady (a Holy Day of Obligation). There will be two Masses in each parish – one in the evening and another in the morning (please see the Mass schedules in this Newsletter). The additional Masses are […]
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The Transfiguration of the Lord (Year A) 5/6 August 2017
Fr Frank writes: My Dear Friends, In today’s Gospel reading we hear of how Jesus was transfigured and appeared before the three chosen disciples in his ‘risen form’. This was to prepare them for the horrors which were to come. Flanking Jesus they saw Moses and Elijah, representing the Law and the Prophets […]
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DOUBLE EDITION: Sixteenth and Seventeenth Sundays 23/30 July 2017
Fr Frank writes: My Dear Friends, We are called in today’s readings to recognize that it is not for us to judge others. Our task is to think and judge for ourselves how we should live our own lives. By weighing what we see, feel, and discern, in the context of community, […]
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Fifteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year A) 15/16 July 2017
Fr Frank writes: My Dear Friends, Aware of the image from Isaiah of the word of God as rain and snow that nurtures a fruitful seed and does not return until its purpose is accomplished, Matthew wrestles with the ‘failure’ of the words of Jesus to produce the desired effect in the disciples. […]