Articles by OLQoH
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Fifth Sunday in Lent Year A 1 / 2 April
Dear friends – Our Church Community. Over the last week or so I have been thinking about our parish(s), our “faith community” and how God blesses it but also what we can do to co-operate with him to help it grow. Suddenly, everything I hear or read seems to be relevant to that thought. […]
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Fourth (Laetare) Sunday 25/26 March 2017
Fellow Parishioners The Daily Missal for this Sunday in Lent shows a quote from Emeritus Pope Benedict XVI: These Sundays in Lent, the liturgy takes us on a true and proper baptismal route through the texts of John’s Gospel: last Sunday, Jesus promised the gift of “living water” to the Samaritan woman: today, by […]
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Third Sunday in Lent (Year A) 18/19 March 2017
Dear friends, In todays Gospel, Jesus says, “If only you knew what God was offering and who it is saying to you: Give me a drink, you would have been the one to ask, and he would have given you living water” and, “anyone who drinks the water that I shall give will never […]
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Second Sunday in Lent (Year A) 12th March 2017
We are now settling into this penitential season of Lent, so we can start to look at ourselves and what we need to do to be better individuals for the Lord. We heard and know about the three main strands we need to follow during Lent, almsgiving, prayer and fasting. I don’t know about you […]
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First Sunday in Lent (Year A) 4/5 March 2017
What’s wrong? why the blank page? -because sometimes we don’t know what we have until its missing ! As we enter this great season of Lent, I wanted to use this blank space to prompt us to think about a few things.In today’s Gospel, Jesus […]