Articles by OLQoH
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Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year A) 18/19 February 2017
Fr Frank writes: My Dear Friends, Many thanks for all your good wishes and offers of prayer. If all goes according to plan, I should have arrived at hospital on Saturday 18th, and be awaiting surgery on Monday 20th. Anne has promised to keep you updated on my progress – I am sure […]
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Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time 11/12 February 2017
Fr Frank writes: My Dear Friends, At all Masses this weekend I shall read a letter from Pope Francis, in which he speaks of the 11th February (The Feast of Our Lady of Lourdes) as a day for the sick and for those who care for them. The Pope writes movingly of the […]
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Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year A) 4/5 February 2017
Fr Frank writes: My Dear Friends, At all Masses next weekend I will read a letter from Pope Francis, in which he speaks of the 11th February being the 25th World Day of the Sick. This ‘day’ was instituted by Pope St John Paul II in 1992, and first celebrated in Lourdes on […]
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Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year A) 28/29 January 2017
Fr Frank writes: My Dear Friends, In our quest for happiness we seek all sorts of things, some more worthy than others. This search can lead us to explore such things as greed, drugs, alcohol, casual sex, personal possessions. Our first reading today makes a specific suggestion as to what we, as Catholic […]
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Third Sunday in Ordinary Time Racial Justice Sunday 21/22 January 2017
Fr Frank writes: My Dear Friends, The gospel today is St Matthew’s description of the start of the ministry of Jesus. In order to get across the significance of the change that was taking place he describes it as akin to switching on a light. ‘The people that lived in darkness has seen […]