Commentary on Ash Wednesday, 14.02.2024
Tuesday, 13 February 2024
Commentary by Donagh O’Shea OP, www.goodnews.ie Beware of practising your piety before others in order to be seen by them; for then you have no reward from your Father in heaven. ‘So whenever you give alms, do not sound a trumpet before you, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, so
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Commentary on 6th Sunday of year (B), 11.02.2024
Sunday, 11 February 2024
Commentary by Fr Donagh O’Shea OP, www.goodnews.ie A leper came to Jesus begging him, and kneeling he said to him, “If you choose, you can make me clean.” Moved with pity, Jesus stretched out his hand and touched him, and said to him, “I do choose. Be made clean!” Immediately the leprosy left him, and
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Commentary on 5th Sunday of year (B), 4.02.2024
Saturday, 03 February 2024
Commentary by Fr Donagh O’Shea OP, www.goodnews.ie Mk 1:29-39 As soon as they left the synagogue, they entered the house of Simon and Andrew, with James and John. Now Simon’s mother-in-law was in bed with a fever, and they told him about her at once. He came and took her by the hand and lifted
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Commentary on 4th Sunday of year (B), 28.01.2024
Saturday, 27 January 2024
Commentary by Fr Donagh O’Shea OP, www.goodnews.ie Mk 1:21-28 Jesus entered the synagogue and taught. The people were astounded at his teaching, for he taught them as one having authority, and not as the scribes. Just then there was in their synagogue a man with an unclean spirit, and he cried out, “What have you
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Commentary on 2nd Sunday of year (B), 14.01.2024
Saturday, 13 January 2024
Commentary by Fr Donagh O’Shea OP, www.goodnews.ie John 1:35-42 John again was standing with two of his disciples, and as he watched Jesus walk by, he exclaimed, “Look, here is the Lamb of God!” The two disciples heard him say this, and they followed Jesus. When Jesus turned and saw them following, he said to
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Commentary on the Baptism of the Lord (B), 7.01.2024
Saturday, 06 January 2024
Commentary by Fr Donagh O’Shea OP, www.goodnews.ie Jesus is there anonymously in the crowd, coming forward with the rest to meet the famous John the Baptist. It is impossible for us to see him as an anonymous person; to us he stands out from every crowd and from the whole human race: above them, beyond
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Commentary on Epiphany (B), 6.01.2024
Friday, 05 January 2024
TEXT — Matthew 2:1–12 — The Three Wise Men Wise Men arrive 1 Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of Herod the king, behold, wise men from the East came to Jerusalem, saying, 2 “Where is he who has been born king of the Jews? For we have seen
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Commentary on the feast of Mary – Mother of God
Sunday, 31 December 2023
Mary – Mother of GodSun 1st Jan Fr. Donagh O’Shea, www.goodnews.ie Lk 2:16-21 The shepherds went with haste and found Mary and Joseph, and the child lying in the manger. When they saw this, they made known what had been told them about this child; and all who heard it were amazed at what the
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Commentary on Holy Family Sunday (B), 31.12.2023
Saturday, 30 December 2023
Commentary by Fr Donagh O’Shea OP, www.goodnews.ie Luke 2:22-40 “The child’s father and mother were amazed at what was being said about him.” This shows that they had no hindsight; they thought of themselves in every way as normal people. This is their connection with us. Had they thought themselves special from birth, they would
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Commentary on 1st Sunday of Lent (B), 18.02.2024