Commentary on 27th Sunday of the year (A), 4.10.2020
Saturday, 03 October 2020
Commentary by Donagh O’Shea OP, www.goodnews.ie Mt 21:33-43 “Listen to another parable. There was a landowner who planted a vineyard, put a fence around it, dug a wine press in it, and built a watchtower. Then he leased it to tenants and went to another country. When the harvest time had come, he sent his
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Commentary on 26th Sunday of the year (A), 27.09.2020
Saturday, 26 September 2020
Commentary by Donagh O’Shea OP, www.goodnews.ie Mt 21:28-32 “What do you think? A man had two sons; he went to the first and said, ‘Son, go and work in the vineyard today.’ He answered, ‘I will not’; but later he changed his mind and went. The father went to the second and said the same;
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Commentary on 25th Sunday of the year (A), 20.09.2020
Saturday, 19 September 2020
Commentary by Donagh O’Shea OP, www.goodnews.ie Mt 20:1-16 “The kingdom of heaven is like a landowner who went out early in the morning to hire labourers for his vineyard. After agreeing with the labourers for the usual daily wage, he sent them into his vineyard. When he went out about nine o’clock, he saw others
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Commentary on 24th Sunday of the year (A), 13.09.2020
Saturday, 12 September 2020
Commentary by Donagh O’Shea OP, www.goodnews.ie Mt 18:21-35 Peter came and said to him Jesus, “Lord, if another member of the church sins against me, how often should I forgive? As many as seven times?” Jesus said to him, “Not seven times, but, I tell you, seventy-seven times. For this reason the kingdom of heaven
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Commentary on 23rd Sunday of the year (A), 6.09.2020
Saturday, 05 September 2020
Commentary by Donagh O’Shea OP, www.goodnews.ie Mt 18:15-20 “If another member of the church sins against you, go and point out the fault when the two of you are alone. If the member listens to you, you have regained that one. But if you are not listened to, take one or two others along with
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Commentary on 22nd Sunday of the year (A), 30.08.2020
Saturday, 29 August 2020
Commentary by Donagh O’Shea OP, www.goodnews.ie Mt 16:21-27 Jesus began to show his disciples that he must go to Jerusalem and undergo great suffering at the hands of the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and on the third day be raised. And Peter took him aside and began to rebuke him,
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Commentary on 21st Sunday of the year (A), 23.08.2020
Saturday, 22 August 2020
Commentary by Matthew Green, www.advenus.wordpress.com Mt 16:13-20 The Catholic Church has many things in common with other Christian denominations. Exactly how much we have in common varies greatly from case to case, in both theology and liturgy. Some Christians share little more with us than a basic faith in Christ, with very different interpretations of
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Commentary on 20th Sunday of the year (A), 16.08.2020
Saturday, 15 August 2020
Beyond the Boundaries Commentary by Fergus Kerr OP, http://niwg.op.org Mt 15:21-28 Canaanites are cast in a bad light in the Bible. Their gods are Baal (2 Kings 10:18-28) and Moloch (2 Kings 23:10), their goddesses Astarte (2 Kings 23:13) and Ashera (2 Kings 23:4-7). They are accused of practising fertility rites, sacrificing children and many
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Commentary on 19th Sunday of the year (A), 9.08.2020
Saturday, 08 August 2020
Fear and faith Commentary by Melissa Bane Sevier , www.melissabanesevier.wordpress.com They say it’s the first step that’s the hardest. Fear often keeps us rooted in our place, afraid that any movement will make things worse. Sometimes well-meaning people will remind us to have faith in God, who can do all things. Remember
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Commentary on 28th Sunday of the year (A), 11.10.2020