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Lourdes Novena 3-11 February 2024
Friday, 02 February 2024
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 Christmas
Sunday, 24 December 2023
Commentary by Donagh O’Shea OP, www.goodnews.ie Jn 1:1-18 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things came into being through him, and without him not one thing came into being. What has come into being in him
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Commentary on the 4th Sunday of Advent (B), 24.12.2023
Saturday, 23 December 2023
Commentary by Donagh O’Shea OP, www.goodnews.ie Lk 1:26-38 In the sixth month the angel Gabriel as sent by God to a town in Galilee called Nazareth, to a virgin engaged to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David. The virgin’s name was Mary. And he came to her and said, “Greetings,
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Commentary on 5th Sunday of year (B), 4.02.2024