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

Commentary by Donagh O’Shea OP, www.goodnews.ie “You have heard that it was said, ‘An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth.’  But I say to you, Do not resist an evildoer. But if anyone strikes you on the right cheek, turn the other also;  and if anyone wants to sue you and

TEXT Matt 5:17-37 To fulfil the Law 17 “Think not that I have come to abolish the law and the prophets; I have come not to abolish them but to fulfil them. 18 For truly, I say to you, till heaven and earth pass away, not an iota, not a dot, will pass from the

TEXT: Mt 5:13-16 Salt of the earth 13 “You are the salt of the earth; but if salt has lost its taste, how shall its saltness be restored? It is no longer good for anything except to be thrown out and trodden under foot by men. Light of the world 14 “You are the light

TEXT Matt 4:12-25 Jesus moves to live in Capernaum 12 Now when he heard that John had been arrested, he withdrew into Galilee; 13 and leaving Nazareth he went and dwelt in Caper’na–um by the sea, in the territory of Zeb’ulun and Naph’tali, 14 that what was spoken by the prophet Isaiah might be fulfilled,

TEXT: LUKE 02: 15–20 Shepherds went to Bethlehem 15 When the angels went away from them into heaven, the shepherds said to one another, “Let us go over to Bethlehem and see this thing [word] that has happened, which the Lord has made known to us.” And they went with haste, and found Mary and

TEXT: MATTHEW 01: 18–25 Mary is pregnant 18 Now the birth of Jesus Christ took place in this way. When his mother Mary had been betrothed to Joseph, before they came together she was found to be with child of the Holy Spirit; 19 and her husband Joseph, being a just man and unwilling to

TEXT: MATTHEW 11: 02–11 Is Jesus the Messiah? 2 Now when John heard in prison about the deeds of the Christ, he sent word by his disciples 3 and said to him, “Are you he who is to come, or shall we look for another?” Jesus’ deeds 4 And Jesus answered them, “Go and tell

TEXT: Matthew 03: 1–12 John the Baptist appears 1 In those days came John the Baptist, preaching in the wilderness of Judea, 2 “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.” He is a prophet 3 For this is he who was spoken of by the prophet Isaiah when he said, “The voice of

TEXT: MATTHEW 24: 37–44 Coming of Son of man will be unexpected 37 As were the days of Noah, so will be the coming of the Son of man. 38 For as in those days before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day when Noah entered the