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1st Sunday of Advent – 29 November 2009
Gospel : Luke 21 : 25 – 36Year C The end of a liturgical year directs our attention to Your “coming”, Lord, to Your return at the end of the world. The same message is proposed to us in preparation for the feast of Christmas. Your birth among us, at Bethlehem, is not a simple…
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Anniversary of the Dedication of The Shrine
Today the S.S.S. Community at Liverpool celebrates the Solemnity of the Anniversary of the Dedication of The Shrine. (In some modern liturgical commentaries this celebration is often referred to as the “Forgotten Solemnity”; overtones, perhaps, of when the Holy Spirit used to be referred to [in pre- Conciliar days!!] as the “Forgotten Paraclete!!” The Rite…
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Christ the King – 22 November 2009
Gospel : John 18 : 33 – 37Year B Are You the King of the Jews?Pilate thinks he’s asking a straight-forward question. A “yes” or “no” answer will sort it out ….In reality, he’s talking at crossed purposes with You Pilate is thinking of an actual nation: Are You the King of the Jews?You on the other…
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15 November 2009 – Thirty Third Sunday
Gospel : Mark 13 : 24 – 32Year B Jesus spoke about His coming: “In those days”…..It was the wording used by the Prophets to announce the coming of the Messiah. You take it up, Lord, to speak of Your return at the end of time. But why must we focus on images of catastrophe?…
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Thirty Second Sunday – 8 November 2009
Gospel : Mark 12 : 38 – 44Year B Beware of the scribes ….It is with sadness, Lord, that You had to pronounce this warning. The scribes, specialists in the Word of God, don’t take account of it: they have become shepherds who satisfy themselves instead of caring for their flock (Ezek.34). You are not…
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