This week’s Second Reading contains a very early Christian hymn and quotes from the prophet Isaiah, which proclaims that “all beings in the heavens, on earth and in the underworld should bend the knee” to God (Is. 45:23). But St Paul instead writes: “at the name of Jesus.”
Rewarding the repentant heart-Gospel Reflection Read More »
Jokes A tribute (sort of) to those who don’t play fair in competition … A bloke won the local fishing competition with the biggest fish anyone had ever seen. One of the judges looked closely and said, “Hang on … there’s a supermarket sticker underneath the fish and it’s frozen solid!” The bloke shrugged.
Pope Leo XIV has urged Christians to defend human dignity in every circumstance with “the light and strength of the Gospel”.
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Majellan Christmas cards are now available. Why not send a loved one or family friend a beautiful card this festive season to show how much you care?
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In the gospel parable we might wonder is this the way God acts? It doesn’t seem fair to pay everyone the same wage, whether they have worked the entire day or for an hour, even if it was agreed to by the workers at the beginning.
An ever-generous God-Gospel Reflection Read More »
Jokes As we are deep into the football finals, let’s throw in a few jokes about sport … Patient: Please doctor, you’ve got to help me with these nightmares! Doctor: What type of dreams are you having? Patient: I always dream of these awful rodents playing football. Seeing them crawl, tackle, squeal night after
Unlike today, in the seventies there were still many religious in Catholic schools and Christian Brothers’ colleges were no different. As my father was educated by the Christian Brothers, he was keen for his five sons to follow suit. And we all did.
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In Keeping with the Season of Creation, Pope Leo XIV has released the ‘Pray with the Pope’ video accompanying his prayer intention for September – For the care of water.
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