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The three responses to the Gospel
Today’s first reading is selected from Acts 17, which chronicles St Paul’s visit to Athens. Paul’s brilliant, culturally relevant preaching of the Gospel in the Areopagus didn’t convert everyone,...
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Sunday Scriptures: Biblical Inspiration
“Sunday Scriptures” is a series of posts explaining the Sunday Mass readings – helpful for those preparing to worship, or preparing a homily! What does the Church mean when she says that the Bible is...
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Sunday Scriptures: A Forged Letter and a Mysterious Villain
“Sunday Scriptures” is a series of posts explaining the Sunday Mass readings – helpful for those preparing to worship, or preparing a homily! In this Sunday’s Second Reading we hear: We ask you,...
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Sunday Scriptures: Thessalonian Idle
In this Sunday’s Second Reading (33rd Sunday in Ordinary Time), we heard Saint Paul address the Thessalonians: Brothers and sisters: You know how one must imitate us. For we did not act in a...
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Sunday Scriptures: First Sunday of Advent
This Sunday is the Church’s “New Year’s Day”, as it were. It’s not only the first Sunday of Advent, but also the beginning of a new liturgical year in the Church. It’s a great time to start over,...
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Sunday Scriptures: 1 Corinthians Overview
Over the next few weeks, the second reading at Sunday Mass will be taken from Saint Paul’s First Letter to the Corinthians (1 Corinthians). This week, we read the first few verses of chapter one:...
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Sunday Scriptures: Cults of Personality
Once again, this Sunday’s second reading is from 1 Corinthians, and once again it’s from chapter 1 (vv. 10-13, 17). There were real divisions in the congregation that were very worrying to St Paul....
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Sunday Scriptures: The Foolish Shaming the Wise
In this Sunday’s second reading, once again we hear from St Paul’s 1st Letter to the Corinthians (1:26-31). This section builds on Paul’s teaching about the wisdom of the cross. Here’s what he wrote...
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Cardinal Collins Takes Trudeau to Task
Cardinal Thomas Collins, Archbishop of Toronto, penned a powerful letter today to Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau regarding the Trudeau government’s regrettable recent decision to donate $650...
View ArticleThe Conversion of Saint Paul: Easter Evidence Series
What made the great persecutor of the Christian faith its greatest propagator? The best explanation is that the resurrected and glorified Jesus appeared to Saul the Pharisee, who became better known...
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