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The Healing of the Ten Lepers – Thirteenth Sunday after Pentecost
Only one the the ten returned to thank Our Lord – and he was a ‘foreigner’, not of the Chosen People. What are we to learn from this?
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The Good Samaritan – Twelfth Sunday after Pentecost
Fr Henry James Coleridge reveals that certain presuppositions that colour our understanding of the Good Samaritan parable, and warns us not to let our…
Aug 16
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'Ephpheta: Be opened' – Eleventh Sunday after Pentecost
A crucial event in the life of every Christian baptised in the traditional rite – the 'Ephpheta' – and when Our Lord first set these words.
Aug 9
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'Not as the rest of men' – Tenth Sunday after Pentecost
The Parable of the Publican and the Pharisee is of perennial importance for all Catholics.
Aug 2
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The Final Warning for Jerusalem – Ninth Sunday after Pentecost
On entering Jerusalem, Christ lamented that the Holy City would reject him – to its own destruction.
Jul 25
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Why guilty consciences mock Christ and his Church
Aug 3, 2025
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Why the unpayable debt of sin requires us to be merciful to others
Nov 11, 2025
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How Christ Harrowed Hell
Apr 19, 2025
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Why zeal for false religious systems provokes the persecution of Catholics
Jul 18, 2025
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The most difficult parable of all? – Eighth Sunday after Pentecost
Why on earth does Christ hold up a worldly trickster in this parable?
Jul 18
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False Prophets – Seventh Sunday after Pentecost
Our Lord's warning requires his faithful to discern true teachers from false ones.
Jul 10
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'I have compassion on the multitude' – Sixth Sunday after Pentecost
The feeding of the four thousand was an occasion for Our Lord to express his fundamental orientation towards mankind.
Jul 5
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What is necessary for faith?
In the Bread of Life discourse, Our Lord tells the Synagogue what it is they must seek from God in order to have faith.
Jun 29
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Anger, Judgment and Contempt – Fifth Sunday after Pentecost
Christ’s words about ‘anger’ are one of the most challenging parts of the Gospels – and they are explained here in full.
Jun 28
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The unreasonableness that devours those who want to be blind
Their rejection of Christ's teaching was culpable. He gave them enough to make their duty clear.
Jun 27
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Raising us up as members of himself – Why Jesus gives himself to us as the Bread of Life
Our Lord had many reasons for calling his flesh the 'Bread of Life', and for giving himself to us under the appearances of bread and wine.
Jun 26
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Those who have faith are the Father's 'gift' to his Son
Do you think of yourself as a gift given by one Divine Person to another?
Jun 25
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How the Sacred Heart loves those whom the Father has given
The love that Jesus has for us is beyond our imagination.
Jun 23
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Gospel-focused spiritual reading, based around the liturgical year and the life of Christ, by the English Catholic hero Fr Henry James Coleridge SJ.
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There's more to Jesus' first temptation than just bread
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What 'Co-Redemptrix' actually means
When Our Lady stood at the foot of the Cross, she was perfectly submitted to God's will, such that she herself willed and consented to the Sacrifice of…
Nov 4, 2025
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How Our Lady consented to and 'co-offered' Christ's sacrifice
The reason we call Our Lady the 'co-redemptrix' goes beyond mere pious enthusiasm.
Sep 18, 2025
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How Mary united both perfect sorrow and peace during the Passion
Our Lady's sorrow at the Passion was no blind grief, but a conscious sharing in God’s saving will.
Sep 17, 2025
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How did Jesus respond when he first beheld his humanity in Our Lady's womb?
Christ accepted the burden of the Cross at the first moment of life.
Mar 25, 2025
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What do we really know about the Angel Gabriel?
The Annunciation was not the first time the St Gabriel appeared in Holy Scripture—it was the fourth. What do these other appearances tell us about this…
Mar 24, 2025
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Apostles
How to convert your friends – The feast at St Matthew's house
We're told that St Francis of Assisi said: "Preach the Gospel always; and when necessary, use words." But is this the proper approach? If not, what is…
Sep 22, 2024
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Answering Christ's call: St Matthew, and vocations
Fr Henry James Coleridge explains how St Matthew's calling contains much that we need to know about our calling as Christians, and how we should respond…
Sep 21, 2024
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Why some people believe – and some refuse
Even the clearest evidence is useless if someone closes himself to grace.
Jun 22
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Nets groaning with fish – Fourth Sunday after Pentecost
Before Simon Peter could become a fisher of men, Christ let him labour all night in vain – only to reward his obedience with more than he could manage.
Jun 21
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How talk of the manna helped the crowd understand the Bread of Life
The crowd begin by quibbling, but appear to make some progress – but would it be enough to understand the doctrine of the Holy Eucharist which Christ…
Jun 20
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Jesus worked miracles to draw out faith in himself, the one sent by God the Father
Faith in the one sent by God is the fundamental ‘work’ upon which everything else is built. Here’s how the miracles of the loaves pointed to this.
Jun 19
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What miracles like the multiplication of loaves are supposed to achieve
When the crowd fail to respond to the miracle properly, they show Our Lord to be the New Moses in spite of themselves.
Jun 18
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The multiplication of loaves pointed towards the Eucharist – but the crowd weren't interested
This was a miracle beyond relieving the extreme miseries Jesus had cured – and they took it as a sign they were to leave aside work and ordinary cares.
Jun 17
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