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Why Jesus delayed healing Jairus' daughter and healed the bleeding woman instead
The delay must have been excruciating for Jairus – just as the delay in the woman's healing had been to her.
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How to make prayers rebound on you as curses
Christ warns that unmercifulness destroys grace at its root, and shuts the very gates of God’s mercy upon the unmerciful.
Nov 12
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Why the unpayable debt of sin requires us to be merciful to others
Christ’s parable of the Unmerciful Servant shows that no offence against us is anything compared to our own debt to God.
Nov 11
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Why must we forgive 'seventy times seven' times?
Christ teaches that forgiveness knows no limits, because mercy is the very measure of divine life within the soul.
Nov 10
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Do we have duties towards unjust rulers – and are they still God’s ministers?
Christ upheld the authority of civil rulers – not because they are just, but because their power came from God.
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Why guilty consciences mock Christ and his Church
Aug 3
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Why zeal for false religious systems provokes the persecution of Catholics
Jul 18
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Why Jesus said ‘Thy sins are forgiven’ before healing the Paralytic
Oct 12
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'The Wedding Garment' and membership of the Church
Oct 19
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Should we pay taxes?
Why did Christ’s answer so silence his enemies, and what does it mean for us today?
Nov 8
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The Beatitudes are the blueprint for society and the Church
The Beatitudes are the map for the renewal of the world — divine principles that heal both the individual and society, by reflecting the life of Christ…
Nov 5
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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…
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Are all obliged to live out the Beatitudes, or are they just for an elite?
Christ’s Beatitudes are the Kingdom’s law of hope—obligatory in measure for all, and urging every state of life beyond bare precept into the counsels of…
Nov 2
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What actually is 'a Beatitude'?
We hear them read at All Saints and on other occasions – but what exactly are the Beatitudes supposed to be?
Nov 1
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The Beatitudes: Manifesto for All Saints and a new Decalogue
The Sermon of the Mount recalls the giving of the Law on Mount Sinai – with Christ as both God and the New Moses, promulgating the New Law for his…
Oct 31
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Does St John's Gospel contain non sequitur phrases?
Some phrases from the Fourth Gospel might seem surprising or mystifying – but once we understand the author's purpose, it all makes sense.
Oct 30
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Why does Christ rebuke those who seek signs and wonders?
And why does Jesus seem to prolong the agony of a desperate father seeking healing for his son?
Oct 29
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Why Pilate kept asking Christ if he was a King
In the face of Pilate's questions, Christ declares Himself born to reign through truth – and calls every soul to hear His voice.
Oct 26
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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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Why guilty consciences mock Christ and his Church
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Why zeal for false religious systems provokes the persecution of Catholics
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Why Jesus said ‘Thy sins are forgiven’ before healing the Paralytic
Oct 12
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'The Wedding Garment' and membership of the Church
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What is the meaning of the 'fourfold' love of God?
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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…
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S.D. Wright
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Apostles
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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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How is Christ's Kingdom 'not of this world'?
Christ stands before Pilate not as a rival to Caesar, but as the King of all truth and grace.
Oct 25
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Why did the priests tell Pilate that Jesus claimed to be King?
Even in their malice, Christ’s enemies unwittingly declared Him to be King.
Oct 24
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How the Parable of the Wedding Feast reveals the judgement of the wicked
'Friend, how camest thou in hither?' The question uncovers the soul’s helpless silence at God’s judgment, where every excuse has vanished, and only…
Oct 21
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'The Wedding Garment' and supernatural charity
The wedding garment is not merely virtue in general, but that charity which unites man to God and his Church.
Oct 20
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'The Wedding Garment' and membership of the Church
A popular interpretation of the parable sees 'the wedding garment' as supernatural grace in the soul – but it also has an application to membership of…
Oct 19
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The terrifying warning of the parable of the wedding feast
The 'wedding garment' and the command to come to the wedding feast give this parable, told in the Temple in Holy Week, a different meaning to the…
Oct 18
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