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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?
Aug 25
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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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July 2026
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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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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June 2026
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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