by Elisa Feiritear | Jun 18, 2020 | Sunday Gospel Reflections
Gospel Reflection “Do not be afraid of those who kill the body.” (Mathew 10:26-35). Reflection: The entire Church is missionary During his public life Jesus commissioned the apostles to preach the Good News to the lost sheep of the house of Israel, and...
by Elisa Feiritear | May 12, 2020 | Gospel Reflections, Sunday Gospel Reflections
Gospel Reflection “I shall ask the Father, and he will give you another advocate” The Gospel (John 14:15-21) Writing to the Romans (Romans 8:14) Paul says: “All who are led by the Spirit of God are children of God”. The Sunday readings today stress the part played by...
by Elisa Feiritear | Mar 10, 2020 | Sunday Gospel Reflections
Gospel Reflection A spring of water welling up to eternal life. The Gospel (John 4:5-42). The theme of water is central to the first reading and the Gospel reading today. Water slakes thirst in the present life and can point to water of another order that looks...
by Elisa Feiritear | Feb 15, 2020 | News, Sunday Gospel Reflections
Gospel Reflection You have learned how it was said to our ancestors; but I say this to you. The Gospel (Matthew 5:17-37). In this reading he gives a new understanding of the commandments believed to have been revealed to Moses on Sinai, and he does this with...
by Karen Moloney | Jan 18, 2020 | News, Sunday Gospel Reflections
Gospel Reflection Look, there is the lamb of God that takes away the sin of the world. The Gospel (John 1:29-34) This is the Second Sunday of the Three Year Liturgical cycle, Year 1 (A) of the cycle, in which the Gospel readings will be from the Gospel of Matthew. But...
by Karen Moloney | Dec 14, 2019 | News, Sunday Gospel Reflections
Gospel Reflection Jesus Christ, the cause of our joy. Are you the one who is to come, or have we got to wait for someone else? The Gospel (Matthew 11:2-11) In that Gospel passage, John, the precursor of the One who was to come, proclaimed that One to Come would have...
