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Sunday 13th Jun 2010

ELEVENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
God is mercy unlimited - that is for those who are ready to turn from their sin to seek his love. Today's readings remind us that it is not God who limits his love. It is either our complacency or our fear which refuses to trust in so great a love.

   
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Sunday 6th Jun 2010

THE BODY AND BLOOD OF CHRIST
Corpus Christi
The sacrifice of Christ re-united us with God, once for all. Every time we celebrate the Lord's Supper and receive his body and blood then through him our union with God is renewed.

   
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Sunday 30th May 2010

THE MOST HOLY TRINITY
Today's feast tells us not just about God, but about the heart of our Christian living. Believing in Christ makes us one with him and brings us to the Father. He gives us His Spirit, to be the driving force of our lives.

   
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Sunday 23rd May 2010

PENTECOST SUNDAY
The first coming of the Holy Spirit on the Church was wind and fire and the telling of God's wonderful deeds in many tongues. The Spirit also comes as many gifts for the common good, bringing peace along with God's forgiving power.

   
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Sunday 16th May 2010

THE ASCENSION OF THE LORD
(World Communications Day)
Jesus ascended to heaven so that his influence and power might be felt not just in one place but in all the world. Today he is present everywhere through his Church, bringing all people to God.

   
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Sunday 9th May 2010

SIXTH SUNDAY OF EASTER
The night before He died Jesus promised the gift of the Spirit to his disciples. God the Father sends the Spirit to keep the word of Christ and for those who keep that word there is the great promise of Christ's peace - being at home with the Father and the Son.

   
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Sunday 2nd May 2010

FIFTH SUNDAY OF EASTER
Part of the great revelation of the New Testament is the notion that God is coming among us to make all things new; that means removing all the causes of guilt and grief in human life. We show our acceptance of this renewal of our lives by our love for one another.

   
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Sunday 25th Apr 2010

FOURTH SUNDAY OF EASTER
(Vocations Sunday)
Like Paul and Barnabas, those whose vocation it is to preach the gospel, will meet opposition. Today we are encouraged by the thought that the Christ we serve knows his people intimately and promises them eternal life--no opposition can snatch them from the Father's love.

   
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Sunday 18th Apr 2010

THIRD SUNDAY OF EASTER
Peter, who denied the Lord three times, three times, affirms his love. He learns that his share in the Lord's care for his people will one day bring him to the martyrdom of death - the early Church was founded on those who joyfully bore witness with their lives.

   
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Sunday 11th Apr 2010

SECOND SUNDAY OF EASTER
We are all a bit like Thomas, unless we see we find it difficult to believe. However, faith is a way of seeing, seeing beyond the apparent problems of life to the hope given by the Resurrection of Jesus; the hope of sharing heaven with Him.

   
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Sunday 4th Apr 2010

EASTER SUNDAY
Today we face the greatest mystery of our faith, the mystery of how God works among us, bringing new life where before was only death. With a sense of wonder and with joy, we come today to thank God for the risen life of Jesus.

   
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Sunday 28th Mar 2010

PASSION (PALM) SUNDAY
Jesus was tortured and humiliated by the pride and self-will of people. He accepted this fate so as to overcome human destructiveness. His humble attentiveness to God allows God's power to be active and recreative.

   
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Sunday 21st Mar 2010

FIFTH SUNDAY OF LENT
Men and women are judged every day - often too quickly condemned by whispering calumny and over- righteous indignations. Today's gospel is a reminder that judgement belongs to God and not to human persons. We cannot expiate our own guilt by pointing the finger at others.

   
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Sunday 14th Mar 2010

FOURTH SUNDAY OF LENT
The Parable of the Prodigal shows us the power of the Father's forgiving love. The elder brother thinks of himself, and is begrudging. How often do we begrudge God's goodness to others? How many of us 'seek to use our good works as a means of monopolising God's love for ourselves.

   
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Sunday 7th Mar 2010

THIRD SUNDAY OF LENT
Today's gospel is a reminder of the need for conversion, for a change of direction in our lives. We cannot presume forever on the mercy of God.

   
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Sunday 21st Jan 2010

FIRST SUNDAY OF LENT
As Lent begins we are reminded of Adam's fall from grace and of the reality of sin in human life, we are also reminded that Christ is the new Adam overcoming temptation in himself and so making possible a new life, a new humanity for those who belong to him.

   
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Sunday 14th Feb 2010

SIXTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
Day of Prayer for Temperance
God's blessing is for those who trust in him. It is especially promised by Jesus to the poor, the hungry, those who mourn and all those who are able to turn to God in their need.

   
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Sunday 7th Feb 2010

FIFTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
The vocation to serve God does not follow a standard pattern; it is as unique as the person who is called. It came for Isaiah while he was at prayer; it came for Peter in the middle of his work. For both men it meant a sense of unworthiness before the presence of God, but both learnt that the service of God does not spring from innate human goodness as much as from the forgiving power of God's love.

   
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Sunday 31st Jan 2010

FOURTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
The messengers of God's truth have often had to suffer hostility and rejection. This is still part of the Church's fate today as it continues the work of the prophets. As we struggle for truth we are encouraged by the Lord's words to Jeremiah "I am with you to deliver you."

   
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Sunday 24th Jan 2010

THIRD SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
We come together on Sunday to listen to the scriptures and to have them explained. Here it is God who speaks to us through his Son. His Spirit continues to work on us to inspire us with his message of freedom and encouragement for all in need.

   
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Sunday 17th Jan 2010

SECOND SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
A wedding is a time for joyful celebration; it is a time of hope and promise. According to John the wedding a Cana marked the beginning of Jesus� ministry. It showed the joy and plenty that his coming brings because in him, God�s promised love is present reality.

   
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Sunday 10th Jan 2010

THE BAPTISM OF THE LORD
At his baptism Jesus was revealed as the Son of God and began his work of bringing the vision of God, his justice and his liberation to people. At our baptism each of us is given a share in this mission, so we become children of God.

   
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