by maureen | Jul 9, 2024 | Gospel Explained
Very interesting – I draw your attention to paragraph 3! DEATH PROFITS THE SOUL Mary of Magdala came to the tomb early that [Sunday] morning, while it was still dark, and saw the stone removed from the tomb (John 20:1-9). Before the resurrection from the dead,...
by maureen | Jul 9, 2024 | Gospel Explained, Uncategorized
A HAPPY AND BLESSED ST. PATRICK’S DAY! We continue with the readings from the fifth Sunday of Lent on Patrick’s day. He was from Scotland and at sixteen, was captured by Irish raiders who put him into slavery, herding sheep here in Ireland. He eventually escaped and...
by maureen | Mar 12, 2024 | Gospel Explained
REJOICE IN THE GOOD NEWS Today is called Laetare (Rejoice) Sunday. It’s a day for rejoicing in anticipation for the coming of Easter Sunday. We are midway through Lent and if we have stopped our fasting and sacrifices, we are encouraged to renew them again today! The...
by maureen | Mar 12, 2024 | Gospel Explained, Uncategorized
CLEANING THE TEMPLE OF OUR BODY Jesus entered God’s Temple and drove out all the traders who had transformed the building from a place of prayer into a commercial marketplace. In baptism, our bodies are transformed into sanctuaries as holy temples to honour and...
by maureen | Mar 12, 2024 | Gospel Explained
TRANSFIGURATION MEANS CONVERSION OF OUR HEARTS Jesus came into the world to transfigure our sinful bodies, into copies of His Glorious Body (Phil 3:17-4). Only then, can we enter Heaven. When St. Peter said that he would build three tents for Moses, Elijah and Jesus,...