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Easter Sunday 2012: Good News

 On any day you can look into the classified advertisements in the newspaper and you will see announcements of births and announcements of deaths. You will never see a report that somebody who had been executed, whether by firing squad, or lethal injection, or decapitation, or electrocution or hanging – in short, somebody who has […]

Meditation on the Seven Last Words of Jesus

Seven last words of Jesus on the Cross  1.”Father, forgive them; for they do not know what they are doing.”  Lk. 23: 34. Pater, dimitte illis, quia nesciunt, quid faciunt. – Even on the cross, Jesus thinks of others. Not only that, he justifies those who crucified him saying to his Father ‘they do not know […]

Reflection on Good Friday 2012

 Triduum 2012 Good Friday On Palm Sunday we read St Mark’s account of Our Lord’s passion. St John’s version which we have just heard contains many interesting details which deserve our attention. Nevertheless, this year I want to concentrate on that first reading from Isaiah, which is the fourth of what we call the Songs […]

Triduum Maundy Thursday 2012

Homily Our faith is full of symbols, visible signs which remind us of invisible truths. So our first reading this evening told of the preparation of the Jewish people for their escape from slavery in Egypt. They were about to set out on a long journey and God ordered them to eat a special meal […]