Category: Fr Dominic Writes
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Fr Dominic Writes: In the month of the Holy Souls what is our belief in the afterlife?
Our Liturgy today is dominated with the assurance of an afterlife. It is a splendid hope. Life is not a journey to nowhere. It is a journey to the promised […]
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Fr Dominic Writes: Jesus helps people to meet the challenges of living in this present world
In our Gospel Jesus is a guest in Zacchaeus’s house. We know how the visit began and we know how it ended. What happened in-between. Jesus summed up the encounter […]
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Fr Dominic writes: Am I more like a Pharisee or am I more like a Tax Collector?
The Pharisees were concerned with the correct application of the Law, they always decided on the strictest application of the Law. They tries to make themselves “pure” and formed cliques […]
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Fr Dominic writes: We are approaching the month of the Holy Souls
One of the many things that mark out Catholics from the other Christian denominations is our devotion to praying for our dead, those who have gone before us. We pray […]
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Fr Dominic writes: Do we notice our blessings?
The word “Leprosy” terrified people in biblical times. It is hard for us to imagine the many thousands of people infected by various skin diseases in Judea back then including […]
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Fr Dominic writes: A bold faith
In the gospel the apostles ask Jesus to increase their faith and Jesus replies by illustrating the power of faith as small as a mustard seed. That faith is strong […]
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Fr Dominic Writes: When silence becomes a crime
Remember one of the images Jesus gave of the kingdom of God – that of the grand dinner party. The people who were invited were too busy with their own […]
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Fr Dominic shares a statement by Cardinal Vincent Nichols: Her Majesty the Queen
On 21st April 1947, on her twenty-first birthday, Princess Elizabeth said, ‘I declare before you all that my whole life whether it be long or short shall be devoted to […]
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Fr Dominic writes: Can you help us get everything up and running again?
This weekend I am away in Offenburg which is one of Borehamwood’s Twin Towns. It is good to be part of the initiative that brings people from around the world […]
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Fr Dominic Writes: Opportunities do not last forever
There is a familiar quotation that says; “I shall pass through this world but once Any good therefore, that I can do or any kindness that I can show to […]