Category: Fr John Writes
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Fr John Writes: “All who are on the side of truth listen to my voice”
The Church’s year concludes this weekend with our Solemnity dedicated to Christ the King. This celebration was instituted by Pope Pius XI in 1925, who was at that time concerned […]
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Fr John Writes: “The Lord upholds the widow and orphan” ( Psalm 145)
Our first reading today tells the story of Elijah being sent to request water and food from a poor widow who is herself in dire straits. It was a story […]
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Fr John writes: This Sunday is World Mission Sunday
This Sunday is World Mission Sunday and we are asked to pray and support the work of all those who reach out to share the Gospel with people who have […]
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Fr John Writes: “The Word of God is something alive and active” Hebrews 4:12
“The Word of God is something alive and active” Hebrews 4:12 At every Mass, indeed whenever the Church celebrates a sacrament or any liturgy, we listen to something from the […]
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Fr John Writes: “Anyone who is not against us is for us”
When the disciple John tells Jesus that they had tried to stop someone who was not a disciple performing a miracle in the Lord’s name, Jesus tells him that they […]
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Fr John Writes: Faith: If good works do not go with it, it is quite dead. (James 2:17)
Above all we know that we are called to perform good works because Jesus himself showed us that this was the way to put faith into practice. “Not everyone who […]
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Fr John Writes: The Assumption of our Lady
On 1st November 1950, Pope Pius XII proclaimed “for the joy and exultation of the entire Church;” that it was a divinely revealed truth that the ever Virgin Mary, having […]
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Fr John writes: “Before the word was made, he chose us, chose us in Christ”
Our second readings for the next few weeks are taken from St Paul’s letter to the Ephesians. We know from the Acts of the Apostles that Paul spent three years […]
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Fr John Writes: “The Lord is my Shepherd, there is nothing I shall want”
This surely most famous of psalms is used at Mass today. In the lectionary it is numbered as Psalm 22, which is somewhat confusing as it has traditionally been known […]
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Fr John Writes: A Day for Life
This Sunday the church worldwide keeps its annual Day for Life. We give thanks for the gift of life and pray that the dignity of every human life be respected […]