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Fr. Lawrence
December 20, 2019
Our Advent time of waiting is almost ended and in these last days starting from today’s liturgy, we now turn to the two figures: Mary and Joseph. While the Gospel relates the story of Mary and Joseph before the birth…
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Fr. Lawrence
December 13, 2019
We have now arrived at the third stage of our preparation for the coming of the Lord. With this entrance antiphon: “Gaudete in Domino Semper”, Rejoice in the Lord always… (Phil 4:4), the liturgy on this third Sunday of Advent…
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Fr. Lawrence
December 6, 2019
For a week we have been through a liturgical period of Advent: A season to prepare for Christmas when the Lord came to dwell among us; to renew us. In this second Sunday of Advent, Isaiah paints a picture…
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Fr. Lawrence
November 29, 2019
At the start of the new church’s liturgical year, we begin a season of expectant waiting for the coming of the Lord. The exhortation to keep us onto this focus is to ‘stay awake’. It is a time to focus…
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Fr. Lawrence
November 23, 2019
Today with this Sunday the liturgical year C in the Church’s calendar concludes. Every liturgical year closes with acknowledgement and affirmation that we have our Lord and King; Christ Jesus. With that in mind let us ask ourselves the question:…
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Fr. Lawrence
November 15, 2019
As we come towards the end of the Church’s year, the readings present a timely theme of endurance with hope for the future. The future earth has forgotten God. Science and technology reign supreme and the benevolent governments banishes hunger,…
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Fr. Lawrence
November 9, 2019
We have a God of the living! This Sunday the readings focus on God who is the God of the living. There is a story of two men who lived together in the same neighbourhood for several years. They never…
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Fr. Lawrence
November 3, 2019
Today the readings have a theme of salvation by God’s love and mercy. The first reading is from the book of Wisdom. Like Sirach (Ecclesiasticus) this book is another deuterocanonical book. Sometimes is also called “Wisdom of Solomon”. It describes…
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Fr. Lawrence
October 25, 2019
With this 30th Sunday, we have now approached to the end of the liturgical year C; In fact, we have only four weeks remaining then we start another liturgical year A. This year C, we have been accompanied every Sunday…
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Fr. Lawrence
October 20, 2019
This Sunday as we also mark the Mission Sunday, the biblical readings have a main theme of prayer. In the first reading Moses is in fervent prayer to God and the Gospel shows that persistent prayer opens the doors of…
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