Cathedral News
Saint of the Month: St Wenceslas
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The subject of the popular carol, St Wenceslas is remembered on 28 September.
Twenty-Second Sunday in Ordinary Time
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Jesus is beginning to prepare his disciples for his coming death. He must have known that his challenges to the establishment of the day would bring this about.
Twenty-First Sunday in Ordinary Time
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The reading from Isaiah refers to Shebna, who was the steward of Hezekiah, King of Judah.
Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
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There seems to be a stark contrast between the reading from Kings and Matthew’s gospel. Elijah found God, not in the violence of natural phenomena, but in the gentle breeze.
Saint of the Month: St Helena
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St Helena was born between 246 and 248 AD. It is thought that she was a Greek and came from Drepanum in the province of Bithynia in Asia Minor, modern Turkey.
The Transfiguration of the Lord
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Richard Dawkins, and many atheists like him, demand physical evidence for anything to be accepted as fact.
Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
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“The Kingdom of Heaven” is a phrase used only by Matthew; the other evangelists use the expression “Kingdom of Heaven.” It seems to mean the presence or rule of God, and Matthew uses many parables
Sixteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
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Darnel is a noxious weed which closely resembles wheat. Its seeds are poisonous, and eating them can be fatal.
Fifteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
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The parable of the sower is timeless in that every generation can understand its imagery. People from the west of Ireland can particularly understand rocky ground!