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Twenty-ninth Sunday in Ordinary Time

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Jesus often used dramatic situations to emphasise his teaching. The steward in the parable, who could not pay his debt, owed ten thousand talents, which would be billions in today’s money.

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Saint of the Month: St John Ogilvie

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St John Ogilvie, the only recorded Scottish martyr, is remembered on 14 October.

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Twenty-eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time

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It is interesting that the two lepers who expressed gratitude to God were foreigners. Naaman was a Syrian, whose cure in the river Jordan was brought about through a young slave girl from Israel.

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Twenty-seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time

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Habakkuk lived probably sometime in the seventh century BC, when the power of Babylon was growing.

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Twenty-sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time

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Today we have another well-known parable which Jesus told, which is unique in that he named a character in the story.

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Twenty-fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time

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The parable of the Unjust Steward comes between the stories of the Prodigal Son (Luke 15:19-33) and the Rich Man and Lazarus (Luke 16:19-31).

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Saints of the Month: Ss Cosmos & Damien

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Ss Cosmos and Damien were martyred in Syria in the third century AD. They are remembered on 26 September.

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The Exaltation of the Holy Cross

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On 14 September 335 a relic of the  cross, found by St Helena, was venerated by the people in Jerusalem.

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Twenty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time

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When Moses stood with God, receiving the Ten Commandments, the Israelites made a golden calf and worshipped it (Exodus 32:1-4). We may laugh at their credulity; but the message is a stark one.

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Twenty-second Sunday in Ordinary Time

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The theme of today’s readings would appear to be the qualities required of someone seeking the Kingdom of God.

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