Cathedral News
Twenty-second Sunday in Ordinary Time
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It must have taken a great amount of courage for Jesus to turn in the direction of Jerusalem, knowing what lay in front of him.
Twentieth Sunday in Ordinary Time
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Today’s gospel is a strange story. Picture Jesus merciful and compassionate, refusing to even acknowledge - let alone speak to - a distraught mother who pleads for her daughter to be cured.
Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
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“The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.” (Franklin D Roosevelt)
Eighteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
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The miracle in today’s gospel is the only one mentioned by all four evangelists.
Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
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In the time of Jesus, pearls were very valuable, since diving for them was very dangerous.
Sixteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
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Darnel is a noxious weed, which in the early stages resembles wheat. When it ripens it turns black, in contrast with wheat which turns brown.
Fifteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
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The Bible is full of stories and references to country life. Such imagery sinks deep into the consciousness of the listener, in a way that words do not.
Fourteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
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The first followers of Jesus were simple, probably uneducated, people. They accepted Jesus in a way that the Jewish leaders did not.