On 24th October we had an extremely interesting talk on Blessed Abbot Richard Whiting the last Abbot of Glastonbury given by Dr Tim Hopkinson-Ball.
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Fr Dominic’s Homily
This is the final few days before Jesus is arrested by the chief priests and the elders. Jerusalem was full with thousands of pilgrims because the feast of the Passover was near and Jesus had just turned over the stalls of the money changers in an effort to stop them turning the temple into a market place.
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So you may have seen the film about the wrong trousers – well this is the parable of the wrong wedding garment! We have had various parables about vineyards but today it is about a banquet and again it is Jesus explaining what the kingdom of heaven is like.
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The hills of Galilee had many vineyards and it was common for the owners of these vineyards to rent them out. Normally up to 50% return of produce in terms of grapes was expected from any tenants as payment. So the parable that Jesus is telling about a landowner and his tenants would have been familiar to his audience.
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Fr Dominic gave a very insightful talk on exorcism and his experiences in this field.
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It is said that the whole Christian life could be summed up as the struggle to begin to think as God thinks.
The Gospel today gives a good example of how this works in reality, for how can any of us truly think as God thinks?
So this is a parable about two sons, both of whom change their minds.
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A new RCIA Course will be starting at St Mary’s from October 2023 to March 2024.
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Matthew used to be a tax collector so he loves parables where Jesus uses finance in explaining to his disciples what the kingdom of heaven is like.
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“He seized him and started to choke him, demanding, ‘Pay back what you owe.’” It shows what we are all capable of if we let ourselves.
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Today is a Marian feast: “Our Lady of Sorrows.”
Mary had no particular love of pain and sorrow. The first announcement of her vocation by the Archangel Gabriel mentioned nothing about suffering. It was filled only with messianic promises.
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Today we honour the cross of Jesus which is really an instrument of torture. In Roman times it was one of the most horrific ways to die. It was the punishment for those who undermined the Roman authority.
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A new era of grace and salvation begins with the miraculous conception and birth of Jesus.
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How many of us like to get involved in conflict management? It’s never easy. And there are so many situations that can arise – in the family, at work in the parish…
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On Our Lady's birthday the Church celebrates the beginning of redemption with the appearance in the world of the Saviour's mother, Mary.
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Dear Sisters and Brothers in Christ,
For many people September rather than January is the beginning of a new year. The reason for this is that Schools and Universities begin a new academic year which effects not only the academic population but has a bearing on family life and the volume of traffic on the roads.
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