Soul Food for Eighteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time, 4th August 2024
I am the bread of life; whoever comes to me will never hunger, and whoever believes in me will never thirst. This theme of hunger continues in the Gospels this Sunday. Last week we heard about the multiplication of loaves; this week we hear more on the theme. Through our laptops, our phones and our TVs we hear about the need to consume...
Author: - July 28, 2024
Soul Food for The Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time, 28th July 2024
In today's Gospel, we witness Jesus miraculously feeding 5,000 people, a profound act of compassion and abundance in the face of hunger. In our modern world, where we produce enough food to feed all the world’s 8 billion people, some 828 million people go hungry every day; these facts create deep questions for us all. In Ireland, over half a million people are considered at risk of poverty and over 180,000 people are living in what is defined as ‘consistent poverty’.
Author: - July 4, 2024
Soul Food for The Sixteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time, 21st July 2024
In late July, we are deep into ordinary time in the Church’s liturgical calendar. It is so ordinary that we may not even pay attention to which Sunday in Ordinary Time it is. And that, in general, seems to be true for ordinary time. We just don’t give it much attention. The Great Feasts of the year – Christmas, Easter and Pentecost – receive all the Glory. In fact, we focus more on the preparation time for these great events – Advent, Lent, and the Pentecost Novena – than we do on the time after these significant moments.
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Soul Food for The Fifteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time, 14th July 2024
Today's readings draw our attention to God’s call to biblical characters – such as Amos and the Twelve Apostles – as well to each of us today. This call, then as now, isn't devoid of challenges but is about witness. Today, Jesus commissions the Twelve to go out to the world. He empowers them to confront the unclean spirits. For many people today, unclean spirits can encompass various forms of difficulties and injustices...
Author: - July 1, 2024
