2021

  Building the Kingdom November 16, 2022 Wednesday of the Thirty-Third Week in Ordinary Time

Dec 19, 2022
I tell you, to everyone who has, more will be given, but from the one who has not, even what he has will be taken away. Now as for those enemies of mine who did not want me as their king, bring them here and slay them before me.” Luke 19:26-27
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  St Fintan Celebrated on November 15th

Dec 19, 2022
Hermit. Born in Leinster, in the 9th century, Fintan was captured and made a slave by Vikings who took him to the Orkneys. He escaped and was protected by a Scottish bishop whose name has been lost.
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  Love for the Sinner November 15, 2022 Tuesday of the Thirty-Third Week in Ordinary Time

Dec 19, 2022
“Zacchaeus, come down quickly, for today I must stay at your house.” Luke 19:5b
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  St Laurence O'Toole Celebrated on November 14th

Dec 19, 2022
Archbishop of Dublin. Laurence (Lorcan O Tuathail) was born about 1128 in Co Kildare, of a marriage between the chieftain families O'Toole and O'Byrne. He spent most of his childhood as a hostage of Dermot McMurrogh, King of Leinster. Laurence became a monk at Glendalough and was elected abbot at the…
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  Calling Out for Mercy! November 14, 2022 Monday of the Thirty-Third Week in Ordinary Time

Dec 19, 2022
He kept calling out all the more, “Son of David, have pity on me!”
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  St Martin of Tours Celebrated on November 11th

Dec 19, 2022
Born in 316 in Hungary, Saint Martin was one of the most popular saints of the Middle Ages. His father was a pagan officer in the army, and as a young man, Martin joined up as a conscript. However, he had already come under the influence of Christianity, and realised that the military life was not compatible…
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  Abandonment to God November 11, 2022 Friday of the Thirty-Second Week in Ordinary Time

Dec 19, 2022
“Whoever seeks to preserve his life will lose it, but whoever loses it will save it.”
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