8th Sunday Year C. Lk. Fr Donal McIlraithFeb 24, 2022
(1.) As disciples, people who follow Jesus, we must take care of our inner, our interior life. We must not be blind, we need to be good teachers with good hearts. (2.) When we put the first two together we see ... Read more
6th Sunday Year C by Fr Donal McllraithFeb 03, 2022
Jesus has just prayed on the mountain and chosen the twelve. Then he comes down and three groups are with him: the twelve (“them”), a wider group of disciples, people who are already following ... Read more
5th Sunday Year C by Fr Donal McllraithFeb 03, 2022
Mark just tells us that Jesus called Simon, Andrew, James and John and they followed him (Mk 1:18-20). Luke discovered, is seems, that there was a fish miracle involved. The occupation of these four was netting fish. Jesus netted them by using fish! The scene opens by the lake ... Read more
7th Sunday Year C. Lk. Fr Donal McIlraithFeb 03, 2022
This is obviously a part of Jesus’ teaching, indeed, his commands, that we need to come back to again and again. In the first part (vv27-31) the disciples are being ordered to love those who hate and persecute them, to give freely and to keep the golden rule ... Read more
