“Let’s have a look at psalm 118, but as we go through it, let’s replace ‘law’ or ‘commandments’ or ‘decrees’ in our minds with ‘Christ’ or ‘gospel,’ and ‘covenant’ with ‘Church,’ and see how it sounds.”
Category Archives: Holy Scripture
Short commentary on the prophecy of Isaiah
“Isaias is similar to other prophets in the usual condemnations: the people have forsaken the God of their ancestors and become thoroughly idolatrous, becoming comparable to the ancient cities of Sodom and Gomorrah; their practice of the Hebrew religion is superficial and have become abominable to God; and they are morally corrupt…”
Arrived at the parish house
“My first Mass at the parish church will be tomorrow morning at 9.30, when we shall honour our Lord as the Eternal High Priest.”
Short commentary on the Gospel of S. Matthew
“The Gospels were not meant to be biographies of Christ, although they provide biographical information. They were concerned rather with presenting Christ as the fulfilment of the Promise.”
Catholic Louth and Mablethorpe 