Israel the bride – Catholic Louth and Mablethorpe

‘Will you leave me, also?’ (Sunday XXI of Ordered time)

Our readings this weekend demonstrate invitations by God to a chosen people, who are always given the freedom to either accept or decline. But if they do accept, they do so not on their own conditions but on His. We should remember that in the relationships that God arranges with an elect people, He paintsContinue reading “‘Will you leave me, also?’ (Sunday XXI of Ordered time)”

Reading through the prophecy of Ezechiel

I used to say to people who said that they hear the Bible mostly at Mass in church (or these days, by watching Mass on TV or via the internet) that the books take on a different character when they are read on their own, and cover-to-cover. The liturgy of the Church is necessarily selectiveContinue reading “Reading through the prophecy of Ezechiel”