When we say that God is Love, what do we Christians actually mean? We don’t mean some mushy sentiment of love that can last for a day, or a year, or a few years. We mean an intentional and self-giving love, such as the ones many of us hopefully have found in marriage. Such aContinue reading “The Way, the Truth and the Life (Sunday V of Easter)”
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Perseverance (Sunday VI of Ordered time)
“…if you do not avoid that sin for love of the person who may be hurt by it, out of love for that person, then you have not followed the Law at all.”
Love and humility within the family (Holy Family Sunday)
As we meditate upon the Holy Family created at Bethlehem (where the Child was born) and Nazareth (where He grew up), we turn our minds to the very concept of family and family life as the Church looks at it. We look at the Holy Family as the ideal that we all reach for, while weContinue reading “Love and humility within the family (Holy Family Sunday)”
‘Who is my neighbour?’ (Sunday XV of Ordered time)
“The image of God in man is manifested in community life. And the first building block of our communities is the family.”
Catholic Louth and Mablethorpe 