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Pope Leo XIV’s First Encyclical

Our Lady of Pentecost 29 May 2026 No Comments
Pope Leo XIV’s first encyclical, Magnifica Humanitas (2026), reflects on how humanity can safeguard its God-given dignity in an age shaped by artificial intelligence, arguing that technology is not inherently…
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A Tour through the Mass!

Frank O'Loughlin 29 May 2026 No Comments
The Liturgy of the Word and the Eucharist   As we are all aware, there are two major parts to the Mass: the Liturgy of the Word and the Liturgy…
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A Tour through the Mass!

Our Lady of Pentecost 22 May 2026 No Comments
Prayer of the Faithful This prayer has very ancient roots.  It goes back to the liturgy of the Jewish synagogue which had its prayer of the eighteen blessings in which…
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A Tour through the Mass!

Our Lady of Pentecost 15 May 2026 No Comments
The Creed, The Apostles’ Creed and the Nicene Creed The Apostles’ Creed is the shorter of the two creeds which can be used at Mass.  Its origin is that it…
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Sandy Curnow

Sandy Curnow Reflection

Our Lady of Pentecost 8 May 2026 2 Comments
Journeying with Scripture By the waters of Babylon there we sat down and wept When we remembered Zion… Let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth if I…
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A Tour through the Mass!

Frank O'Loughlin 8 May 2026 No Comments
The Homily Homilies are a continuation in the present of what the writers of the gospels were doing as they passed on the Word of God spoken by Jesus and…
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Ann Rennie Reflects

Our Lady of Pentecost 1 May 2026 2 Comments
Sometimes you hear a song or hymn as if for the first time and the lyrics create an unexpected resonance for you.  Maybe this is a mental fog clearing, the…
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A Tour through the Mass!

Frank O'Loughlin 1 May 2026 No Comments
The Gospel The heart of the Liturgy of the Word is the Proclamation of the Gospel.  And it is treated in such a way that this is made clear.  The…
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Cathy Jenkins

Living into Easter

Our Lady of Pentecost 24 April 2026 6 Comments
The Paschal candle is ablaze, and we are deep in this stretch of Easter time when the world of faith invites us into joy, renewal and all the promise that…
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A Tour through the Mass!

Our Lady of Pentecost 24 April 2026 1 Comment
The Second Reading The second reading of the Liturgy of the Word always comes from the New Testament.  It comes from the letters of the apostles or from the book…
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A Tour through the Mass!

Our Lady of Pentecost 17 April 2026 No Comments
The Readings at Mass In the last article, published before Easter, we looked at the Liturgy of the Word in general.  Now let us look at some of the particulars…
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Sandy Curnow

Sandy Curnow Reflection

Our Lady of Pentecost 10 April 2026 5 Comments
Names for the week after Easter Low Sunday As a small child, I thought this coming weekend was called by the Church ‘Low Sunday’ because sacristans, choir, priests, (in that…
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