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Soul Food for Hungry Adult Communities: 28th Sunday in Ordinary Time, . Oct.13th 2013.

28TH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME, YEAR C: LUKE 17:11-19.  October 13, 2013.

Gospel: Luke 17:11-19. Read it for yourself, in…

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SOUL FOOD for Young Adult Communities: October 6th 2013, 27th Sunday in Ordinary Time.

SOUL FOOD for Young Adult Communities: October 6th 2013, 27th Sunday in Ordinary Time.

Gospel: Luke 17:5-10. Find it in your own Bible or click here for Mass Readings for this Sunday.  Reflection written by Sarah Kelly, a young adult.

Dear Friends.

Have you ever found yourself in this situation, you…

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Soul Food for Young Adult Communities: Sept. 29th 2013, 26th Sunday in Ordinary Time.

Soul Food for Young Adult Communities: Sept. 29th 2013, 26th Sunday in Ordinary Time.  Gospel: Luke 16:19-31   (Reflection by Sarah Kelly, a young adult).

Dear Friends.

The Gospel we read today is quite tricky. Not for obvious reasons though. The first time I read it, I thought that this Gospel…

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Soul Food for Hungry Adult Communities: Sunday Sept. 29th 2013: 26th Sunday in Ordinary Time.

26th Sunday in Ordinary Time: Soul Food for Hungry Adult Communities: Sept. 29th, 2013. (Year C, Year of Luke.)

‘An idol called money’ (Pope Francis):

A friend of mine has a saying – ‘Greed grows on the heart like lard on a pig.’ And as greed gets worse, it…

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Pope Francis’ Interview.

A Big Heart, Open to God.‘  To read Pope Francis’ 12,000 word interview with a Jesuit Magazine in Italy, click here. He shows the deeply compassionate face of the Church, and one in which we all have a…

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SOUL FOOD FOR HUNGRY ADULT COMMUNITIES: SEPT 22, 2013. 25TH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME, YEAR C.

SOUL FOOD FOR HUNGRY ADULT COMMUNITIES: SEPT 22, 2013. Twenty Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year C. (St. Luke).

Gospel of this Sunday: Luke 16:1-13 Find it in your Bible, or Missal, or click here for Mass Readings for this Sunday.

‘Smart’ phones? ‘Smart’ disciples? ‘Smart’ followers of the Master?  …

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SOUL FOOD for Young Adult Communities: Sept.22nd 2013, 25th Sunday in Ordinary Time.

SOUL FOOD for Young Adult Communities: Sept.22nd 2013, Twenty Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year C, (Year of  Luke).

Dear Friends,                                                                                                                                    We live in a world that is preoccupied with personal image. We always have to have the Posted in Redemptorist News | Tagged , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Recent Publications, available from Esker.

Two recent publications may be purchased through Esker shop:

1:    ’Life of St. Gerard Majella’,- a new and thoroughly researched life of this popular saint, Patron of Mothers: written by Fr. Brendan McConvery, C.Ss.R, and published in late August 2013.

2:   ‘A Question of Conscience’, a new publication by…

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SOUL FOOD for Hungry Adult Communities: Sept.15th 2013, 24th Sunday in Ordinary Time

SOUL FOOD for Hungry Adult Communities: Sept.15th 2013, Twenty Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year C,- ‘The Year of Luke’.

Gospel: Luke 15:1-32. Click here for Mass Readings for this Sunday.

LUKE CHAPTER 15:1,2:  ”Now the tax collectors and sinners were flocking to Jesus, to listen to him. But the…

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The Prodigal Son,- The Mother’s Version !

A PRODIGAL SON,-  HIS MOTHER’S VERSION OF WHAT HAPPENED.

Hello, my name is Rachel. I’m bursting to tell you my side of that story.

Yesterday, one of my maid-servants and I went to the clothes room, and she helped me to take out that beautiful robe that was hanging in the…

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