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SOUL FOOD FOR THE HUNGRY ADULT: October 28, 2012.

Thirtieth Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year B.  October 28th, 2012.

See HomePage for ‘Mass Readings’ for this Sunday. The Gospel is from MARK 10:46-52.

Three blind mice?… Three blind men- and one who sees!

In just over two chapters, Mark shows us three blind men, and then a blind man who truly…

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‘LETTER TO SINEAD AND MARK’- October 28th , 2012.

LETTER TO SINEAD AND MARK.  SOUL FOOD FOR YOUNG ADULTS.

THIRTIETH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME: OCTOBER 28, 2012

(See Homepage for Mass Readings for this Sunday)

Dear Sinead and Mark,

Did you ever find yourselves, either of you, ‘at a dead end’,- feeling lost, wondering what direction to go in, feeling…

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SOUL FOOD FOR THE HUNGRY ADULT, 29th Sunday, OCT. 21, 2012.

29TH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME, YEAR B:  OCTOBER 21ST. 2012.

‘SOUL FOOD FOR THE HUNGRY ADULT.’

See Home Page for Mass Readings for this Sunday. The Gospel is Mark 10:35-45.

A little background to today’s Gospel story:

If you say something three times, maybe you mean it.  If Jesus said something…

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Letter to Sinead and Mark. October 21, 2012.

See ‘Mass Readings’ on Home Page, for the readings for this 29th Sunday. The Gospel is Mark 10:35-45.

29TH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME OCTOBER 21ST, 2012.

Dear Sinead and Mark,

Hope your week was great! How did you make out with the challenges of last Sunday and the meeting of the rich…

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SOUL FOOD FOR THE HUNGRY ADULT: Oct. 14, 2012. 28th Sunday.

Soul Food for Hungry Adults: 28th Sunday in Ordinary Time, October 14th, 2012.

Gospel Reading: Mark 10:17-3o   Jesus and the Rich Young Man.

You can’t be filled if you’re full. You cannot be ‘full-filled’! You can’t receive anything if you already have everything.

If you bring an…

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Letter to Sinead and Mark, Sunday Oct.14th, 2012: 28th Sunday.

Click on Home Page, and Mass Readings for this Sunday’s Gospel, Mark 10, verses 17-30. The Rich Young Man, -(or find it in your own Gospel of St. Mark).

Sinead and Mark are two young adults.

Dear Sinead and…

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Weekly Letter to Sinead and Mark, for 27th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Oct.6th, 2012

27th Sunday, October 7th, 2012.

(Sinead and Mark are two Young Adults).

Dear Sinead and Mark,

Did you ever hear anyone asking ‘How’s it going, oul’ stock?’  It’s a term of affection, and this is what my Googling of it told me: ‘Oul Stock’ -  Posted in Redemptorist News | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Soul Food for the Hungry Adult: 27th Sunday, Oct.7th, 2012.

FOR HUNGRY ADULTS, SOULFOOD.  Oct. 7, 2012.

‘He should have gone to Specsavers!’ That would be true of the (imaginary) reader who was stumbled through a public reading from St. Paul, and came out with ‘Husbands revere your wives…em, em..em..   Wives, reverse your husbands!’

When you cannot assemble that piece…

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Soul Food for Hungry Young Adults! September 30th 2012.

Today’s ‘Soul Food’ reflects on the Gospel for Sunday 30th September, the 26th Sunday in Ordinary Time: Click on Mass Readings on Homepage, and on Sunday Readings, for text: St. Mark, Chapter 9, verses 38-43, also verse 45, verses 47-48,- or find it in your own Gospel of Mark.

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Soul Food for the Hungry Adult: 26th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Sept. 30, 2012

26th Sunday: For Hungry Adults.

Not one of us!’ and Millstones!

Not easy readings, this weekend. St. James doesn’t put a tooth in it when he addresses the rich  who are cheating people, not paying proper wages, holding back moneys due, and generally ignoring the plight of the poor…

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