Category Archives: Lent

Reflections for the Third Sunday of Lent. (N.O. and E.F.)

Posted on March 19, 2017 by Gertrude

(N.O)   In order to grasp the meaning of today’s first reading from Exodus 17:3-7, we must recall what transpires in the preceding chapter. God’s little flock faced the hardship of a lack of food and protested to Moses. Just … Continue reading →

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Emptied and Exalted – Palm Sunday, 2016

Posted on March 20, 2016 by GC

  CP&S has previously presented sermons by Father Michael Chua, now of the parish of Jesus Caritas in the Archdiocese of Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia. Father has prepared an exceptionally good sermon for today, Palm Sunday. He speaks of the two “processions” described … Continue reading →

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The Lord is close to the broken-hearted

Posted on March 12, 2016 by GC

Charles Kegan Paul (1828-1902) should be known to our British friends as a publisher of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. His publishing business is known in our day as Routledge, which many of us would know of. There … Continue reading →

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