Monthly Archives: March 2011

Prayer, reflection and origami

Posted on March 31, 2011 by Matthew Green

It’s a nice way to spend a day off: enjoying an afternoon of reflection with fellow priests and deacons, and doing some relaxing paper folding! I can’t post photos of the invisible, spiritual fruit of the reading, prayer and discussion … Continue reading →

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Laying down the law?

Posted on March 30, 2011 by Matthew Green

Homily for March 30, Wednesday of the III week of Lent Click here for the podcast version of this homily. If we search through the New Testament for what is said about “the law”, we could get mixed messages. For … Continue reading →

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Our worship’s roots in the Word of God

Posted on March 29, 2011 by Matthew Green

Homily for March 29, Tuesday of the III week of Lent Click here for the podcast version of this homily. A recurring theme of Lent is the need for us to recognize our sins and humbly ask God for forgiveness. … Continue reading →

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God hiding in plain sight

Posted on March 28, 2011 by Matthew Green

Homily for Monday of the III week of Lent Click here for the podcast version of this homily. Most of us have probably had the experience of looking desperately for our car keys, or our glasses, only to realize that … Continue reading →

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Cleaning our spiritual house

Posted on March 28, 2011 by Matthew Green

Homily for the III Sunday of Lent, according to the 1962 Missal Today, the third Sunday of Lent, was originally known as “scrutiny Sunday”. In the early Church, it was the day when candidates for baptism were presented in the … Continue reading →

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Water in the desert

Posted on March 27, 2011 by Matthew Green

Homily for March 26, III Sunday of Lent, cycle A Click here for the podcast version of this homily. There is so much to talk about in today’s readings, I hardly know where to start. Given the length of the … Continue reading →

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Renewal of the Legion and Regnum Christi?

Posted on March 26, 2011 by Matthew Green

I just saw this interview with Fr John Connor, LC, about the situation and renewal of the Legion and Regnum Christi: First, I should say that I have known Fr John Connor since 1991, when we entered the novitiate at … Continue reading →

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A comforting message of forgiveness

Posted on March 26, 2011 by Matthew Green

Homily for March 26, Saturday of the II week of Lent Click here for the podcast version of this homily. Throughout these first two weeks of Lent, we have been reminded frequently of the reality of sin and the need … Continue reading →

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St Patrick

Posted on March 25, 2011 by Matthew Green

Memories of my trip to Ireland last year… This statue of St Patrick is on the façade of the cathedral in Armagh, which was St Patrick’s episcopal see. I took the picture on St Patrick’s Day, 2010. The processing exaggerates … Continue reading →