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Gospel Reflection – 27th Sunday in Ordinary Time – Cycle B – Mark 10:2-16

This Sunday’s Gospel is a testimony of the sanctity of marriage. Our own vocation as Cistercian monks means that we cannot marry, but we are surrounded by a great many married couples in our wider community who live their vocations with great integrity, strength and Christian communion. More >

Gospel Reflection 26th Sunday in Ordinary Time – Cycle B – Mark 9:38-43.45.47-48

Today is World Day of Migrants and Refugees. It is a highly relevant day for us to mark in the life of the Church. More >

Gospel Reflection – 25th Sunday in Ordinary Time – Cycle B – Mark 9:30-37

Christianity contains many vocations by which to live. As Cistercians we have a vocation to pray and praise God through the Divine Office. More >

Gospel Reflection – 24th Sunday in Ordinary Time – Cycle B – Mark 8:27-35

Peter and the other disciples found it difficult to understand that Jesus must suffer a terrible death for the salvation of all. More >

Gospel Reflection – 23rd Sunday in Ordinary Time – Cycle B – Mark 7:31-37

Today’s Gospel sees Jesus heal a man who could not speak and it ends with the words: ‘Their admiration was unbounded. More >

Gospel Reflection – Week 22 Ordinary Time – Cycle B – Mark 7:1-8. 14-15.21-23

Jesus knew and understood humanity. Throughout his childhood and then in his ministry, he would have witnessed the strange and unfortunate interplay so prevalent in humanity between following religious regulations and not actually loving each other. More >

Gospel Reflection – Week 21 – Ordinary Time – Cycle B. John 6:60-69

It is not easy to follow Jesus. Sometimes, we can follow not Him, but our own desires and channel them through a thin but insubstantial veil of Christianity. More >

Gospel Reflection – The Assumption of Blessed Virgin Mary – Luke 1:39-56

There is a moment in the story of the Annunciation that sets the life path of Mary, this extraordinary handmaid of the Lord. More >

Gospel Reflection – Nineteenth Week in Ordinary Time – Cycle B – John 6: 41-51

Today’s Gospel sees a chasm of understanding between Christ and those who were listening to him. More >

Gospel Reflection – Week 18 Ordinary Time – Cycle B – John 6: 24-35

When we see how the ancient Israelites ‘put God to the test’, as the Psalms remind us, we see something of ourselves. More >

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