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The Practice of Jesus
Comments on the readings for Sundays and holy days of the year of Luke
The
Commentaries
27th Sun Ord. Time
3rd October 2010
26th Sun Ord. Time
26th September 2010
25th Sun Ord. Time
19th September 2010
24th Sun Ord. Time
12th September 2010
23rd Sun Ord. Time
5th September 2010
22nd Sun Ord. Time
29th August 2010
21st Sun Ord. Time
22nd August 2010
The Assumption
15th August 2010
19th Sun Ord. Time
8th August 2010
The Texts

The texts for the Sunday or holy day readings can be
found by left-clicking the links in the column above.
Select the reading and click on the text-link.
A new window will appear with the text of the reading
in the left column.

The
New American Bible (NAB) has useful
footnotes that clarify the readings. The NAB readings are at...
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The NAB version of the
readings for daily Mass can
be found at...
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Other Text Links
The Text this Week - a comprehensive weekly
collection of links to Sunday commentaries from various traditions by
Janee Woodard...
more >>
Comments - a commentary on the current Sunday
readings by
Chris Halsam...
more >>
Lectionary Resources a range of preaching resources
by
Sil Galvan - by subscription. Also has an extensive
list of links...
more >>
Mark Goodacre's
New Testament Gateway - directory of
internet resources on the New Testament
scriptures...
more >>
Time for
a tea break?

The Commentator
Bill Fletcher - a priest of the Diocese of Auckland. His interests include:
scripture, action-research into affordable housing, and tramping.
feedback is
most welcome:

bfletch@clear.net.nz
Last updated:
1st September 2010
© Bill Fletcher 2010
Liturgy
Resources
27th Sun Ord. Time - Strengthen faith by putting it into practise: . . ,
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26th Sun Ord. Time - The rich and powerful are nameless before God: . . ,
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25th Sun Ord. Time - Money and power compromise trustful living! . . ,
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24th Sun Ord. Time - Jesus welcomes sinners and eats with them: . . ,
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23rd Sun Ord. Time - Gift-love sets the pattern in God's reigning: . . ,
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22nd Sun Ord. Time - In God's reigning the insignificant come first: . . ,
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21st Sun Ord. Time - The narrow door becomes a wide-open door! . . ,
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Assumption B.V. Mary - God's preference for the poor and the vulnerable! . . ,
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19th Sun Ord. Time - The meaning of faith & the foundations supporting it: . . ,
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More about
the Liturgy Resource
The opening section in each of the resources suggests a focus
for the community's gathering. The final section:..
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Other Liturgical Links
Another New Zealand liturgy preparation site - with an Anglican
flavour:.. more >>

St.Louis University site: general resources
to prepare Sunday liturgy:... more >>

The Season of Creation; celebrated on the four Sundays of September
preceding St.Francis' Day. Norman Habel:...
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These Resources
& the Catechumenate
The theme throughout these resources is
deepening our commitment as disciples of
Jesus. To help new-comers prepare for
discipleship an all-of-parish catechumenate
approach:...
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Related
Features

St.Luke
The Text This Week, by Jenee Woodard offers a
comprehensive and well-organized index to resources on the web for the
Gospel of Luke. Includes general resources and a scripture index:...
more >>
The Year of Luke
Some general comments about the perspective of this commentary
on the Sunday readings for the Year of Luke:..
more >>
Advent: the Season
The biblical imagery of the Advent season works on the level of symbols of change.
The prophetic material frequently uses the destruction of Jerusalem and the promise
of a people's homecoming, as metaphors for ending the old age and the break-in
of the new age:....
more >>
Advent: Reconciliation
An Advent Reconciliation offers us opportunities to re-think our way of living and
about adopting new ways of acting. Using the previous Sunday's gospel we deepen
our understanding of the promise of a new reality:..
more >>
Shared Liturgical
Leadership
The Eucharist can take place only when believers
are gathered together in the name of Christ and
in the power of the Spirit. Sharing
leadership in the gathering; praying with; and missioning
those who gather...
more >>
Prayers of Intercession
Inviting people in the congregation to offer
their own
Prayers of Intercession requires
organization to some extent beforehand. In each
Liturgy Resources section, sample prayers of petition
focus on our present human needs in the light of the
scriptural theme...
more >>
The God to whom we pray. A reflection on Prayers of
Petition and the work of community...
more >>
Imaging Newness
A general introduction to the commentaries. We are
most profoundly changed by the offer of new images of
God, the world, our neighbourhood and our own self...
more >>
Spirituality

Sacred Space - guided daily prayer...
more >>

Resources for putting into practise
Mary MacKillop's motto: "Never see a need without
doing something about it"...
more >>

Catholic Worker Movement - Links to groups, organizations
and resources that are committed to working for peace and justice
for all...
more >>
The Environment

An introduction to
Thomas Berry - Geologian. Berry died
on the 1 June 2009 at age 94:... For a summary of Berry's life
more >> Also:
more >>
General Links
Auckland Catholic Tramping Club: with good companions, exploring
the giftedness of God's wilderness places...
more >>
Discipleship
& Society
Extracts from Pope Benedict XVI's message on the ocassion of the 43rd
World Day of Peace - January 1st 2010 on the theme:
"If you want to cultivate peace, protect creation":...
more >>
A sampling of the text of
Pope Benedict XVI's third encyclical
letter addressed to, "people of good will" and concerned with, "integral
human development" and "the common good."
more >>
Précis of Benedict XVI's Encyclical Letter
Caritas in Veritate
(Charity in Truth), written by Jim Hug, S.J.. A roadmap that identifies the central
messages in the Encyclical:...
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Some notes on aspects of
the sacrament of Penance(Reconciliation).
The feast of
Ss. Peter and Paul, apostles celebrates the successful
completion of Jesus' apprenticing of disciples. By allowing for our future reconciliation to
their performance standards, we begin to understand the important role of the sacrament of
Penance in honestly assessing our own performance:...
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The mystery of the holy Trinity and our role in extending
the reigning of the Triune God in partnership as revealed by Jesus:...
more >>
Housing

The Passive House - Just Housing
Trust's submission to New Zealand's Affordable Housing Inquiry - towards
a unitary housing policy...
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eco-cube house

A talk presented to a practical
theology conference in Auckland, NZ, about the provision
of affordable housing: as
a mechanism for equity and
engagement...
more >>
A review of the provision of
affordable housing in
Auckland (1999- 2049) by the Just Housing Foundation.
A vision of the steps towards an inclusive society using
housing measures to allow householders to accumulate
assets...
more >>
About the ability of
community based housing
organisations to contribute to the delivery of affordable
housing for those whom the market has excluded...
more >>
Appendices on the housing policies of NZ's political parties
summarised;
a fresh approach to asset accumulation, and a table
showing the increase of property values in New Zealand...
more >>
A critical path diagram of the process allowing householders to
accumulate
housing credits...
more >>
Other
Justice Links
Centre of Concern: relates Sunday
texts to Catholic social teachings...
more >>

Pax Christi strives to create a world that reflects the Peace of
Christ by exploring, articulating & witnessing to the call of Christian
non violence.
Pax Christi International...
more >>
Pax Christi - USA...
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Sojourners - a Christian ministry with the mission to proclaim and practise the biblical
call to integrate spiritual renewal with social justice...
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The Oklahoma City Catholic Worker - Robert Waldrop's social justice
resource pages...
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