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A Gospel Reflection on the First Sunday of Lent.

This is a Gospel Reflection on the sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time.

A talk delivered to the Guild of Catholic Scholars in St. Saviour's Priory, Dublin, on Saturday, 1st, February. In it Fr. Terence Crotty, lecturer on Scripture in the Dominican Studium, Dublin, shows how Scholarship on the Bible has happily changed and evolved in recent decades in a way that gives greater and greater support for Christian Faith, as we should except from this sacred book.

This is a brief Gospel reflection on the fifth Sunday of Ordinary time. Jesus says to His disciples: You are the salt of the earth and the light of the world.

This is a short reflection of the Gospel of the Third Sunday in Ordinary time.

This is the Gospel Reflection on the Second Sunday in Ordinary time

This weeks Sunday Reflection in on the The Baptism of the Lord.

This weeks Gospel Reflection is for the 4th week of Advent. It is the story on how Jesus came to be born as narrated in the Gospel of Matthew.

A voice calls in the wilderness: 'Prepare the way for the Lord'.

This week is the 100th episode of the Light of Truth with Fr. Luuk OP. This is also the last episode for the moment. There is going to be a breakfast show on Radio Maria each weekday at 8:30am and I am going to join one of the morning on this new show. However, some new episodes might follow in the future... The program is broadcasted live on Radio Maria Ireland from 4-5pm each Thursday. The Podcast follows but generally with a small delay. The music played on the live show was: Songs: Reckless love - Cory AshburyYou Say - Lauren DaigleBeautifully Broken - Plumb The programs can also be listed to in the Podcast App on an iPhone or iPad when searching for the channel of "Dominicans Interactive". Want to know what is happening in the Irish Province? Subscribe to our mailing list and get monthly updates! Click here.  

This weeks Gospel Reflection is on the start of Advent.

This week in the Light of Truth Fr. Luuk OP goes back to the topic of prayer and looks a little at the sacraments. The program is broadcasted live on Radio Maria Ireland from 4-5pm each Thursday. The Podcast follows but generally with a small delay. The music played on the live show was: Songs: Even Louder - People of the Earth, Tricia - Victory EPBuild My Life - Pat Barrett - Pat BarrettI Know - Big Daddy Weave - When the Light Comes The programs can also be listed to in the Podcast App on an iPhone or iPad when searching for the channel of "Dominicans Interactive". Want to know what is happening in the Irish Province? Subscribe to our mailing list and get monthly updates! Click here.

This week in the Light of Truth Fr. Luuk OP reflects on the Gospel passage of the Prodigal Son. The program is broadcasted live on Radio Maria Ireland from 4-5pm each Thursday. The Podcast follows but generally with a small delay. The music played on the live show was: Songs: I am Loved - Mack BrockHaven’t seen it yet - Danny GokeyFighting for me - Riley Clemons The programs can also be listed to in the Podcast App on an iPhone or iPad when searching for the channel of "Dominicans Interactive". Want to know what is happening in the Irish Province? Subscribe to our mailing list and get monthly updates! Click here.

This reflection is on the Solemnity of Christ the King

This week in the Light of Truth Fr. Luuk OP reflects on the Gospel passage of the rich man who wonders what he needs to do to inherit eternal life. The program is broadcasted live on Radio Maria Ireland from 4-5pm each Thursday. The Podcast follows but generally with a small delay. The music played on the live show was: Songs: Oh Come to the Altar - Evelation WorshipGreat are you Lord - Bethel The programs can also be listed to in the Podcast App on an iPhone or iPad when searching for the channel of "Dominicans Interactive". Want to know what is happening in the Irish Province? Subscribe to our mailing list and get monthly updates! Click here.

The Gospel Reflection for Week 33 of Year C. Jesus comments on the end of times and what to expect.

The Sadducees challenge Jesus in the Gospel of this Sunday, trying to catch Him out. Jesus however, as often, uses the opportunity to reveal a little more of the mystery of who God is and what Heaven is about.

The Gospel passage this Sunday is the passage where Jesus travels through Jericho and Zacchaeus the tax collector climbs into a tree to see Jesus.  

This weeks Gospel Reflection from St. Mary's is on this Sunday Gospel taken from Luke 18:9-14. Central is the parable of the tax collector and the pharisee.

This weeks Gospel is from Luke 18:1-8. It is about the widow who goes to the unjust judge and continues to ask justice from him until he gives in and gives her her just rights. 

This week in the Light of Truth Fr. Luuk OP reflects on the fellowship and the support we need in our faith. The program is broadcasted live on Radio Maria Ireland from 4-5pm each Thursday. The Podcast follows but generally with a small delay. The music played on the live show was: Songs: Lauren Diagle - You SayWill Regan -Nothing I hold on toChris Tomlin - I Will follow Please send any comments or any question to [email protected] and we will take them into account in the programs to come. The programs can also be listed to in the Podcast App on an iPhone or iPad when searching for the channel of "Dominicans Interactive". Want to know what is happening in the Irish Province? Subscribe to our mailing list and get monthly updates! Click here.

This week in the Light of Truth Fr. Luuk OP reflects on some of the experiences during a summer mission with FOCUS Missions to Belize City. The program is broadcasted live on Radio Maria Ireland from 4-5pm each Thursday. The Podcast follows but generally with a small delay. The music played on the live show was: Songs: ContemplationMake know the GospelGo to meet people where they are Please send any comments or any question to [email protected] and we will take them into account in the programs to come. The programs can also be listed to in the Podcast App on an iPhone or iPad when searching for the channel of "Dominicans Interactive". Want to know what is happening in the Irish Province? Subscribe to our mailing list and get monthly updates! Click here.

This week in the Light of Truth Fr. Luuk OP touches briefly on a discussion between Jordon B. Peterson and Bishop Robert Barron which was published recently on YouTube. The remainder of the program is focussed on Chapter 2 of St. John's Gospel. The program is broadcasted live on Radio Maria Ireland from 4-5pm each Thursday. The Podcast follows but generally with a small delay. Please send any comments or any question to [email protected] and we will take them into account in the programs to come. The programs can also be listed to in the Podcast App on an iPhone or iPad when searching for the channel of "Dominicans Interactive". Want to know what is happening in the Irish Province? Subscribe to our mailing list and get monthly updates! Click here.

This week in the Light of Truth Fr. Luuk OP goes back to some of the questions of the last program in relation to the resurrected body and the gift of the Holy Spirit before moving toward Trinity Sunday. The program is broadcasted live on Radio Maria Ireland from 4-5pm each Thursday. The Podcast follows but generally with a small delay. The music played on the live show was: Songs: Haven’t Seen it Yet - Danny GokeySpend a Life - David DunnStrength of My Heart - People of the Earth Please send any comments or any question to [email protected] and we will take them into account in the programs to come. The programs can also be listed to in the Podcast App on an iPhone or iPad when searching for the channel of "Dominicans Interactive". Want to know what is happening in the Irish Province? Subscribe to our mailing list and get monthly updates! Click here.

This week in the Light of Truth Fr. Luuk OP looks at the events around Pentecost. The program is broadcasted live on Radio Maria Ireland from 4-5pm each Thursday. The Podcast follows but generally with a small delay. The music played on the live show was: Songs: Chris Tomlin - Our GodHold My Heart - Tenth Avenue NorthBuild My Life - Pat Berrett Please send any comments or any question to [email protected] and we will take them into account in the programs to come. The programs can also be listed to in the Podcast App on an iPhone or iPad when searching for the channel of "Dominicans Interactive". Want to know what is happening in the Irish Province? Subscribe to our mailing list and get monthly updates! Click here.

“Jesus tells us that in order to follow him, to be his disciples, one must deny oneself – that is, the claims of one’s own selfish pride – and take up one’s very cross,” Pope Francis.

This week in the Light of Truth Fr. Luuk OP continues to reflect on chapter 6 of the Gospel according to St. John. The program is broadcasted live on Radio Maria Ireland from 4-5pm each Thursday. The Podcast follows but generally with a small delay. Please send any comments or any question to [email protected] and we will take them into account in the programs to come. The programs can also be listed to in the Podcast App on an iPhone or iPad when searching for the channel of "Dominicans Interactive". Want to know what is happening in the Irish Province? Subscribe to our mailing list and get monthly updates! Click here.

This weeks Gospel Reflection from St. Mary's Priory in Cork is on Corpus Christy.

This week in the Light of Truth Fr. Luuk OP looks at part of chapter 6 of the Gospel according to St. John. The program is broadcasted live on Radio Maria Ireland from 4-5pm each Thursday. The Podcast follows but generally with a small delay. The music played on the live show was: Songs: Sidewalk Prophets - To live is ChristWhat a Beautiful Name - Hillsong WorshipChris Tomlin - God Of This City. Please send any comments or any question to [email protected] and we will take them into account in the programs to come. The programs can also be listed to in the Podcast App on an iPhone or iPad when searching for the channel of "Dominicans Interactive". Want to know what is happening in the Irish Province? Subscribe to our mailing list and get monthly updates! Click here.

Gospel Reflections - The Trinity

The great Solemnity of Pentecost. Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI, "Human pride and egoism always create divisions, build walls of indifference, hate and violence. The Holy Spirit, on the other hand, makes hearts capable of understanding the languages of all, as he re-establishes the bridge of authentic communion between earth and heaven. The Holy Spirit is Love".

The great Solemnity of the Ascension of Jesus Christ into heaven.  Our Holy Father Pope Francis tells us that, "the Ascension of Jesus into heaven acquaints us with this deeply consoling reality on our journey that in Christ, true God and true man, our humanity was taken to God. Christ opened the path to us. Jesus is the one eternal High Priest who with his Passion passed through death and the tomb and ascended into heaven. He is with God the Father where he intercedes for ever in our favour (cf. Heb 9:24).”

This week in the Light of Truth Fr. Luuk OP reflects on the start of the Act of Apostles and the development of the early church. The program is broadcasted live on Radio Maria Ireland from 4-5pm each Thursday. The Podcast follows but generally with a small delay. The music played on the live show was: Songs: How He Loves - David Crowder BandLord I Need You - Matt MaherHoly Spirit - Fransesca Battiselli Please send any comments or any question to [email protected] and we will take them into account in the programs to come. The programs can also be listed to in the Podcast App on an iPhone or iPad when searching for the channel of "Dominicans Interactive". Want to know what is happening in the Irish Province? Subscribe to our mailing list and get monthly updates! Click here.

This week in the Light of Truth Fr. Luuk OP reflects on events just after the resurrection. The program is broadcasted live on Radio Maria Ireland from 4-5pm each Thursday. The Podcast follows but generally with a small delay. Please send any comments or any question to [email protected] and we will take them into account in the programs to come. The programs can also be listed to in the Podcast App on an iPhone or iPad when searching for the channel of "Dominicans Interactive". Want to know what is happening in the Irish Province? Subscribe to our mailing list and get monthly updates! Click here.

This week in the Light of Truth Fr. Luuk OP reflects on Holy Week, from Palm Sunday to Good Friday. The program is broadcasted live on Radio Maria Ireland from 4-5pm each Thursday. The Podcast follows but generally with a small delay. The music played on the live show was: Rend Collective - My LighthouseMatt Maher - Lord I need youMatt Redman - 10000 Reasons Please send any comments or any question to [email protected] and we will take them into account in the programs to come. The programs can also be listed to in the Podcast App on an iPhone or iPad when searching for the channel of "Dominicans Interactive". Want to know what is happening in the Irish Province? Subscribe to our mailing list and get monthly updates! Click here.

This week in the Light of Truth Fr. Luuk OP reflects on Palm Sunday and Triumphant entrance of Jesus into Jerusalem. The program is broadcasted live on Radio Maria Ireland from 4-5pm each Thursday. The Podcast follows but generally with a small delay. The music played on the live show was: Songs: Is he worthy? Chris TomlinGrace Got You. MercyMeOnly Jesus. Casting Crowns Please send any comments or any question to [email protected] and we will take them into account in the programs to come. The programs can also be listed to in the Podcast App on an iPhone or iPad when searching for the channel of "Dominicans Interactive". Want to know what is happening in the Irish Province? Subscribe to our mailing list and get monthly updates! Click here.

‘Late Have I Loved You’:  An Introduction to St Augustine’s Confessions   Structure of talk Introduction Augustine’s life (up to conversion) Augustine and our post-Christian contemporaries The Confessions: style, structure, content Augustine’s conversion (Confessions V-IX) Questions for discussion Conclusion   Quotations You are great, Lord, and highly to be praised (Ps 47:2), great is your power and your wisdom is immeasurable (Ps 146:5). Man, a little piece of your creation, desires to praise you, a human being bearing his mortality with him (2 Cor 4:10), carrying with him the witness of his sin and the witness that you resist the proud (1 Pet 5:5). Nevertheless, to praise you is the desire of man, a little piece of your creation. You stir man to take pleasure in praising you, because you have made us for yourself, and our heart is restless until it rests in you (Confessions I.i.1). People are moved to wonder by mountain peaks, by vast waves of the sea, by broad waterfalls on rivers, by the all-embracing extent of the ocean, by the revolutions of the stars But they are uninterested in themselves (Confessions X.viii.15). Late have I loved you, beauty so old and so new: late have I loved you. And see, you were within and I was in the external world and sought you there, and in my unlovely state I plunged into those lovely created things which you made. You were with me, and I was not with you. The lovely things kept me far from you, though if they did not have their existence in you, they had no existence at all. You called and cried out loud and shattered my deafness. You were radiant and resplendent, you put to flight my blindness. You were fragrant, and I drew in my breath and now pant after you. I tasted you, and I feel but hunger and thirst for you. You touched me, and I am set on fire to attain the peace which is yours (Confessions X.xxvii.38). I was led to Ambrose by you, unaware that through him I might be led to you. That man of God received me like a father and expressed pleasure at my coming with a kindness most fitting in a bishop. I began to like him, at first indeed not as a teacher of the truth, for I had absolutely no confidence in your Church, but as a human being who was kind to me (Confessions V.xiii.23). It is one thing to catch a glimpse from a wooded summit of the homeland of peace and not to find the way to it, but vainly to attempt the journey along an impracticable route surrounded by the ambushes and assaults of fugitive deserters with their chief, the lion and the dragon (Ps 90:13). It is another thing to hold on to the way that leads there, defended by the protection of the heavenly emperor (Confessions VII.xxi.27). Let us conduct ourselves becomingly as in the day, not in revelling and drunkenness, not in debauchery and licentiousness, not in quarrelling and jealousy. But put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh, to gratify its desires (Romans 13:13-14). I neither wished nor needed to read further. At once, with the last words of this sentence, it was as if a light of relief from all anxiety flooded into my heart. All the shadows of doubt were dispelled (Confessions VIII.xii.29).   Further study Augustine, Confessions, tr. H. Chadwick, Oxford, Oxford University Press, 1991 Prof Paul Freedman, ‘The Confessions of Augustine’, YaleCourses YouTube channel Augustine's ‘Confessions’ (In Our Time), BBC Podcasts YouTube channel Brown, P., Augustine of Hippo: A Biography (2nd edition), Berkeley, University of California Press, 2000 Lane Fox, R., Augustine: Conversions and Confessions, London, Penguin, 2015 Augnet (very useable online resource on St Augustine): augnet.org/en/life-of-augustine/    

This week in the Light of Truth Fr. Luuk OP looks at the parable of the Prodigal Son found the the Gospel according to Luke. The program is broadcasted live on Radio Maria Ireland from 4-5pm each Thursday. The Podcast follows but generally with a small delay. The music played on the live show was: Songs: Reckless love - Cory AsburyChris Tomlin - Good Good FatherSame Power - Jeremy Camp Please send any comments or any question to [email protected] and we will take them into account in the programs to come. The programs can also be listed to in the Podcast App on an iPhone or iPad when searching for the channel of "Dominicans Interactive". Want to know what is happening in the Irish Province? Subscribe to our mailing list and get monthly updates! Click here.

This week in the Light of Truth Fr. Luuk OP continues the reading and reflecting on the Gospel according to John, Chapter 3. The program is broadcasted live on Radio Maria Ireland from 4-5pm each Thursday. The Podcast follows but generally with a small delay. The music played on the live show was: Songs: Lord I need you - Chris TomlinLove fitting me - Tesla LaytonWrite you stay - Francesca Battistelli Please send any comments or any question to [email protected] and we will take them into account in the programs to come. The programs can also be listed to in the Podcast App on an iPhone or iPad when searching for the channel of "Dominicans Interactive". Want to know what is happening in the Irish Province? Subscribe to our mailing list and get monthly updates! Click here.

This week in the Light of Truth Fr. Luuk OP continues the reading and reflecting on the Gospel according to John, Chapter 3. The program is broadcasted live on Radio Maria Ireland from 4-5pm each Thursday. The Podcast follows but generally with a small delay. The music played on the live show was: Songs: Nothing I hold onto - Will ReganReckless love - Cory AsburyNo Longer Slaves -Bethel Music Please send any comments or any question to [email protected] and we will take them into account in the programs to come. The programs can also be listed to in the Podcast App on an iPhone or iPad when searching for the channel of "Dominicans Interactive". Want to know what is happening in the Irish Province? Subscribe to our mailing list and get monthly updates! Click here.

This week in the Light of Truth Fr. Luuk OP the show is just after Ash Wednesday, and as such there is a short reflection on lent before continuing the reading and reflecting on the Gospel according to John, Chapter 3. The program is broadcasted live on Radio Maria Ireland from 4-5pm each Thursday. The Podcast follows but generally with a small delay. The music played on the live show was: Songs: Lord, I Need You - Matt MaherHow Great is Our God - Chris TomlinReckless love - Cory Asbury Please send any comments or any question to [email protected] and we will take them into account in the programs to come. The programs can also be listed to in the Podcast App on an iPhone or iPad when searching for the channel of "Dominicans Interactive". Want to know what is happening in the Irish Province? Subscribe to our mailing list and get monthly updates! Click here.

This week in the Light of Truth Fr. Luuk OP continues with the reading and reflecting on the Gospel according to John, Chapter 3. The focus is on the quest of Nicodemus and the teaching on Baptism. The program is broadcasted live on Radio Maria Ireland from 4-5pm each Thursday. The Podcast follows but generally with a small delay. The music played on the live show was: Songs: Lord, I Need You - Matt MaherHow Great is Our God - Chris TomlinReckless love - Cory Asbury Please send any comments or any question to [email protected] and we will take them into account in the programs to come. The programs can also be listed to in the Podcast App on an iPhone or iPad when searching for the channel of "Dominicans Interactive". Want to know what is happening in the Irish Province? Subscribe to our mailing list and get monthly updates! Click here.

This week in the Light of Truth Fr. Luuk OP continues with the reading and reflecting on the Gospel according to John, starting with Chapter 3. The program is broadcasted live on Radio Maria Ireland from 4-5pm each Thursday. The Podcast follows but generally with a small delay. The music played on the live show was: Songs: Even Then - Micah TylerLess of Me - Tori HarrisKnown - Tauren Wells Please send any comments or any question to [email protected] and we will take them into account in the programs to come. The programs can also be listed to in the Podcast App on an iPhone or iPad when searching for the channel of "Dominicans Interactive". Want to know what is happening in the Irish Province? Subscribe to our mailing list and get monthly updates! Click here.

This week in the Light of Truth Fr. Luuk OP talks a little bit more about prayer and listening to the voice of the Lord in our lives. The program is broadcasted live on Radio Maria Ireland from 4-5pm each Thursday. The Podcast follows but generally with a small delay. The music played on the live show was: Songs: You say - Lauren DiagleReckless love - Cory AsburyAlive Again - Alive Again - Matt Maher Please send any comments or any question to [email protected] and we will take them into account in the programs to come. The programs can also be listed to in the Podcast App on an iPhone or iPad when searching for the channel of "Dominicans Interactive". Want to know what is happening in the Irish Province? Subscribe to our mailing list and get monthly updates! Click here.

This week in the Light of Truth Fr. Luuk OP continues the discussion on the encounter with Jesus and how it changes our lives. This reflection is a continuation of previous weeks, looking at the stories of the first disciples Jesus called. The program is broadcasted live on Radio Maria Ireland from 4-5pm each Thursday. The Podcast follows but generally with a small delay. The music played on the live show was: Songs: Fight the Good Fight by the Irish bandI Am. Fires by Matt Redman. My Lighthouse by Rend Collective Please send any comments or any question to [email protected] and we will take them into account in the programs to come. The programs can also be listed to in the Podcast App on an iPhone or iPad when searching for the channel of "Dominicans Interactive". Want to know what is happening in the Irish Province? Subscribe to our mailing list and get monthly updates! Click here.

This week in the Light of Truth Fr. Luuk OP continues to talk about the experience of people of God in connection with last weeks talk about the Seek 2019 conference organised by FOCUS. The story of the first disciples of Jesus is used as the indication how this journey progresses. The program is broadcasted live on Radio Maria Ireland from 4-5pm each Thursday. The Podcast follows but generally with a small delay. The music played on the live show was: Songs: Welcome the Healer - Passion, Sean Curran - Follow You Anywhere.You Say - Lauren Diagle - You SayHoly Roar - Chris Tomlin - Holy Roar Please send any comments or any question to [email protected] and we will take them into account in the programs to come. The programs can also be listed to in the Podcast App on an iPhone or iPad when searching for the channel of "Dominicans Interactive". Want to know what is happening in the Irish Province? Subscribe to our mailing list and get monthly updates! Click here.

This week in the Light of Truth Fr. Luuk OP talks the FOCUS Conference which was held in Indianapolis in January 2019. The conference was attended by over 17.000 young adults, and it was a real experience of the life and dynamism of the Church! The program is broadcasted live on Radio Maria Ireland from 4-5pm each Thursday. The Podcast follows but generally with a small delay. The music played on the live show was: Songs: 1. Chris Tomlin - Lord I Need You2. Who You Say I Am - Hillsong Worship3. No Longer Slaves - Jonathan David & Melissa Helser  Please send any comments or any question to [email protected] and we will take them into account in the programs to come. The programs can also be listed to in the Podcast App on an iPhone or iPad when searching for the channel of "Dominicans Interactive". Want to know what is happening in the Irish Province? Subscribe to our mailing list and get monthly updates! Click here.

This week in the Light of Truth Fr. Luuk OP talks about the events around the Christmas Season, especially the Epiphany. The program is broadcasted live on Radio Maria Ireland from 4-5pm each Thursday. The Podcast follows but generally with a small delay. Please send any comments or any question to [email protected] and we will take them into account in the programs to come. The programs can also be listed to in the Podcast App on an iPhone or iPad when searching for the channel of "Dominicans Interactive". Want to know what is happening in the Irish Province? Subscribe to our mailing list and get monthly updates! Click here.

This week in the Light of Truth Fr. Luuk OP literals makes a flying visit to the Radio Maria studio to discuss the Gospel Passages relevant to the end of Advent and the Christmas season. The program is broadcasted live on Radio Maria Ireland from 4-5pm each Thursday. The Podcast follows but generally with a small delay. Please send any comments or any question to [email protected] and we will take them into account in the programs to come. The programs can also be listed to in the Podcast App on an iPhone or iPad when searching for the channel of "Dominicans Interactive". Want to know what is happening in the Irish Province? Subscribe to our mailing list and get monthly updates! Click here.

This week in the Light of Truth Fr. Luuk OP continues with the reading of The Gospel According to Saint John. As every week, some of the questions during the live show are answered during the show. The program is broadcasted live on Radio Maria Ireland from 4-5pm each Thursday. The Podcast follows but generally with a small delay. Please send any comments or any question to [email protected] and we will take them into account in the programs to come. The programs can also be listed to in the Podcast App on an iPhone or iPad when searching for the channel of "Dominicans Interactive". Want to know what is happening in the Irish Province? Subscribe to our mailing list and get monthly updates! Click here.