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Reflection Veronica Lawson RSM Luke 12:49-53 Prophets can get a bad time, as today’s first reading from Jeremiah demonstrates (Jer 38:4-6, 8-10). This is almost certainly because they tend to disturb the peace of the complacent as in the gospel reading for today. Jesus, the Lukan prophet, seems to be contradicting so much of what […]

Reflection Veronica Lawson RSM Luke 12:32-48 The longer form of today’s gospel brings together a number of loosely connected sayings of Jesus about trust and vigilance. Jesus addresses his disciples affectionately as a ‘little flock’. There is no need for fear: God, their ‘father’, has given them ‘the kingdom’ and they are to give in […]