Picture above: looking from the monastery on Skellig Michael towards Little Skellig.
Sunday Homily Resources 3rd Sunday of Ordinary Time 24th January 2021 Reading I: Jonah 3:1-5, 10 Responsorial Psalm: 25:4-5, 6-7, 8-9 Reading II: 1 Corinthians 7:29-31 Gospel: Mark 1:14-20 |
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