Hebrews

(Fairly) Brief Homily for the 8 o’clock Mass, Christmas Day, 25 December 2020

This is the only public Mass available for people here today because of the Restrictions, so I’ve skipped the Dawn Mass readings, and taken instead the tremendous words given us in the Day Mass readings: from the beginning of Hebrews, and the beginning of St. John’s Gospel. These two passages are so…

Homily for the 8 o’clock Mass, the Solemnity of the Ascension Year C, 30 May 2019

St. Luke gives us two accounts of the Ascension: one at the end of his Gospel, and one at the beginning of Acts. The account of the Ascension in Acts parallels rather closely St. Luke’s account of Easter Morning at the empty tomb. That is: in both of these accounts, Angelic messengers speak to disciples who are…