8 June 2016

Homilies

Homily for the 5 June 2016, Tenth Sunday of Year C, on Gal 1:11-19

8 June 2016

Homilies

Our second reading today, from St. Paul’s Letter to the Galatians, is part of a series given by the lectionary for Sundays 9 to 14 in Year C. Because of Corpus Christi...

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6 June 2016

Homilies

Homily for the Feast of the Sacred Heart Year C: 3 June 2016

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6 June 2016

Homilies

In the year 597 before Christ, the Babylonian King Nebuchadnezzar captured Jerusalem, deposed its King, and deported many of its leading men to

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10 May 2016

Homilies

Homily for the Ascension of the Lord, 5 May 2016

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10 May 2016

Homilies

Yesterday morning at Vigils we heard a passage from a Sermon on the Ascension by Blessed John Henry Newman.

“Christ’s going to the Father”, says Newman, “is at...

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25 April 2016

Homilies

Homily for the Fifth Sunday of Easter, 24 April 2016, on John 13:31-35

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25 April 2016

Homilies

What Saints Paul and Barnabas did in the early days of the Church continues on in our day. Each Sunday we come to Mass...

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12 April 2016

Homilies

Homily for the feast of the Annunciation, Monday 4 April 2016

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12 April 2016

Homilies

This year, by the inscrutable decree of Divine Providence, Good Friday fell on 25 March. And because of that we now celebrate the Annunciation in Eastertide...

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12 April 2016

Homilies

Homily for Divine Mercy Sunday, 3rd April 2016

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12 April 2016

Homilies

God, we know, is almighty, omnipotent, all-powerful. We have plenty of evidence for this truth in his creation, things great – like the universe, which new telescopes and technical devices reveal to be almost infinitely large, we have not reached its limits...

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21 March 2016

Homilies

Homily for the Feast of St. Joseph 19 March 2016: Luke 2:41-51

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21 March 2016

Homilies

Of all the direct descendants of King David, St. Joseph was outstandingly and beyond all comparison the most faithful, the most just, the most obedient, the most holy. As a good observant Jew, and lover of the Law of God, St. Joseph would gladly make the long journey to the Temple in Jerusalem each year...

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16 March 2016

Homilies

Homily for 5th Sunday of Lent Year “C”, 13 March 2016, on Jn 8:1-11

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16 March 2016

Homilies

The Gospel of the woman taken in adultery, following the Gospel of the Prodigal Son, is a very suitable one for the Year of Mercy. Like the parable of the Prodigal Son, this episode seems to capture, with wonderful simplicity, the essence of Jesus’ message and mission...