21 August 2017

Homilies

Homily for Sunday 20A, 19 August 2017, on Psalm 83 and Matthew 15:21-28

21 August 2017

Homilies

Through all the many liturgical reforms of the past millennium and more, today’s Entrance Chant has survived intact. We find it heading the texts given for today’s Mass in the current Roman Missal. We...

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9 August 2017

Homilies

Homily for the Feast of the Transfiguration– Sunday 6th August 2017

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9 August 2017

Homilies

St. Matthew tells us that Jesus takes his three closest associates, Peter, James and John, to a high mountain, “apart”. St. Mark uses the same word, but St. Luke omits the detail. For the evangelists, this word “apart” is associated with a certain...

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25 July 2017

Homilies

Homily for Sunday 16A, 23 July 2017, on Romans 8:26-27

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25 July 2017

Homilies

I should like to speak about the two verses from Romans which we had in our second reading today. This being St. Paul, and especially his letter to...

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11 July 2017

Homilies

Homily for the 8 o’clock Mass, Sunday 14A, 9 July 2017, on Mt 11:25-30

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11 July 2017

Homilies

Today’s Gospel passage must be one of the most frequently quoted, and commented on, and loved passages in the whole of St. Matthew. There’s a parallel to the first part - the blessing...

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5 July 2017

Homilies

Homily for Sunday 13A, 2 July 2017, on Matthew 10:37ff

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5 July 2017

Homilies

Anyone who prefers father or mother to me is not worthy of me. Anyone who prefers son or daughter to me is not worthy of me. These words of Jesus sound shocking, extreme...

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1 July 2017

Homilies

Homily for the Solemnity of SS. Peter and Paul, 29 June 2017

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1 July 2017

Homilies

The Catholic Church celebrates each of the twelve Apostles with an annual liturgical Feast. Some of the Apostles indeed have to double up. Saints Simon and Jude go together in October, and Saints Phillip and James in...

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14 June 2017

Homilies

Trinity Sunday Year A 2017

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14 June 2017

Homilies

“Let my Lord come with us, I beg. True, they are a headstrong people, but forgive us our faults and our sins, and adopt us as your heritage.” This is the response of Moses to God who has just...

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7 June 2017

Homilies

Homily for Pentecost Sunday 4 June 2017

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7 June 2017

Homilies

The Holy Spirit flowed from the pierced side of Jesus on the Cross. Three days later, the risen Lord breathed the Holy Spirit upon the Apostles, giving them authority to forgive or retain sins. Fifty days after that...