A leper approached Jesus. “If you wish”, he said, “you can make me clean”. This is not a request, but a statement. It’s an act of faith, yes, but also a challenge: daring; we could even say cheeky...
Homily for the 8 o’clock Mass, Sunday 3B, 21 January 2018: 1 Cor 7:29-31
Homily for Sunday 2B, 14 January 2018, on 1 Corinthians 6:13-20
Homily for the Solemnity of Mary Mother of God, 1 January 2018
Homily for Advent 3B, Gaudete Sunday, 17 December 2017; John 1:6-8,19-28
Homily for the Feast of St. Andrew, Thursday 30 November 2017
Homily for the Solemnity of Christ the King, 26 November 2017
Homily for Sunday 32A, 12 November 2017, on Matthew 25:1-13
Apparently, in the Palestine of New Testament times, it was customary for a wedding banquet to take place at night. After an official and rather lengthy betrothal (cf. Mt 1:18), the Bridegroom would come, at a pre-arranged time, to the parental home of the Bride. She would come out, surrounded by...