21 March 2018

Homilies

Homily for the 8 o’clock Mass, Lent 5B, Sunday 18 March 2018, on John 12:20-33

21 March 2018

Homilies

We’ve reached the turning point in St. John’s Gospel. The scene of the passage we’ve just heard is set on Palm Sunday. Jesus has entered Jerusalem in triumph, and John has just reported for us the comment of the Pharisees: Look, the whole world is going...

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14 March 2018

Homilies

Homily for the Fourth Sunday of Lent, 11 March 2018

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14 March 2018

Homilies

We are preparing now to celebrate, in only three weeks time, the lifting up of Christ. On Good Friday we will look at him lifted up on the Cross. Then on Easter Day we will contemplate him lifted up into heaven: risen, ascended...

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13 February 2018

Homilies

Homily for 11 February 2018, Sunday 6B, on Mark 1:40-45

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13 February 2018

Homilies

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...

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22 January 2018

Homilies

Homily for the 8 o’clock Mass, Sunday 3B, 21 January 2018: 1 Cor 7:29-31

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22 January 2018

Homilies

Our brief second reading today follows on in the current little series from the St. Paul’s First Letter to the Corinthians. This extract is taken from Chapter 7. We know that very well: it’s the Chapter all about marriage and virginity: so notoriously difficult to interpret. We read it...

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16 January 2018

Homilies

Homily for Sunday 2B, 14 January 2018, on 1 Corinthians 6:13-20

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16 January 2018

Homilies

The body is not meant for fornication, but for the Lord. From now until the first Sunday in Lent, we have a small series of second readings taken from St. Paul’s first letter to the Corinthians. We begin with Chapter 6, and the subject...

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3 January 2018

Homilies

Homily for the Solemnity of Mary Mother of God, 1 January 2018

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3 January 2018

Homilies

On the Octave Day of Christmas, the day of the circumcision and naming of Jesus, the Church focusses her contemplative gaze on his Holy Mother Mary. Today we proclaim and celebrate our Lady’s Divine Motherhood...

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18 December 2017

Homilies

Homily for Advent 3B, Gaudete Sunday, 17 December 2017; John 1:6-8,19-28

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18 December 2017

Homilies

St. John’s Prologue begins with sublime and poetic theology. He speaks about the Word who was in the beginning with God; about the Word’s role in Creation; about the life which comes from him, which is...

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3 December 2017

Homilies

Homily for the Feast of St. Andrew, Thursday 30 November 2017

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3 December 2017

Homilies

We have a stained glass window in the Lady Chapel depicting St. Andrew holding a net. The Andrew of this window is rather preoccupied with eternal verities, so he gazes serenely ahead, without paying much attention to what’s in his hand. As you may have noticed, Andrew’s...