25 May 2021

Homilies

Homily for the 8 o’clock Mass, Pentecost Year B, 23 May 2021, John 15:26-27; 16:12-15

25 May 2021

Homilies

The Holy Spirit was given definitively to the Catholic Church on the Day of Pentecost, fifty days after Christ’s Resurrection from the dead. The Holy Spirit was given also to each of us…

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21 May 2021

Homilies

Homily for Easter Sunday 7B, 16 May 2021, John 17:11-19

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21 May 2021

Homilies

Each year on the Sunday between the Ascension and Pentecost we have a passage from the seventeenth Chapter of St. John’s Gospel. This is the Prayer of Jesus, concluding the great…

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27 April 2021

Homilies

Homily for the 8 o'clock Mass, Easter 4B, Good Shepherd Sunday, 25 April 2021

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27 April 2021

Homilies

Several times in the Old Testament we have the image of God as Shepherd of Israel. The Lord is my Shepherd sings the Psalm (Ps 22(23):1); (cf. also e.g. Ps 94(95):7; Is 40:11 etc.). But then, representing God, the Kings of Israel also had the role of Shepherd for their…

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22 April 2021

Homilies

Homily for Sunday, Easter 3B, 18 April 2021

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22 April 2021

Homilies

The Collect of today’s Mass asks God to give us exultant joy. We need to ask for this, because our minds so easily forget what Christ has done for us. We lose focus; our gaze drifts away from the hope of heaven, and sinks back to preoccupation with the things of…

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6 April 2021

Homilies

Homily for Easter Day, 4 April 2021

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6 April 2021

Homilies

Quite recently my eldest brother very nearly died. He is very much not a Christian. In fact he’s very much opposed to all religion, but especially to Christianity. I told him that, although I know he doesn’t believe, nevertheless I’m…

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1 April 2021

Homilies

Brief Homily for the 8 o’clock Mass, Palm Sunday, Year B (St. Mark), 2021

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1 April 2021

Homilies

Our entrance Antiphon today included the verse from Psalm 23: Let him enter, the King of glory! We are here now precisely to welcome the King of Glory; to invite him in; to let him in to our hearts and homes and…

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25 March 2021

Homilies

Homily for the Annunciation, 25 March 2021: Hebrews 10:4-10

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25 March 2021

Homilies

We celebrate today the mystery of Incarnation, full of joy: well aware, all the while, that only next week Good Friday will be upon us: the most sorrowful day in the year. Today with the whole Church we focus on who Jesus is. Next week we will be confronted by…

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23 March 2021

Homilies

Homily for Sunday Lent 5B, 21 March 2021 John 12:20-30; Hebrews 5:7-9; Jeremiah 31:31-34

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23 March 2021

Homilies

In today’s Gospel Jesus speaks of his own glorification, and also of his giving glory to God the Father. The word “glory” occurs 40 times in St. John’s Gospel. That is, the noun “glory”, 18 times, and…