It’s hard to think of any figure in history who could compare with St. John the Baptist. John was a complete outsider. He remained always on the margins of civilisation. He did not go to the people: they had to come to him. John sought no political power. He never raised…
Homily for the feast of St. Andrew, 30 November 2019: Matthew 4:18-22
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Homily for the 8 o’clock Mass, Sunday 33C, 16 November 2019, Luke 21:5-19
There’s a great deal of violence and destruction in the pages of Holy Scripture. The Sacred History of Israel is full of murders, disasters, invasions, tyranny, oppression, slaughter. In the Hebrew Prophets we find page after page of threats and warnings of terrible things to come. And the Prophets tell us that these frightful afflictions …