Homily 5th Sunday Ordinary Time – 5th February 2023 In this Gospel reading, Christ us pictured as giving his disciples the first in a series of instruction. In language that…

Homily 4th Sunday Ordinary Time – 29th January Reform is never a simple process. Sometimes it is outright painful. Certainly, each period of reform in the history of the Church…

Even for St. Paul, it is simply part of the human experience that something which can seem to start off so well, so simply, can get so mixed up and…

Homily – 2nd Sunday Ordinary Time – 15th January 2023 The Gospel reading this weekend centres again on the compelling of John the Baptist. As usual, John had quite a…

The liturgical readings shift focus now, and we are confronted with the image not of a child but of a full-grown man. The revelation now is not so much who…

Most of us old enough to drive, have had had the experience of absent-mindedly getting into our car, and arriving at a destination with no recollection of the journey. That…

The Gospel reading gives us a short parable from the Lord with a powerful punch. The pharisee came to the temple and prayed, “Thank you, Lord, that I am not…

The Gospel passage this weekend is another of those that can leave the reader a little bit puzzled at the end of it. It is another instance of the parable,…

Certainly, the first point being made in this Gospel is simply what it seems to be, gratitude. The lepers asked for Christ’s help, he freely gave it. But once their…

Habakkuk was one of a handful of prophets who wrote during the very troubled years in Israel that led up to the fall of Jerusalem to the Babylonians in 587BC….