Homily 15th Sunday OT 14th July 2024 The word ‘prophet/ makes us think of one or two types of figures in the scriptures. Either we picture someone like John the…

Homily 14th Sunday OT 7th July 2024 It may surprise you that one of the most difficult jobs in the world is to tell the difference between good and evil….

Homily 13th Sunday OT 30th June 2024 Today’s two Gospel stories, especially rich and touching, have in common attitudes to life and death. Both reveal the nature of a life…

Homily 11th Sunday OT 16th June 2024 Today’s two parables provide an insight into Jesus’ Kingdom on earth and its growth. Jesus’ first parable of the seed on the surface…

Homily 10th Sunday OT 9th June 2024 Everyone’s life is full of moral decisions. That includes Jesus. By the time today’s event in St Mark’s Gospel took place, Jesus and…

Today we recognise and celebrate the great feast of Corpus Christi, the Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ. This feast invites us to ponder the profound…

Homily Holy Trinity Sunday 26th May 2024 At the heart of it, our religion is a mystery, both in revelation, on God’s part and in our faith response. Neither God’s…

Homily Pentecost 19th May 2024 In the first reading, the picture that St. Luke draws of the apostles gathered together after the resurrection is of a fairly confused and frightened…

Homily 6th Sunday of Easter 5th May 2024 The first fruit of the paschal mystery is that the reality of God is described to God’s people not in terms of…

Homily 5th Sunday of Easter 28th April 2024 The Gospel reading, from St John, speaks of the fruitful growth of the branches as long as they are connected to the…