Baptism of the Lord – 12th January 2025   The First Reading, a passage from the book of the prophet Isaiah, is sort of the final commentary on Christmas.  Why…

Christmas Vigil/Day – 24th/25th December 2024   Truly this is a Holy Night.  In the lean and simple language of the evangelist Luke, we have heard retold the ageless Christmas…

Homily 4th Sunday of Advent – 22nd December 2024 It is a puzzling image with which to bring the Season of Advent to a close, this journey Mary makes. It…

Homily 3rd Sunday of Advent – 15th December 2024 For the last few weeks, the Gospel has practically trumpeted out the words of St. John the Baptist, “Prepare the way…

Homily 2nd Sunday of Advent – 8th December 2024 In the second reading, St Paul prays for our growth in goodness, in perfect goodness, a virtue based on abundant understanding…

Homily 1st Sunday of Advent – 1st December 2024 It is not going to be easy to put together an authentically spiritual observance of Advent; Christmas season is has already…

This Sunday we mark the closing of the liturgical year. SO it is that this weekend the liturgy attempts to present us with an image that somehow sort of sums…

This is a transitional time in the Church year, these last few weeks of the liturgical calendar. It’s as though everything there is to say has already been said, and…

Does religion make people good, or is it because people are goof that religion can exist? In the Gospel today, people in the forefront of religious practices don’t give a…

Homily 31st Sunday OT 3rd November 2024 At times religion seems unnecessarily complicated. Some Catholics get so tied up in rosaries, novenas, scapulars, candles, holy water, statues, and such that…