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…

Homily 30th Sunday OT 27th October 2024 To watch someone see for the first time must be very dramatic. While the bandages from micro surgery are being taken off, the…

Homily 29th Sunday OT 20th October 2024 This Gospel reading is a clear example of our universal call to service and ministry within the Church. Certainly there are hierarchal and…