Homily 25th Sunday Ordinary Time – 24th September 2023 The Gospel reading today can be a puzzling one. It was for the people of Christ’s own time as well. They…

The First Reading and the Gospel for today are fairly similar.  Isaiah says what God’s appointed shall shut, no one should open, what he shall open, on one shall shut….

Homily 17th Sunday Ordinary Time – 30th July 2023 The images used by Christ this weekend mean to tell us just one thing really about the Kingdom, and that is…

Homily – 16th Sunday Ordinary Time – 23rd July 2023 In the Gospel Christ speaks to one of the most perplexing mysteries of human living, the mystery of evil. All…

Homily – 15th Sunday Ordinary Time – 16th July 2023 One observation one can make when reading the Gospels is how close a parallel there so frequently is between the…

Homily – 14th Sunday Ordinary Time – 9th June 2023 Scripture scholars call this Gospel passage the ‘Hymn of Jubilation’ because in it, Christ quite literally rejoices in the Father’s…

Homily 13th Sunday Ordinary Time 2nd July 2023 It sounds harsh, “Anyone who loves their father or mother, son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me.” It…

Homily – 12th Sunday Ordinary Time – 25th June 2023 The scripture readings this weekend seems to focus on one element of the Christian response that is particularly worthy of…

11th Sunday Ordinary Time – 18th June 2023 There are few feelings more uncomfortable than the feeling of being pointless. It’s unsettling because, deep down, we know its not right….

Pentecost Homily 28th May 2023 Today we are celebrating the great feast of Pentecost. It begins with a picture of a frightened people, people crippled, imprisoned by fear. Fear of…