• Homily for 33rd Sunday of the Year

    Brothers and Sisters, at this time of the year, the Church’s liturgy is giving us a course on the “last things”, as we call them, or “eschatology” if you want […]

  • Homily for the 24th Sunday of Ordinary Time

    Sunday by Sunday, we are following Christ under the guidance of the Gospel of St Mark. Today we come to a high-point and a turning-point. The high-point is Peter’s profession […]

  • Diaconal Ordination of Dominic Nwaigwe

    Today is the feast of the Triumph or Exaltation of the Holy Cross, and, dear Dominic, your diaconal ordination. It’s a good combination. And the Gospel says: “The Son of […]

  • Homily for the Solemnity of the Assumption

    Today’s feast brings to mind an episode in the life of the Apostle Paul. It occurs during his second missionary journey, some twenty years after our Lord’s death and resurrection. […]

  • Homily for 19th Sunday of Ordinary Time, Year B

    We continue with Jesus’ Discourse on the Bread of Life from John ch. 6. Our Lord is saying amazing things.

  • Homily for 18th Sunday of the Year, B

    ‘Lord, give us this bread always’. Brothers and Sisters, for a few Sundays in this Year B, the Liturgy turns away from the Gospel of Mark and back to the […]

  • Homily for the Requiem of Canon Charles Stanley (1933-2018)

    Today we are offering Canon Stanley’s soul to the mercy of God and his body to Mother Earth. And so he makes his final journey. And we accompany him with […]

  • Homily for the Ordination:

    The Ordination of Douglas Duncan to the Diaconate and of Emmet O’Dowd and Rafał Szweda to the Priesthood Stories about a Scotsman, an Irishman and a Pole are not in fashion […]

     

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