• Homily for Christmas Day Mass

    ‘No one has ever seen God; it is the only Son, who is nearest to the Father’s heart, who has made him known.’ There are so many Christmasses, aren’t there? […]

  • Homily for Penitential Service

    ‘Land of Zebulun, land of Naphtali! Way of the sea on the far side of Jordan, Galilee of the nations! The people that lived in darkness has seen a great […]

  • Homily for the 4th Sunday of Advent,

    ‘Pour forth, we beseech you, O Lord, your grace into our hearts, that we, to whom the Incarnation of Christ your Son was made known by the message of an […]

  • Homily for the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary

    One of the great Catholic “basics” is the notion of the “state of grace”. The phrase comes from St Paul’s Letter to the Romans. For him it’s the positive relationship […]

  • Homily for the 2nd Sunday of Advent

    Four weeks of Advent (one gone already), four weeks of waiting. Mary had nine months of it. But she and we are in this together, however separated by the centuries. […]

  • Homily for the Solemnity of St Andrew

    “Their sound has gone out through all the earth and their message to the ends of the earth.” That is from Psalm 18. It was quoted by St Paul in […]

  • Pastoral Letter For the Closing of the Year of Mercy

    Dear Brothers and Sisters, ‘The love of the Lord is everlasting / upon those who hold him in fear; / his justice reaches out to children’s children / when they […]

  • Homily for the Closing of the Door of Mercy

    Today, we “close” the Door of Mercy. In Rome, the Jubilee of Mercy comes to an end next Sunday, when the Holy Father closes the great central door of St […]

     

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