Homilies
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Year A
- 1st Sunday in Advent -
- 2nd Sunday in Advent -
- 3rd Sunday in Advent -
- 4th Sunday in Advent -
- 6th Sunday in Ordinary Time - The Four Cardinal Virtues & developing good habits (12.2.17)
- 7th Sunday in Ordinary Time - Friends & Enemies (19.2.17)
- 8th Sunday in Ordinary Time - Christianity - The Worlds most persecuted religion (26.2.17)
- 1st Sunday of Lent - God versus the human ego (5.3.17)
- 2nd Sunday of Lent - 'Transfiguration' - radical change in our lives (12.3.17)
- 3rd Sunday of Lent - The counter cultural Church & the secular mindset (19.3.17)
- 4th Sunday of Lent - From blindness to sight - superficial to real (26.3.17)
- 5th Sunday of Lent - 'Unbind him, let him go free' - Cast off your chain (3.4.17)
- Palm Sunday - Short exhortation to enter into the spirit of Holy Week & the Triduum (9.4.17) Transcription unavailable
- Easter Sunday - Look further - Embrace life in all its fullness (16.4.17)
- 2nd Sunday of Easter - Divine revelation through Scripture and Oral Tradition (23.4.17)
- 3rd Sunday of Easter - 'My little Emmaus moment' (30.4.17)
- 4th Sunday of Easter - Godless morality & its consequences (7.5.17)
- 5th Sunday of Easter - 'Trust in God - still!' (14.05.17)
- 6th Sunday of Easter - Christian witness - better to suffer for doing right, than for doing wrong! (21.5.17)
- Ascension - 'Our most noble calling', to be witnesses & apostles of Christ today (28.5.17)
- Pentecost - Be strong - Stand up & be counted! (4.6.17)
- Trinity Sunday - 1st Communion homily - Jesus is what God is like (11.6.17)
- Corpus Christi - 1st Communion homily - To receive Jesus in Holy Communion, is to be transformed (18.6.17)
- 12th Sunday of the Year - Adam & Eve - Creation story & modern DNA (25.6.17)
- 13th Sunday of the Year - (2.7.17) - Transcription unavailable
- 14th Sunday of the Year - New ages for receiving the sacraments of Baptism, 1st Confession, 1st Holy Communion & Confirmation (9.7.17)
- 15th Sunday of the Year - 'Christian Life' - Are we edge of the path, strangled by thorns or producing a crop? (16.7.17)
- 16th Sunday of the Year - 'Take seeds of His Spirit, let the fruit grow ...' - Fan into a flame the gift you've been given (23.7.17)
- 17th Sunday of the Year - 'Rummaging in our personal haversacks' - What's really important? (30.7.17)
- Feast of the Transfiguration of Jesus Christ - Brave & generous women! Missionary appeal by the Sisters of Divine Love (6.8.17)
- 19th Sunday of the Year - Faith, Reason, Symbolism & Delight (13.8.17)
- 20th Sunday of the Year - Mary's rightful place in the Catholic Church (20.8.17) Videod & Subtitled
- 21st Sunday of the Year - Who do YOU say Jesus is? Cannon Thomas O'Connor (27.8.17)
- 22nd Sunday of the Year - Self Fulfillment & Service (3.9.17)
- 23rd Sunday of the Year - Forgiveness & Human Dignity (10.9.17)
- 24th Sunday of the Year - Anger & Resentment (17.9.17)
- 25th Sunday of the Year - The dignity of work & the mercy of God (24.9.17)
- 26th Sunday of the Year - Change your life, come to God - even at the last hour Cannon Thomas O'Connor (1.10.17)
- 27th Sunday of the Year - (8.10.17)
- 28th Sunday of the Year - (15.10.17)
- 29th Sunday of the Year - (22.10.17)
- 30th Sunday of the Year - (5.11.17)
- 31st Sunday of the Year - (12.11.17)
- 32nd Sunday of the Year - (19.11.17)
- Christ the King - (26.11.17)
Year B
- 1st Sunday in Advent - (3.12.17)
- 2nd Sunday in Advent - (10.12.17)
- 3rd Sunday in Advent - (17.12.17)
- 4th Sunday in Advent - (24.12.17)
- Feast of the Holy Family - (31.12.17)
- Epiphany - (7.1.18)
- 2nd Sunday in Ordinary Time - (14.1.18)
- 3rd Sunday in Ordinary Time - (21.1.18)
- 4th Sunday in Ordinary Time - (28.1.18)
- 5th Sunday in Ordinary Time - (4.2.18)
- 6th Sunday in Ordinary Time - (11.2.18)
- 1st Sunday of Lent - (18.2.18)
- 2nd Sunday of Lent - (25.2.18)
- 3rd Sunday of Lent - (4.3.18)
- 4th Sunday of Lent - (11.3.18)
- 5th Sunday of Lent - (18.3.18)
- Palm Sunday - Short exhortation to enter into the spirit of Holy Week & the Triduum (25.3.18) - Transcription unavailable
- Easter Sunday - (1.4.18)
- 2nd Sunday of Easter - (8.4.18)
- 3rd Sunday of Easter - (15.4.18)
- 4th Sunday of Easter - (22.4.18)
- 5th Sunday of Easter - (29.4.18)
- 6th Sunday of Easter - (6.5.18)
- Ascension - (13.5.18)
- Pentecost - (20.5.18)
- Trinity Sunday - (27.5.18)
- Corpus Christi - (3.6.18)
- 10th Sunday of the Year - We are all brothers and sisters together in Christ's Church. "Anyone who does the will of God - that person is my brother and sister and mother." (10.6.18)
- 11th Sunday of the Year - Fan into a flame the gift you've been given (17.6.18)
- Nativity of John the Baptist - John the Baptist - 'Counter Cultural'. To be a Christian is to be 'Counter Cultural' (24.6.18)
- 13th Sunday of the Year - God's power overcomes death & supports us in times of deep distress (1.7.18)
- 14th Sunday of the Year - We Christians - the hands & feet of Jesus today - are called to Mission & to share in the provision of Pastoral Care for everyone (8.7.18)
- 15th Sunday of the Year - How to pray, to be still & place ourselves in the Presence of God (15.7.18)
- 16th Sunday of the Year - Sacrificial service. Jesus is our model of service, for the church & the world. (22.7.18)
- 17th Sunday of the Year - Charity, Selflessness, Gentleness and Patience are not simply OPTIONS for those who bear the name Christian. (29.7.18)
- 18th Sunday of the Year - God has 'set His seal on Jesus', our Bread of Life (5.8.18)
- 19th Sunday of the Year - The Eucharist 'Strength for today & bright hope for tomorrow ... ' (12.8.18)