Sunday Homilies

29 – 30 January 2022 Which of the following groups/roles mentioned in the Scriptures do you think might describe us practicing Catholics today? The Prophet: the role of the prophet was to call Israel back to God. In today’s readings we heard of Jeremiah, Elijah, and Elisha. Our Lord is also a prophet. The message

22 – 23 January 2022 As human beings, a critical part of our behaviour and nature is to try to make sense of one’s experience. This has enabled human beings to survive and ultimately to thrive in a world wherein humanity has found many threats to its survival, from tiny bacteria to large bears. The

15 – 16 January 2022 Hidden Feast: St Joseph Vaz To blush in the presence of love: being a good witness to God’s love A fabled story exists about pupils of a theology class at Oxford, or literature class as variously described, sitting down to their final exam. Their instruction was to write a commentary

4 – 5 December 2021 Today’s first reading is from the book of Baruch, one of the shorter (and less well-known) books of Sacred Scripture. Much better known is its sister (or brother?) book of Jeremiah – connected because Baruch was a close collaborator of Jeremiah the prophet, often described as his secretary. A quick

27 – 28 November 2021 Brothers and sisters, we should wish each other a happy new year as we start the new liturgical year on this first Sunday of Advent. Indeed, when we begin a new year, we reflect and consider how we are needing to reorient our- selves, return, convert, and come back to