Sunday Homilies

16 & 17 August 2025, SOLEMNITY OF THE ASSUMPTION OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY Imagine discovering that your best friend is actually part of your family. The surprise would bring joy, but also questions: if my best friend is family, then their family is mine as well. This was something like the experience of St John […]

2 & 3 August 2025, 18th SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME Newman’s Invisible Path to Eternal Treasure ST JOHN HENRY SOON TO BE DECLARED A DOCTOR OF THE CHURCH On the Feast of St Ignatius, a friend of St Philip, and on the eve of a son of St Philip, St Alphonsus Ligouri, the Holy Father

28 & 29 June 2025, SOLEMNITY OF SAINTS PETER & PAUL   This Sunday we celebrate the solemnity of Saints Peter and Paul, two towering figures of the early Church, whose lives and deaths bear witness to the power of Christ’s resurrection. Their feast is always a moment of joy for the whole Church, and

14 & 15 June 2025, TRINITY SUNDAY   Our Father On this Trinity Sunday, the Church lifts our gaze to the heart of the Christian mystery: one God in three Persons—Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. We do not approach this mystery to explain it away but to receive it in faith and worship. And at

24 & 25 May 2025, 6th SUNDAY OF EASTER   Remain in My Love – A prelude to St Philip’s Day   The Collect of today’s Mass calls us to celebrate “these days of joy”, as the radiant Easter season begins to draw towards its close. Soon, we will celebrate the mystery of the Ascension

17 & 18 May 2025, 5th SUNDAY OF EASTER   The image of Jesus washing his disciples’ feet on Holy Thursday is iconic. Despite millennia of familiarity, its impact has not faded. The Lord and Master humbling himself as a servant, kneeling with water and towel, remains a powerful sign. It’s not just a gesture

12 May 2025, ANNIVERSARY OF THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE ORATORY Feast of Saints Nereus and Achilleus17th Anniversary of the Canonical Establishment of the Port Elizabeth Oratory Today, as we celebrate the feast of Saints Nereus and Achilleus—martyrs who remained faithful even to the shedding of their blood—we also mark a significant milestone in the life

10 & 11 May 2025, 4th SUNDAY OF EASTER Good Shepherd Sunday With the joyful announcement of the election of Pope Leo XIV, our hearts, which had been marked by mourning, now turn to gratitude and hope. We give thanks once more for God’s providence in providing a new shepherd for the Church, and we

26 & 27 April 2025, 2nd SUNDAY OF EASTER God’s mercy towards repentant sinners This is indeed a strange time in the life of the Church, after the death of the Holy Father – a Sede Vacante, the See of Rome is vacant; the Vicar of Christ is dead. With Pope St Gregory, we could

18 April 2025, GOOD FRIDAY The Cross is Steady While the World is Turning Today is unlike any other day. The church is stripped bare. The tabernacle stands empty. We begin in silence, not with a hymn, not with a greeting, but with a gesture—prostration. The priest lies flat before the altar. We kneel with