Sunday Homilies

10 & 11 January 2026, FEAST OF THE BAPTISM OF THE LORD The feast of the Baptism of the Lord, in a way, brings the Christmas season to a close. The crib is still up until the Feast of the Presentation of the Lord (and in our Diocese, we get the “extra” Christmas Feast of

6 & 7 December 2025, SECOND SUNDAY OF ADVENT We know that Advent is a time of preparation for the annual celebration of Christ’s first coming – his nativity – at Christmas, and also of his second coming in glory as judge. Today’s Gospel reading presents us with St John the Baptist preaching a message

22 & 23 November 2025, SOLEMNITY OF CHRIST THE KING This feast celebrates the Kingdom of Christ, whose Kingdom – or Dominion – is a well-ordered body or society organised under one sole sovereign Lord. The Kingship of Christ in fact presents us with the ideal model of a true Kingdom in which our earthly

8 & 9 November 2025, FEAST OF THE DEDICATION OF THE LATERAN BASILICA The Church of St John Lateran whose feast falls today was the location of the residence of the Popes for around a thousand years. The Church was dedicated to Our Lord and later to St John the Baptist and St John the

1 & 2 November 2025, SOLEMNITY OF ALL SAINTS Today’s feast of All Saints opens before us one of the most beautiful visions in Scripture: “a great multitude which no one could number, from every nation, race, people and tongue, standing before the throne and before the Lamb.” The Book of Revelation doesn’t present the

4 & 5 October 2025, SOLEMNITY OF THE DEDICATION OF THE CHURCH Anniversary of the Dedication of the Church of St Bernadette, Walmer Today is a very special day in the life of our parish. We are not celebrating a saint’s feast day, nor a particular event in the life of Christ, but the dedication

27 & 28 September 2025, 26th SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME Don’t ignore the Compassionate-Crucified, Who hungers for our love The Sunday readings this weekend place before us a sobering challenge, one that touches the very heart of Christian discipleship. It is not a sin simply to be rich, nor is it necessarily a virtue to

13 & 14 September 2025, FEAST OF THE EXALTATION OF THE HOLY CROSS What is it that can take an instrument of torture—the Cross—and make of it a sign of hope?What can transform a symbol of ultimate defeat into a sign of victory, so prominently displayed in our churches? This is the question before us

30 & 31 August 2025, 22nd SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME Heroic virtue begins with humility This coming Wednesday, young people from our parish and St Dominic’s Priory School will receive the Sacrament of Confirmation. And, with it (as we know) a growth in Christian maturity. Receiving the seven-fold gifts of the Spirit, they will be

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