Sunday Homilies

The Scripture readings for this Sunday converge on the idea or concept of fraternal correction. Fraternal correction is the practice whereby, observing that someone is at fault in some way, we resolve to go to them to draw their attention to what they are doing wrong, and invite them to reform. Fraternal correction is distinct […]

Homily: 22nd Sunday of Ordinary Time – Year A. 2023 “You are Rock”, we heard last week; you are a “stumbling block” we hear this week. To find out what happened, and to make sure we don’t make the same mistake as Peter, we need to revisit what we read in the Scripture last week.

Patronal Feast of South Africa Our Lady Assumed into Heaven This weekend we celebrate the patronal feast day of South Africa, that of Our Lady of the Assumption. This doctrine, promulgated by Pope Pius XII in 1950, is this: “The Immaculate Mother of God, the ever-Virgin Mary, having completed the course of her earthly life,

2023 19th SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME (Year A) 12/13 August Hearing God’s Voice in Mental Prayer Both of the protagonists of the First Reading (Elijah) and the Gospel (Our Lord) find themselves on retreat, seeking out communion with God the Father. For Elijah, it’s a sort of double retreat: he is fleeing from the evil

The Transfiguration Year A, 2023 To “listen to him” must surely be one of the desires of every Christian. This command, given by God the Father, takes place also in the mysterious presence of Moses and Elijah, surely a manifestation of God’s grace. To listen from the perspective of Moses means obedience. Obedience means the deliberate

2023 SIXTEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME (A) 22/23 July The Wheat and the Tares of the Heart Chapter 13 of Saint Matthew’s Gospel is an epic chapter of parables, those stories that Our Lord used to teach the people about God’s nature, our own nature and the way of salvation. It includes the parable of

Homily: 13th Sunday, Year A, 2023 Most of us can relate to a sense of “information overload” from time to time. There are: flyers in the post, spam emails, telemarketers on the phone, and pop-up adverts on the internet browser. We can also relate to unexpected requests interrupting our activities. Here at the parish, because

2023 TRINITY SUNDAY – Usus recentior 3/4 June On most days, the Collect (or Opening Prayer) of the Mass concludes with “the longer formula”: “Through Our Lord Jesus Christ, Your Son, Who lives and reigns with You in the unity of the Holy Spirit, One God, for ever and ever”. This Trinitarian conclusion reminds us

Dear Friends, Today is Mother’s Day. We wish all the moms a happy and peaceful day. Yesterday we celebrated the feast of Our Lady of Fatima, our heavenly mother. May she intercede for all of us, especially our moms. While I was thinking about Mother’s Day, I thought of my mom, now living most of

2023 FOURTH SUNDAY OF EASTER – Missa Usus Recentior 29/30 April   Knowing the Good Shepherd and being “good sheep” This Sunday, in the reformed liturgy since the last Council, is called “Good Shepherd Sunday”; it existed in the older liturgy as the Second Sunday after Easter – just last week, we kept it in