Homily 27th Sunday OT 6th October 2024 St. Mark’s Gospel is a very carefully constructed piece of work constructed to make a point, to teach consistently the nature of God…

Homily 26th Sunday OT 29th September 2024 The scripture readings this weekend may make you sit up in your seat a little straighter. Certainly the words that St Mark records…

Homily 25th Sunday OT 22nd September 2024 One of the scriptural themes that is most difficult to accept is the theme of the cross as a part of Christian living….

Homily 24th Sunday OT 15th September 2024 The Gospel this weekend has Jesus asking a number of questions beginning with, “Who do people say that I am?” The focus of…

The scripture readings this weekend are packed with meaning and significance. We are reminded that God’s presence is not seen in the removal of stress, of problems, even of suffering…

In the Gospel for one of the weekday Masses not so long ago, there is a passage in which Christ is answering questions from a crowd of people, and one…

The scripture readings this weekend underline for us that point at which a person has to decide whether all of the good examples, the advice, and the influence that have…

Homily 19th Sunday OT 11th August 2024 Once again the scripture readings focus on the image of the Bread of Life, the Eucharist. Slowly, those who heard Jesus began to…

Homily 18th Sunday OT 4th August 2024 This Gospel passage we have heard is another in a five or six week-long series of readings all taken from the sixth chapter…

Homily 17th Sunday OT 28th July 2024 The Gospel story of the small boy who had five loaves and two fishes offers us some very useful insights. The importance of…