Sunday Homilies

pastarchivesLITURGICAL SEASONS
There are several seasons during the Liturgical Year: AdventChristmas, Lent and Easter. For the other Sundays of the year we celebrate Ordinary Time.
As Christians – followers of Christ through our Baptism – we are called on to make Christ present in our own lives and in the lives of others. As we read the Sacred Scripture during the different seasons of the Liturgical Year may we pray in our hearts:
Come Holy Spirit, fill the hearts of your faithful and enkindle in them the fire of your love.

 

Homily for the Feast of the Transfiguration

Homily for the Feast of the Transfiguration (6th August 2023) Readings: Daniel 7:9-10; Peter 1:16-19; Matthew 17:1-9 Theme:  ‘I looked at Christ transfigured without fear’ (Patrick...

Homily for the 17th Sunday of Year A

Readings:  1 Kings 3:5,7-12; Romans 8:28-30; Matthew 13:44-52  Theme:   The Treasure Hidden in our Hearts ‘He is playing a game that I’m not familiar with.’ This...

Homily for the 16th Sunday of Ordinary Time, Year A

Readings: Wisdom 12:13.16-19; Romans 8:26-27; Matthew 13:24-43 Theme: The Patience of God Today’s readings highlight a virtue that is fast disappearing from our world: the virtue...

Homily for the 15th Sunday of ordinary time: Year A

Readings: Isaiah 55:10-11; Romans 8:18-23; Matthew 13:1-23  Theme: Co-workers in the birth of a New Creation Jesus’ favourite way of teaching was by using stories or...

Homily for the 14th Sunday of ordinary time: Year A

Readings:  Zechariah 9:9-10; Romans 8:9.11-13; Matthew 11:25-30 Theme:  The ‘Yoke’ of Jesus  On the night of October 11, 1962, a large crowd of mostly young people,...

Homily for the 13th Sunday of Ordinary Time: Year A

Readings: 2 Kings 4:8-11,14-16; Romans 6: 3-4,8-11; Matthew 10:27-42  Theme: The Cost of Discipleship  The main theme of today’s gospel reading is the cost of...

Homily for the 12th Sunday of Ordinary Time

Readings: Jeremiah 20:10-13; Romans 5:12-15; Matthew 10:26-33 ‘Noli Timere’ (Do not be afraid) were the last words of the poet, Seamus Heaney, to his wife,...

Homily for the 11th Sunday of Ordinary Time Year A

Readings:  Exodus 19:2-6; Romans 5:6-11; Matthew 9:36-10:8 Theme: The Compassion of Jesus God’s tender love and compassion for his creatures is the dominant theme of our...