Homily for First Sunday of Advent Year A, 2022
Last Tuesday, at a lunch, I had a conversation, which we have all had in different way many a time. The person next to me was a bit...
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- Nov 24
- 5 min
Homily for Christ the King of the Universe, Year C, 2022
Today’s reading gives us a vast picture. Perhaps, though, the best way into their breath-taking scope is to spot some of the connective...
St Mary's
- Nov 15
- 5 min
Homily for 33rd Sunday Ordinary time, Year C, 2022
Two questions kept coming up when I was praying about this gospel. First: why did Jesus tell his disciples to act as witnesses rather...
St Mary's
- Nov 6
- 3 min
32nd Week in Ordinary Time. 6 November 2022 - Dcn Jim Curtain
I’m sure that most of us have, at one time or another, argued with another person. There are good ways to argue, and bad ways to argue....
St Mary's
- Nov 2
- 4 min
Homily for 31st Sunday of Ordinary Time, Year C, 2022
I went to two interesting events this week that I think lead well into our readings today. The first was a talk by an American...
St Mary's
- Oct 26
- 4 min
Homily for 30th Sunday Ordinary Time, Year C, 2022
Did you notice the trap in today’s gospel? As is usual with his parables, Jesus always gives us more than what is on the surface. It all...
St Mary's
- Oct 18
- 4 min
Homily for 29th Sunday Ordinary Time, Year C, 2022
Today Jesus asks each one of us: “But when the Son of Man comes, will he find any faith on earth?” How do I hear this question? Is it...
St Mary's
- Oct 12
- 3 min
Homily for 28th Sunday Ordinary Time, Year C, 2022
What I would like to focus on today are roles of Jesus as healer but more importantly as thanksgiving. There is a progression from one to...
St Mary's
- Oct 3
- 3 min
Homily for 27th Sunday Ordinary Time, Year C, 2022 - Dcn Jim Curtain
Have you ever asked God ‘Why?’ , or even been angry with God? This might be because of the state of the world, the fact that there is so...
St Mary's
- Sep 26
- 4 min
Homily for 26th Sunday Ordinary Time, Year C, 2022
I wonder whether the Church has been setting us up for this parable over the past few weeks? We had the message about the narrow gate. We...
St Mary's
- Sep 21
- 4 min
Homily for 25th Sunday Ordinary Time, Yr C, 2022
This is a bit of a weird parable. What exactly of the steward’s behaviour is being praised? Also, what does it means: if you cannot be...
St Mary's
- Sep 12
- 5 min
Homily for 24th Sunday Ordinary Time, Year C, 2022
During the Easter season, I asked our parishes to think about Pope Francis and Archbishop Peter’s call for us to become missionary...
St Mary's
- Sep 12
- 3 min
Homily for 22nd Sunday Ordinary time, Year C, 2022
Last week we had the image of the narrow gate. I suggested that one way of thinking about this was in terms of attention. Perhaps Jesus...
St Mary's
- Aug 24
- 4 min
Homily for 21st Sunday Ordinary Time, Year C, 2022
A few weeks ago, we had the story of Martha and Mary. Jesus praised Mary for choosing the better part, for focussing on Jesus alone. He...
St Mary's
- Aug 17
- 2 min
Homily for the Solemnity of the Assumption, Year C, 2022
Today we are celebrating the Assumption of Mary into heaven. Yesterday, in our second reading from the letter to the Hebrews, we heard...