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Homily for Fourth Sunday of Lent, Year A, 2023 - Dcn Jim Curtain

We’re sitting down at home, just had a nice dinner, relaxing. We’re watching the television, and a story comes on, and we decide we don’t...

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Mar 9
4 min

Homily for Second Sunday of Lent, Year A, 2023

Pope Benedict XVI in one of his homilies for this Sunday linked last week and this week’s gospels together. He said that the Temptation...

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Feb 28
4 min

Homily for the First Sunday of Lent, Year A, 2023

On Ash Wednesday, when we received the ashes, we heard the Lord’s command: Repent and believe the Gospel. I have mentioned before how the...

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Feb 28
3 min

Ash Wednesday Evening Homily - 22nd February 2023

Today we begin the season of Lent, the time the Church gives us to prepare to celebrate Easter. So, we might ask ourselves: why do we...

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Feb 22
5 min

Homily for 7th Sunday Ordinary Time, Year A, 2023

The theme of holiness is central to our readings today. And the link between holiness and love of neighbour is emphasised. Our first...

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Feb 14
3 min

Homily for 6th Sunday in Ordinary Time Year A, 2023 - Dcn Jim Curtain

Last week we heard Jesus calling us to be salt and light, to make a difference in the world. This week Jesus tells us some of the detail,...

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Feb 7
4 min

Homily for the 5th Sunday Ordinary Time, Year A, 2023

[Today we welcome our primary school community. It is good to see you back after the holidays. At this Mass, we also commission our...

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Jan 31
4 min

Homily for 4th Sunday of Ordinary Time, Year A, 2023

The last few weeks we have been looking at the idea of being a witness. We had St John the Baptist describing his encounter with Christ....

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Jan 24
4 min

Homily for 3rd Sunday Ordinary Time, Year A, 2023

Last week, we spoke about the need to become fiery witnesses to God’s presence. This week I would like to look at a particularly powerful...

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Jan 17
4 min

2nd Sunday Ordinary Time, Year A

One of the smartest people I have met was an American priest in Rome. He was lecturing even as a student and now works for the...

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Jan 12
3 min

Homily for the Solemnity of the Epiphany, Yr A, 2023

A recent blessing in my life has been sharing my love of stars with one of my nephews. He has just discovered the beauty of the heavens,...

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Jan 3
3 min

Homily for the Solemnity of Mary the Mother of God, Yr A, 2022 On the occasion of the death of Pope

This week when I was preparing the homily, I went to my usual sources of inspiration. One of them is a website of all of Pope Benedict...

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Dec 28, 2022
4 min

Homily for Christmas, Year A, 2022

Some of you might know the story of Newgrange in Ireland. Newgrange is a Stone Age construction in County Meath. It is a large mound,...

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Dec 28, 2022
2 min

Christmas Eve Family Mass Homily 2022 - Dcn Jim Curtain

There’s a poem by Michael Leunig, which gives us a modern version of the shepherds. While shepherds watched their phones by night All...

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Dec 20, 2022
4 min

Homily for the Fourth Sunday of Advent, Year A, 2022

We have come to the last Sunday before Christmas. We are in the home stretch of Advent, a whole season spent in preparation to welcome...