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Homily for 25th Sunday Ordinary Time, Year A, 2023

Today’s readings give us many things to ponder. The first thing that came to my mind was thank God that God’s ways are above my ways....

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Sep 21
4 min

Homily for 24th Sunday Ordinary Time, Year A, 2023

One of the themes in today’s readings is fear of the Lord. We hear it mentioned in our second reading. It features in different ways in...

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Sep 21
4 min

Homily for 23rd Sunday Ordinary Time, Year A, 2023

Today’s readings revisit some themes we have seen before – the original vocation of humanity, but they also provide a way to think about...

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Sep 21
3 min

Homily for 22nd Sunday Ordinary Time, Year A, 2023 - Deacon Jim Curtain

What do we expect from God? Why do bad things happen to good people? How long does it take to follow Jesus? What is going on in your life...

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Aug 22
4 min

Homily for 20th Sunday Ordinary Time, Year A, 2023

Our gospel today, when read correctly, presents us with a very familiar issue. And the way to read it correctly is hinted at in our first...

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Aug 15
3 min

Homily for 19th Sunday Ordinary Time, Year A, 2023

Let me begin by thanking everyone for your prayers for our World Youth Day (WYD) Pilgrimage. I believe there will be many fruits flowing...

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Jul 20
4 min

Homily for 15th Sunday Ordinary Time, Year A, 2023

Some of you might know the name. Richard Feynman. He was one of the great scientists of the last century. Among other things, he created...

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Jul 12
3 min

Homily for 14th Sunday Ordinary Time, Year A, 2023

Our Gospel today is one of those passages that seems to summarise the Good News. Like the Road to Emmaus and John 3, it seems like an...

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Jul 5
4 min

Homily for 13th Sunday Ordinary Time, Year A, 2023

This Gospel reminds me of CS Lewis’s famous statement about Jesus’s identity. There are only three options: he is a liar, he is crazy, or...

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Jun 27
4 min

Homily for 12th Sunday Ordinary Time, Year A, 2023

Last week I used a quote from Simone Weil as a way into our readings. This week she popped up again. On Friday, we had a couple of...

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Jun 21
4 min

Homily for 11th Sunday Ordinary Time, Year A, 2023

I would like to read you a quote that I think speaks to our readings today. It is from the French 20th century mystic, Simone Weil....

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Jun 20
4 min

Homily for the Corpus Christi Sunday, Year A, 2023

Today we celebrate the Solemnity of Corpus Christi. The Church asks us to reflect on the great mystery of the Eucharist. But where to...

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Jun 6
2 min

Homily for Trinity Sunday, Year A, 2023 Dcn Jim Curtain

Where do we learn about love? A few years ago, when I was working as a hospital chaplain, I had a very powerful encounter, which made me...

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May 30
4 min

Homily for Pentecost, Year A, 2023

I think I have mentioned before how our parish prepares families for the baptism of their children. In some fashion or other, we end up...

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May 25
5 min

Homily for the Solemnity of the Ascension, Year A, 2023

This week we had our prep students join us for Mass on Friday. We also had at St Colman’s the funeral of Pamela Wood, one of the pillars...