Homily for 23rd Sunday Ordinary Time, Year B, 2024
A while ago, I mentioned a new book about Jesus himself stating he is divine. Today’s readings give us an explicit example. The prophet...
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- Sep 3
- 3 min
Homily for the 22nd Sunday of Ordinary Time, 1 September 2024
‘Laws and customs’– that is what Moses is placing before the Israelites. Isn’t that what we expect religious leaders to do, lay out the...
St Mary's
- Aug 30
- 4 min
Homily for 21st Sunday Ordinary Time, Year B, 2024
Today we continue our reading of John chapter 6, one of the central treatments of the mystery of the Incarnation, the mystery of the...
St Mary's
- Aug 23
- 4 min
Homily for the 20th Sunday Ordinary Time, Year B, 2024
Today, I’d like to focus on three aspects of these readings: first, the role of wisdom, second, the idea of the fool and, third, the idea...
St Mary's
- Aug 16
- 4 min
Homily for 19th Sunday Ordinary Time, Year B, 2024
This week I was thinking about preaching on the first reading. I was wondering whether God’s message was perhaps: before you do anything...
St Mary's
- Aug 6
- 3 min
18th Sunday of Ordinary Time, 4 August 2024 - Dcn Jim Curtain
What is it that we are hungering for? Let’s think about our lives, what do we need? Is it something material? Is it security, the...
St Mary's
- Jul 30
- 4 min
Homily for 17th Sunday Ordinary Time, Year B, 2024
Today, I would like to approach our gospel in two ways. The first way is as a reminder to be on the lookout for God’s grace. The second...
St Mary's
- Jun 4
- 3 min
Homily for the Feast of the Body and Blood of Christ, 2024 - Dcn Jim Curtain
Most of us would know good virtuous people of other faiths, and of no explicit religious faith. People who obey the laws, who love their...
St Mary's
- May 28
- 4 min
Homily for Trinity Sunday, Year B, 2024
A while ago, I remember playing in Alma Park with one of my brothers and his children. There was construction on the trainline running...
St Mary's
- May 20
- 5 min
Pentecost Sunday, 19 May 2024. Homily by Deacon Jim Curtain
I’d invite you, when you have the time, to have a good look at the windows on the back wall of our church. They are quite beautiful, and...
St Mary's
- May 14
- 4 min
Homily for 6th Sunday Easter, Year B, 2024
That last line of the gospel is a bit strange. Jesus saying, “You are my friends if you do what I command you”, makes us question his...
St Mary's
- Apr 30
- 4 min
Homily for 5th Sunday Easter, Year B, 2024
Today in our Gospel Jesus uses the metaphor of the vine. This was a powerful symbol in the Jewish world, and became one also for...
St Mary's
- Apr 22
- 4 min
Homily for Third Sunday of Easter, Year B, 2024
Today’s readings coming so soon after Easter remind me of that last part of the mystery of the Transfiguration. After the wondrous...
St Mary's
- Apr 10
- 3 min
Homily for 2nd Sunday of Easter, Divine Mercy Sunday, 7 April 2024 - Deacon Jim Curtain
So the risen Jesus enters the upper room, and offers his disciples peace. When we now read the New Testament, the gospel accounts of...
St Mary's
- Apr 4
- 4 min
Homily for Easter Vigil, 2024
A few years ago, we had a series of online talks on the structure of the Mass. One of the last talks was on the Easter Vigil. This was...
St Mary's
- Apr 3
- 3 min
Homily for Easter Sunday, 31 March 2024 - Deacon Jim Curtain
What are we afraid of? Is it pain, is it poverty, is it losing our reputation, is it death? Do we fear that even if we have a life...
St Mary's
- Mar 26
- 3 min
Homily for Palm Sunday, Year B
Today, the Church gives us the option of reflective silence after the Passion, which I think might be a good idea. So, I will just say a...
St Mary's
- Mar 11
- 4 min
Homily for Second Scrutiny, 4th Sunday Lent, Year A Gospel
(Deacon Jim mentioned last week that) we have two candidates, Ellie and Tilly, who this year will celebrate the rites of initiation at...
St Mary's
- Mar 4
- 3 min
Homily for 3rd Sunday of Lent, 3 March 2024 - Deacon Jim Curtain
We are blessed in this parish this year. We have two catechumens, Ellie and Tillie, who are experiencing the Rite of Christian Initiation...
St Mary's
- Mar 4
- 4 min
Homily for 2nd Sunday Lent, Year B, 2024
As we know, Lent is a time of renewal. It is when we make a special effort to turn back to God and believe the Good News. It is when we...
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