St Mary's5 days ago4 minHomily for the Mass of the Ascension, 2020The feast of the Ascension is not always the easiest feast to grasp. Often we can slip past it on the way from Easter to Pentecost.
St Mary'sMay 175 min6th Sunday Easter, Year AWhen the subject of hope or faith comes up, it is not always easy to know where to start.
St Mary'sMay 93 min5th Sunday of Easter, Year ATwo questions came to my mind as I thought about today’s gospel. What does it mean to follow the way of Christ? And...
St Mary'sMay 23 min4th Sunday of Easter, Year A (Father Joe Caddy)I have a clear memory of a baptism that I did here at St Mary’s a little time back. When the mother came up to the font with her baby...
St Mary'sApr 254 min3rd Sunday of Easter, Year AAs we’ve said before, Easter used to be the only time people would enter the Church. And so Lent actually developed as the preparation...
St Mary'sApr 184 min2nd Sunday of Easter, Year ABefore we begin, a point that might be of interest. Our entrance antiphon today begins with “Like newborn infants...” In the Latin...
St Mary'sApr 114 minEaster SundayWhat a strange Good Friday that was! Joe and I rang the funeral bells at 3pm to indicate the beginning of the liturgy, and heard people...
St Mary'sApr 113 minEaster Sunday (Deacon Jim Curtain)The two of us, Fr Jerome and me, are standing here in an empty church. Mary of Magdala, Peter, and John, were standing at an empty tomb...
St Mary'sApr 102 minEaster Vigil (Fr Joe Caddy)What a scene confronts the women in Matthew’s Gospel when they go to the tomb!
St Mary'sApr 94 minGood FridayGood Friday is one of the quietest days of the year. Shops are closed. There is less traffic on the roads. The air seems heavier...
St Mary'sApr 82 minHoly Thursday: Message from Fr Joe CaddyThis night we commemorate the last supper that Jesus shared with his disciples. This night we are called to join with Jesus...
St Mary'sApr 46 minPalm SundayWith the upending of routine and a retreat to our homes, it is easy to understand why some people feel like one day just bleeds into the...
St Mary'sMar 284 min5th Sunday Lent, Year AOur first reading is one of the most famous visions in the OT, and it begins with a valley of bones, a striking lifeless image...
St Mary'sMar 224 min4th Sunday Lent, Year ATo experience darkness is a strange thing. How do we talk about it? Is the night the end of the day, or is it the beginning of a new day...
St Mary'sMar 155 min3rd Sunday Lent, Year AHaving read all that, I would like to say a few things. First, some practical things, I have made copies of the statement available down...
