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Homily for Fourth Sunday Advent, Year C, 2021
We’ve reached the final Sunday in Advent. Only a few sleeps to go. School has finished. We have our parish reconciliation night Tuesday....

St Mary's
Dec 22, 20214 min read
Homily for Third Sunday of Advent, Year C, 2021
Today is Gaudete Sunday. The name comes from the Latin word for rejoice which we find in today’s entrance antiphon, which itself comes...

St Mary's
Dec 15, 20214 min read
Homily for the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception, 2021
What are we celebrating today? The theologian Fr Louis Bouyer says we celebrate: ‘that the grace of God which, since the Fall, never...

St Mary's
Dec 9, 20213 min read
Homily for the Second Sunday of Advent, Year C, 2021
Today our gospel invites us to consider the role of prophecy in helping us to prepare for the coming of Christ. This invitation comes in...

St Mary's
Dec 8, 20214 min read
First Sunday of Advent, Year C, 2021
It’s worth seeing our opening prayer as the context for our readings today. This is usually the case on Sundays, but it seems especially...

St Mary's
Nov 30, 20214 min read
Homily for the Solemnity of Christ the King, Year B, 2021
Today two feast days coincide. We celebrate primarily the Solemnity of Christ the King, However, we also have another feast, one that is...

St Mary's
Nov 30, 20214 min read
Homily for 33rd Sunday Ordinary Time, Year B, 2021
We always know that we are coming to the end of the liturgical year when the readings start dealing with the end of time generally. The...

St Mary's
Nov 17, 20214 min read
Homily for 7 November 2021 32nd Sunday of the Ordinary time - Dcn Jim Curtain
First of all, welcome back. It is wonderful to see you all here, a community to worship and pray with. Thank you for your support through...

St Mary's
Nov 9, 20213 min read
Homily for 31st Sunday Ordinary Time, Year B, 2021
What’s the most important thing in your life? What’s the one call you would never ignore? For some people, the most important thing in...

St Mary's
Nov 9, 20214 min read
Homily for 30th Sunday Ordinary Time, Year B, 2021
Our first reading tells of the rejoicing that surrounds the Lord gathering his people again. This is something we can relate to as we...

St Mary's
Oct 28, 20214 min read
Homily for the 29th Sunday Ordinary Time, Year B, 2021
This Sunday’s readings give me a deep sense of vertigo. Just as the devil took Jesus to the top of a high mountain and showed him all the...

St Mary's
Oct 19, 20214 min read
Homily for 28th Sunday Ordinary Time, Year B, 2021
Everything is possible for God. We are living in a very complicated world. Many people throughout history have documented the problems...

St Mary's
Oct 19, 20215 min read
Homily for 27th Sunday Ordinary Time, Year B, 2021
A couple of weeks ago, I mentioned an interview between the American Bishop Robert Barron and a Canadian psychologist, Jordan Peterson....

St Mary's
Oct 5, 20214 min read
Homily for 26th Sunday Ordinary Time, Year B, 2021
This week’s gospel follows last week’s gospel, and we need to read them together. When we do read them together, they have something to...

St Mary's
Sep 28, 20214 min read
25th Sunday Ordinary Time, Year B, 2021
Our first reading presents us with a vision of evil. Our first reading goes beyond wanton destruction, goes beyond the desire to watch...

St Mary's
Sep 21, 20214 min read
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