Month: April 2019
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Homily for Easter Sunday
When has a spring coincided so exactly with Easter? The word ‘Easter’ comes from the name of the old Anglo-Saxon goddess of spring. Spring has been late this year and […]
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Homily for the Easter Vigil
Brothers and Sisters, this is the night when our Lord Jesus Christ passed from death to life. It’s the night he passed from the dark confinement of a tomb on […]
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Homily for Good Friday
Having heard what we’ve just heard, I’d like to share a prayer of a great layman, a good husband and father, an accomplished lawyer, a writer, saint and a martyr: […]
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Homily for Maundy Thursday
Tonight we begin the journey of the Paschal Triduum: our journey, Christ’s journey, a journey to the Cross and beyond, to the empty tomb; a journey with Christ, to Christ […]
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Homily for Palm Sunday
Today is too much for us really, more than we can take in. There is the entry into Jerusalem: so positive, so promising. Here’s the Messiah entering Jerusalem, hailed as […]
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Chrism Mass 2019
The Chrism Mass is a special annual celebration led by the diocesan Bishop with the diocesan clergy. During that Mass the priests publicly renew their promises, and the oils used […]
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Homily for the Chrism Mass
Should we make jokes about hell? Anyway, one is that in hell the British will be in charge of cooking, adding to the hellishness. Perhaps a prime example of our […]
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Pastoral Letter For the 5th Sunday of Lent
Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, Easter is almost here. We might picture ‘Easter’ as a person, as someone coming to visit us. She comes with her cortege of feasts: […]
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