Posts tagged Homily

The virtuous will shine like the sun

Sunday 19 July 2020

Our Lord leaves us with more riddles in the parables of today’s gospel. These parables are parables of the kingdom of God; what it is like, and why it is like it is.

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My word shall not return to me empty

Sunday 12 July 2020

Some seed fell on rich soil and it produced a hundred-, sixty- and thirty-fold. Where the word finds a receptive heart then the miraculous happens and the Lord of Life bestows his graces.

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God so loves the world

Sunday 5 July 2020

Christ wants to reveal the Father to us, wants to let us know him. This is the gift of Faith. It is only by this gift that we can come into that relationship of love which knowing God involves.

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We too have a mission

Sunday 28 June 2020

These two apostles had missions from God. They were prepared through their lives, by the providential working of God in their lives so that when that moment came, when that encounter happened, they were ready to receive the message which Christ had for them. They would let it enter into the heart of their beings, they would let it transform them so that they could fulfil the mission which God had for them. What was true of these great foundations of the Church can be true for us too. God has prepared us to fulfil a mission for him, he wants us to carry his message out into the world in our own particular ways.

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Fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom

Sunday 21 June 2020

It was to address our fallen nature that Our Lord came, to free us from the reign of evil, sin and death and make possible our reconciliation with God, the Father. Fear of what the implications might be for our lives or relationships, and the changes it may well require, should not impede our embracing of the way of reconciliation with our Lord.

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Christ is the Bread of Life

Sunday 14 June 2020

The Body of Christ is the food which gives us the strength to live our entire lives, because the lives which we are called to live are lives which show Christ to the world.

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