Posts tagged Homily

The cloud of witnesses

Sunday 31 October 2021

It is the saints — led by Mary — who continue to pray for us that we might be open to see and believe the way to eternal life that is in Christ, revealed by his word, lived by the saints, proclaimed in the magisterium of the Church and celebrated in the sacraments that enable us, by God’s grace, to embody our fullness as children of God.

Ecce Homo, St Albert Chmielowski (1845–1916), 1879–1888; Albertine House, Krakow

Surrender, do not succumb

Monday 18 October 2021

Christ has faced death and triumphed over it so we might not fear the call to follow him through the way of the cross and dying to self.

Let go to inherit the Kingdom

Tuesday 12 October 2021

It is only by letting go, and letting God act in our daily struggle, that we are able to have a foretaste of the manifold beauty of the life of the kingdom, and receive the riches promised by Christ.

The Fulfilment of the Law

Tuesday 5 October 2021

The sacrament of marriage provides one of the main models for, and language of, understanding the relationship between God and humanity in the covenantal promise, between Christ and his bride the Church, and the final consummation between heaven and earth in the renewed creation.

Prophets to transform the world

Monday 27 September 2021

The abandonment of the self to the will of God is the essential first steps to the transformation of the world. Without it we inevitably remain a part of the problem.

The suffering servant

Monday 20 September 2021

It is in the serving, accepting and associating with the seemingly powerless that we encounter the living God, for we imitate Christ himself who came not to be served but to serve and give his life as a ransom for many.