Category: Homilies

At times it can be difficult to see the links between the readings, but today’s readings all ask the same question: “Who can receive the Word of God?”, “Who has Jesus come for; for all or for the chosen few?”. What does it mean to be a foreigner, a stranger, an outcast? In Christ we… Continue reading Readings and Homily: The Twentieth Sunday in Ordinary Time – 16th August 2020

The Eucharistic prayer is a prayer of thanksgiving. We bring the bread and wine, and all that we are.

The Eucharistic (thanksgiving) Prayer. In the early church it was variable. Then in 10th century it was fixed until the 2nd Vatican Council when 4 main versions were established, with variations for special circumstances, but always including Christ’s words at the Last Supper.

What sort of a God do you believe in? In today’s second reading, St. Paul consoles and gives us hope. Even when we are worried, persecuted, feeling threatened or alone; nothing can separate us from the love of Christ.

We are reminded that the Eucharistic prayer is the heart of the Mass. It is a prayer of thanksgiving, at the beginning of which we “lift up our hearts”.  

The Covid 19 silence seemed like the whole world was on retreat. It helped us to hear the word of God.  

Every human life is a gift, a marvel and a mystery.  The Funeral Mass of Jerry Costello R.I.P.  

The final social distancing, all too common in these terrible times, is that of dying alone while we wait for God to bring us on our final journey.    

Borders are usually artificial man-made divisions that define differences which are also artificial.

Today Jesus tells three different parables about the Kingdom of Heaven, or the Reign of God.  Our world is one of both wheat and weeds, and we are called to sow seeds of justice, reconciliation and compassion in our broken world. We are called to participate in the building of the common good, beyond our… Continue reading Readings and Homily: Sunday 19th July 2020