Ordinary time week 9 Tobit 6,10-11; 7,1-9; 8,4-9; Mk 12, 28-34 Saint Charles Lwanga and his companions (- 1885/7). Many Christians,...

Ordinary time week 9, Tobit 3,1-11; 16-17; Mk12, 18-27 Not only are the Sadducees more interested in catching Jesus out, they are more...

Ordinary time week 9 Mt 5,13-19 Saint Justin, Martyr (- 165) was born at the beginning of the 2nd century in Nablus, Samaria, of a pagan...

Monday 31/05/2021 Luke 1,39-56 In Advent, we remember the waiting of the generations before us who searched and longed for the Messiah....

Ordinary time week 8 Ecc 51,17-27; Mk 11,27-33 Ecclesiasticus speaks of Wisdom, a gift of the Holy Spirit along with knowledge and...

Ordinary time week 8, Mk 11,11-26 The gospel is filled with thoughts, questions and riches and enough material for a month of homilies....

Ordinary time 27/05/2021 week 8, Mk10, 46-52 From a homily by Archbishop Dermott Clifford: “Pope John Paul II wrote: "The Eucharist is...

Ordinary time week 8 - Mk 10, 32-45 Saint Philip Neri (1515 - 1595) was born in Florence. At eighteen he went to Rome and earned his...

Ordinary time week 8, Mt 7, 21-29 St Bede the Venerable (673 - 735) was born in northern England, near the monastery of Wearmouth. He...

Ordinary time week 8 - Mark 10, 17-27 Pope Francis: In the Gospel, Mary is always described as “the Mother of Jesus,” instead of “the...

Eastertide week 7, Acts 25, 13-21; Jn 21, 15-19 Imagine that the encounter of Jesus with Peter took place in a quiet place just as the...

Eastertide week 7, Acts 20,30; 23, 6-11 - Jn 17, 20-26 Isn’t this a great story? At his trial, Paul, a former pharisee, cleverly setting...

Eastertide week 7, Jn 17, 11-19 St Dunstan (909 - 988) was a Benedictine monk, reformer and Archbishop of Canterbury, born near...

Eastertide week 7 year B, Act 20, 17-27; Jn17, 1-11 We approach the end of the Acts of the Apostles which culminates in the death of Paul...

Eastertide year B Jn 16, 29-33 Many scams on the internet offer something that is too good to be true and is. Adverts want to convince...

Eastertide year B, Jn 16, 23-28 Following the gospels over recent weeks, it is obvious that the relationship Jesus had with his Father...

Friday 14/05/2021 Saint Matthias, Apostle Jn 15,9 -17 St Matthias was not one of the Twelve; but, after the death of Judas Iscariot,...

Eastertide Week 6 Jn 16, 5-11 Jesus makes it very clear that evil will never win in the face of the truth. Despite the punishment...

Eastertide Week 6 - Acts 16,11-15 ; Jn 15,26-16,4 Let it never be said that Jesus did not warn his disciples about the difficulties they...

Saturday 08/05/2021 Eastertide Week 5 - Acts 16,1-10; Jn 15, 18-21 The story of Paul receiving a clear instruction, strikes a note of...