Homilies
Humility and trust: motives for Christian discipleship
Homily for 25th Sunday in Ordinary time year B 23 September 2012 Last week and this week, the gospels being read from St Mark tell us of the real essence or the nature of discipleship– of our following Jesus. Last week Jesus told us that to follow him means three things: to renounce ourselves, to take […]
Personal Encounter with Jesus: ground for discipleship
Homily for 24th Sunday 2012 Today’s gospel gives us the ground of our Christian faith– the profession of faith in Jesus as the Christ, the messiah, the anointed one of God, that Peter has confessed in Jesus. Peter has come to believe in Jesus as the Christ, not just one of the prophets, or Elijah, […]
Being true to ourselves: Key to genuine discipleship
Homily for 24th Sunday in Year B Ordinary time 2012 Friends, I might have mentioned this already in my previous homilies, but it is worth repeating. When I entered the seminary almost 12 years ago, I wasn’t really sure what my motives were. All I can remember is that I was wanting to become a […]
When Jesus touches, he makes it very personal
Homily for the 23rd Sunday in Ordinary time year B 2012 Yesterday I had the chance to be part of the great and historic event in the Archdiocese of Melbourne. Archbishop Denis Hart ordained eight new priests for the Church. Yet what made it historic was the ordination into the Catholic priesthood for the first time […]
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