Homilies
Reflection on Good Friday 2012
Triduum 2012 Good Friday On Palm Sunday we read St Mark’s account of Our Lord’s passion. St John’s version which we have just heard contains many interesting details which deserve our attention. Nevertheless, this year I want to concentrate on that first reading from Isaiah, which is the fourth of what we call the Songs […]
Triduum Maundy Thursday 2012
Homily Our faith is full of symbols, visible signs which remind us of invisible truths. So our first reading this evening told of the preparation of the Jewish people for their escape from slavery in Egypt. They were about to set out on a long journey and God ordered them to eat a special meal […]
The Auction: A parable of our Salvation
You may remember, I have proposed at the beginning of our Lenten journey that we would take this season as a Walk with Jesus with all Sundays in lent as our major stops. I also proposed then to meditate on the person of Jesus as we go along with him. On the First Sunday of […]
The ‘little people’ on the ‘death’ of Jesus
Palm Sunday 2012 (Readings) In the 1660s, the famous English diarist, Samuel Pepys, would go to church twice on Sundays – in the morning and in the afternoon. This was not because he was especially pious, but rather because a good sermon was free public entertainment. If the preacher didn’t go on for at least […]
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