IT’S been difficult to see the evidence of ‘peace on earth and goodwill toward men’ these last few days as the member states of the United Nations General Assembly concluded […]
Category: Homily Notes
The Good News
IN Holy Week and Easter we follow the journey of Jesus through a trial, humiliation, abandonment and a tortured death. But faith tells us that that is not the end. […]
Archbishop Hart Easter Message 2017
IN his Easter message for 2017, the Archbishop of Melbourne, Denis Hart, reminds us that although the Easter message is timeless, it echoes differently from year to year, reflecting the […]
Blind from birth
THE man is blind from birth. Neither he nor his parents have guilt, but his destiny will be marked forever. People look at him as a sinner punished by God. […]
Samaritan woman at the well
THE scene is captivating. Tired on his journey, Jesus sits down next to Jacob’s Well. Soon a woman arrives to draw water. She belongs to a semi-pagan people, despised by […]
Gospel Thought: priorities in life
JESUS and the gospel offer us a very different message and set of values. Our dignity and self-worth come from being created and loved by God. This is not to […]
Call to Love
THE call to love is always seductive. Surely, many graciously welcomed Jesus’ call to love God and to love our neighbour. But what they couldn’t imagine is that one day […]
Homily for 23rd Sunday in Ordinary time– Year C
23 rd Sunday in Ordinary – Year C September 4, 2016 Homily The gospel today (Luke 14:25-33) rubs us up the wrong way. Especially on Father’s day, it’s hardly attractive […]
Homily Points for 4th Ordinary Sunday
Fourth Sunday in Ordinary – Year C January 31, 2016 One of President Barack Obama’s first speeches as President was his ‘Dream’ speech about the America he wanted. It was […]
Homily points for 3rd Ordinary Sunday
Third Sunday in Ordinary – Year C January 24, 2016 As a teenager I read the book, A Reason to Live: A Reason to Die, by John Powell, a Jesuit. […]