Long Tassels, Broad Phylacteries, and Hypocrisy or "Why I wear a Maniple"
We often reduce today's Gospel to a warning against ostentatious ritual clothing, but in reality Jesus doesn't really care about the...
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Nov 5, 20234 min read
Blessed are they: All Saints Homily
The meaning of life is happiness, and true happiness - "Beautitude" or εὐδαιμονία (Blessedness) - is found only in unity with the...
Oct 22, 20236 min read
Whose image is this?
Jesus asks "whose image is on the coin" because what God and Caesar want from us is the same - their image. Caesar wants the image minted...
Oct 15, 20235 min read
Where is your wedding garment?
Everyone's had that nightmare at some point where they arrive naked to an important event: I know I have! In the Gospel today (Matthew...
Oct 8, 20233 min read
There is no need to worry!
Worrying about something is good: we worry because we care, and when we stop worrying it means we have stopped caring! What do we do...
Oct 8, 20235 min read
Do not be Small of Soul in giving back to God
Sometimes it feels like we are just trying to give the minimum: we avoid evil, we turn up for Mass (more or less on time) and we fulfil...
Oct 7, 20233 min read
Turn to Our Lady of Victories: Our Lady of the Rosary
Our Lady stands between us and those enemies who would destroy us - earthly or spiritual. Pray the Rosary in any kind of need to seek her...
Oct 1, 20234 min read
Synodality and accompaniment – but where are we going?
The Church is not immune to jargony-buzzwords, and the hottest buzzwords of the present moment are "synodality" and "accompaniment" which...
Sep 29, 20234 min read
How the Angels do battle
The three Holy Archangels named in the bible are named Michael, Gabriel, and Raphael. While the devil seeks to master us with lies, above...
Sep 24, 20235 min read
Nobody is too late to come to Christ
Sometimes we can feel like we aren't good enough for Jesus or his Church. Perhaps we feel we've left it too late, or perhaps we have some...
Sep 17, 20236 min read
How often must I forgive?
Jesus uses the staggering sum of ten thousand talents (some £29 billion in today's money) to make us understand how great God's mercy is...
Aug 27, 20236 min read
The sinner who holds the Keys
In today's Gospel, Jesus entrusts his Apostle Simon with the Keys to the Kingdom of Heaven, with the name "Peter" (meaning rock)
Aug 19, 20234 min read
Speak only to God or of God
The Feast of St Dominic offers an opportunity to rededicate ourselves to the joyful proclamation of the truth, to a spirit of poverty...
Aug 16, 20234 min read
Finding God in the Silence
Today we are bombarded with noise; out in public, on social media, even at Mass. We cannot hope to hear God's voice in all of this...
Aug 15, 20234 min read
Mary, the honour of our race
Today's Solemnity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, celebrating her glorious Assumption into heaven, is the climax of her glorification…
Aug 6, 20236 min read
His divinity overshadowed his humanity and we saw His glory
In the Transfiguration we encounter Jesus as God, his divinity overshadowing His humanity. That Jesus is God was a great controversy in...
Jul 30, 20234 min read
He sells everything he owns and buys it
When we read Jesus' parables we can sometimes get hung-up on the wrong thing; when we think about today's parables it's easy to focus on...
Jul 22, 20235 min read
You have a choice: are you wheat or are you darnel?
Today's readings begin with God's mercy; the Book of Wisdom and the Psalm describing and praising his mercy. Jesus explains how God is...
Jul 22, 20234 min read
Mary Magdalene: the sinner who proclaimed salvation
Three followers of Jesus made it to the foot of the Cross, and six women went to the tomb to anoint Christ's body: why among them all was...
Jul 21, 20235 min read
Love one another, as I have loved you
Wedding sermon: 21 July 2023 If you were to pull a random stranger off the street, and ask them; what is a wedding for? Why do people get...
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