Fr Tom’s Homilies
By Msgr. Joseph A. Pellegrino The Sunday after Easter always presents the Gospel of Doubting Thomas. Faith is always going to be met with doubts. This is part of the human condition. Everyone suffers times, often just fleeting moments, when he or she has doubts about the existence of God, the divinity and humanity of … [Read more…]
The lamb that was slain has delivered us from death and given us life There was much proclaimed by the prophets about the mystery of the Passover: that mystery is Christ, and to him be glory for ever and ever. Amen. For the sake of suffering humanity he came down from heaven to earth, clothed … [Read more…]
By Father Euan Marley, O.P. It is becoming apparent that our culture is losing sight of the meaning of death. It’s a truism to say that death is the last taboo, but let me also make a distinction here between ‘death’ and ‘dying’. Dying is hardly a forbidden topic. In fiction, we can expect to … [Read more…]
By Fr Simon Gaine , O.P. The Gospel brings us more than we could ever have conceived of or imagined. But in this way – this higher way – it also fulfils our basic needs and desires. God blesses us by touching the point of human need. Part of our humanity is the desire and need to … [Read more…]
We have two readings from Mark’s gospel, and each describes a crowd. There is the enthusiastic crowd of people who cheer Jesus when He enters Jerusalem on the back of the donkey, and there is the mob that jeers at Him on the cross. To which crowd would we have belonged; possibly both? Crowds … [Read more…]
By Father John Patrick Kenrick, O.P. Today’s Gospel sets the scene for the forthcoming drama of Holy Week. Jesus is, in effect, telling His disciples both that His work of preaching is over and also – something difficult to grasp – that a final cosmic battle with Satan is about to begin. This battle will … [Read more…]
The Fourth Sunday of Lent, also called Laetare Sunday By Father Benjamin Earl, O.P. With the reduced penance signified by the rose color of the fourth Sunday of Lent we signal the conclusion of the first part of this season. In these four weeks our focus has been on penitence and conversion, on turning back … [Read more…]
Many people would have discovered internet shopping in the past year or, even if one were to go out to the supermarket in person, goods can be obtained without any exchange of cash or words – just the click of buttons or the tap of a card, and the transaction is complete. But this impersonal … [Read more…]
Making Room for Prayer during Lent Our second Sunday in Lent puts before us a great manifestation of the Glory of God which happens on Mount Tabor. It has much in common with other such manifestations in the Scriptures. For starters, it happens on a high place that was often seen as the place of … [Read more…]
By Father Martin Ganeri, O.P. In the ancient Catacombs in Rome the early Christians painted many scenes from the Bible and one of the most frequently represented is that of Noah and the Ark. The Catacombs were places of burial and places of sanctuary for the early Christians in the dark days before the toleration … [Read more…]