Homilies

Mass readings for the parish patronal feast of St. Augustine:Jeremiah 20.7-9 Psalm 63.1-8 Romans 12.1-2 Matthew 16.21-27 We all have our crosses to bear –…

Mass readings for the 19th Sunday in Ordinary Time:1 Kings 19.9, 11-13 Psalm 85.8ab & 9, 10-13 Romans 9.1-5 Matthew 14.22-33 Everyone, christians and non-christians…

Mass readings for the 18th Sunday in Ordinary Time:Isaiah 55.1-3 Psalm 145.8-9, 15-18 Romans 8.35, 37-39 Matthew 14.13-21 The passage from the prophet Isaiah we…

Mass readings for the 13th Sunday in Ordinary Time:2 Kings 4.8-12a, 14-16 Psalm 89.1-2, 15-18 Romans 6.3-4, 8-11 Matthew 10.37-42 At a first, and perhaps…

Mass readings for the 12th Sunday in Ordinary Time:Jeremiah 20.10-13 Psalm 69.7-9, 13&16, 32-33 Romans 5.12-15 Matthew 10.26-33 A member of parish council brought me…

Mass readings for the 11th Sunday in Ordinary Time:Exodus 19.1-6a Psalm 100.1-5 Romans 5.6-11 Matthew 9.36-10.8 Empathy has been celebrated in our culture as the…

Mass readings for the Solemnity of the Most Holy Body & Blood of Christ:Deuteronomy 8.2-3, 14-16 Psalm 147.12-15, 19-20 1 Corinthians 10.16-17 John 6.51-59 As…

Mass readings for Pentecost:Acts 2.1-11 Psalm 104.1ab, 24ac, 29b-30, 31&34 1 Corinthians 12.3b-7, 12-13 John 20.19-23 We all know the most important day in the…

Mass reading for the Solemnity of the Ascension of the Lord:Acts 1.1-11 Psalm 47.1-2, 5-8 Ephesians 1.17-23 Matthew 28.16-20 Do any of us enjoy fear…

Mass readings for the 6th Sunday of Easter:Acts 8.5-8, 14-17 Psalm 66.1-7, 16, 20 1 Peter 3.15-18 John 14.15-21 In the first reading we return…