Year B Witnesses to the Resurrection 12 May 202411 May 2024 12th May 2024, St Patrick's Soho The apostles spent nine days gathered in the upper room, and in this mass it’s like we’re gathered there with them. They have been…
Year B Conceived in the Heart 8 Apr 2024 Homily for the feast of the Annunciation “Mary conceived in her heart before conceiving in her flesh.” - St Augustine. Because the first place that God wanted to come was…
Holy Week… Palm Sunday – The Face of God 1 Apr 202321 Mar 2024 What do we think God is like? We all have our images of God, whether we think of it or not. Many people tend to think of God today as…
Feasts… Assumption – Woman in Glory, Mother, House of God 13 Aug 20224 Sep 2022 Assumption of Mary, Guido Reni On November 1, 1950, Pope Pius XII solemnly pronounced the dogma of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary in His Apostolic Constitution, Munificentissimus Deus. This is the…
Ascension… Ascension – Where he went, Whom he sent, Why it matters 26 May 202212 Jun 2022 Acts 1:1-11 As we celebrate the solemnity of the Ascension, I wanted to touch on just three things to explore something of this most mysterious feast. Of all the feasts…
Easter… Easter Vigil – On Grace and the Visitation to Mary 17 Apr 20228 May 2022 Christ Appearing to The Virgin, Rogier van der Weyden The opening prayer for Palm Sunday, at the start of Holy Week, begins with ‘Dear brothers and sisters, since the beginning of Lent…
Lent… 5th Sunday – The Gaze that Saves Eve 3 Apr 202217 Apr 2022 John 8:1-11 We have a very familiar narrative from the gospels today, of the woman caught in adultery. The gospel writers manage as always, with a few deft strokes of…
Advent… 4th Sunday – The Silence of Elizabeth and the Visit of Mary 18 Dec 202123 Jan 2022 Luke 1:39-45 On the 9th December, 1531, Our Lady appeared to a peasant, Juan Diego, a catholic convert who was on his way to Mass in Mexico City. He described hearing…
Holy Week… Good Friday – The Silence of Heaven 2 Apr 202115 Apr 2021 Any musician will tell you that the rests, the pauses in music are as important in a piece as the notes themselves. Today is a rare time, maybe the only…
Advent… 4th Sunday – A tale of two Temples 20 Dec 20205 Jan 2021 2 Samuel 7:1-16, Luke 1:26-38 As we come to the Fourth Sunday of Advent, our Gospel text focuses on Mary, who has remained hidden so far. It is difficult to…
Feasts… Assumption of Mary – How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb 16 Aug 202011 Aug 2022 Revelation 11:19-12:10, Luke 1:39-56 Assumption of the Virgin by Corregio, Fresco 1939. Hardly twenty years had passed from what had been thought of as the ‘war to end all wars’.…
Feasts The Annunciation – The Burden of Mary 25 Mar 202015 Dec 2022 Annunciation, by El Greco Luke 1:26-38 One of the most painful experiences in life is to carry the burden of unanswered prayer. Such prayer, arises from the depth of one’s…