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fr. Oliver is Master of Students of the English Province, teaches dogmatic theology at Blackfriars, Oxford, and has recently been appointed Director of the Aquinas Institute.
oliver.keenan@english.op.org

“Sharing in the joys and hopes, sorrows and anxieties of the people of every age, the Church has constantly accompanied

"Be who God meant you to be and you will set the world on fire." So was today's Dominican Saint,

Reading: John 20:1-9. We do not preach the empty tomb, but the living Christ. The essence of our Easter joy does

Readings: Numbers 21:4-9; John 8:21-30. Few would accuse David R. Ellis of mis-selling his 2006 film Snakes on a Plane: the

Readings: Matthew 5:17-19.It is clear that Jesus’s attitude toward the law seemed remarkably cavalier to some of his religious contemporaries.

Readings: Matthew 17:1-19. What on earth is St. Peter thinking? In the middle of this mystical scene, a moment of profound

Gospel: Matthew 9:14-15. Today, John’s disciples indulge a brief foray into comparative religion: why aren’t Jesus’s followers observing the same dietary

Continuing our series of evening talks and discussions to mark the Year of Faith, we are able to share with

There’s an old joke that there’s no such thing as a bad sermon: sometimes, it’s the preacher’s words that are

“When you pray, do not keep on babbling like pagans, for they think they will be heard because of their

At times life can seem so bewildering and mysterious that it feels as if we are lacking a vital piece

Readings: Isaiah 30:19-26, Matthew 9:35-10:8.  Wouldn’t it be great if God sent faxes? Wouldn’t it be wonderfully reassuring to know that,

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