28th Sunday of the Year
Torch provides a new Catholic homily each week written specially for this web site by Dominican friars, and read by followers worldwide. Read more.
Deeper Into Love
Twenty-Eighth Sunday of the Year. Fr Nicholas Crowe considers the challenge posed to the rich young man. Last week Jesus had
A Rich Banquet
Twenty-eighth Sunday of the Year. Fr Martin Ganeri confronts the shocking language of Christ's preaching. ‘I have my banquet all prepared,
‘A God in Israel’ versus ‘Mary Sue’
Twenty-eighth Sunday of the Year. Fr Leon Pereira warns against an inauthentic kind of Christianity. In medieval art, the devil is
Just Let Go
Twenty-eighth Sunday of the Year. Fr Peter Hunter warns us not to be smug about the rich young man. One interpretation
The Joy of the Kingdom
Twenty-eighth Sunday of the year. Fr David Goodill OP invites us to accept our poverty. In the song ‘Sweet and Dandy’,
Boundlessness in the Boundaries
Twenty-Eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time (C) | Fr Dermot Morrin contemplates the God who goes to the boundaries to seek
Good Humour
Twenty-Eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time (B) | Fr Fergus Kerr points out the gentle humour in today's Gospel. “It is easier
We Must Change!
Twenty-Eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time (A) | Fr Thomas Skeats highlights the most challenging part of a strange and shocking
The Friends of Lepers
Twenty-Eighth Sunday of the Year (C) | Fr Euan Marley focuses in on the real hero of the story of
The Gaze of Love
Twenty-Eighth Sunday of the Year. fr Bruno Clifton finds the answer to the rich young man's question in the loving
Celebrating Common Humanity
Twenty-Eighth Sunday of the Year. fr John O'Connor helps us to see how Jesus Christ restores human beings to an
God’s Chosen People
Twenty-Eighth Sunday of the Year. Fr Lawrence Lew reflects upon how God invites us to co-operate in the work of our