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Torch provides a new Catholic homily each week written specially for this web site by Dominican friars, and read by followers worldwide. Read more.
A Tale of Two Brothers
Twenty-Sixth Sunday of the Year. Fr Isidore Clarke hopes that we can avoid being God's problem children. Many parents will give
A Passport to Heaven?
Twenty-Fifth Sunday of the Year. Fr Gordian Marshall preaches on the confidence of St Paul that springs from the generosity
Remember and Forgive
Twenty-Fourth Sunday of the Year. Fr Vivian Boland casts doubt on some popular wisdom. This Sunday's readings challenge two pieces of
A Community of Mercy
Twenty-Third Sunday of the Year. Fr Peter Harries preaches on forgiveness, the principal rule of the Christian Church. Today's passage from Matthew's
Painful Choices
Twenty-Second Sunday of the Year. Fr John Orme Mills encourages us to make the hardest choice of all. We all know that
You are Rock
Twenty-First Sunday of the Year. Fr Leon Pereira contrasts the rock of Peter's faith with the shifting sands of fashion. A young
The Fullness of Hope
Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Fr Martin Ganeri shows us what the Assumption of Our Lady teaches
The Cry of Faith
Twentieth Sunday of the Year. Fr Dermot Morrin suggests that the faith of the Gentile Woman is the true faith
Our Eyes Fixed on Him
Nineteenth Sunday of the Year. Fr Richard Joseph Ounsworth preaches on St Peter's faith in Christ. There are very few passages
The Food of Life
Eighteenth Sunday of the Year. Fr Robert Pollock preaches on the Church's ongoing mission to bring the food of life
Wisdom Both Ancient and New
Seventeenth Sunday of the Year. Fr Peter Hunter shows how God's wisdom alone is ever ancient and ever new. When we try
Weeds in our Field
Sixteenth Sunday of the Year. Fr Richard Ounsworth warns against the wrong sort of response to discovering weeds growing among