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The Spirit bears witness
Seventh Sunday of Easter. Fr Simon Gaine preaches on Christ's prayer for the Spirit. It is a remarkable thing that Jesus
He is taken up
The Ascension of the Lord. Fr Brendan Slevin preaches on the great mystery of divine ascent and descent. The solemn feast
Failing and Succeeding in Love
Sixth Sunday of Easter. Fr John Orme Mills preaches on the command to love. Today's gospel reading is an excerpt from what
I am the Vine, you are the branches
Fifth Sunday of Easter. Fr Martin Ganeri preaches on one of the great images from the Gospel of St John. Images taken
Listen for your call
Fourth Sunday of Easter. Fr Michael Demkovich preaches on the Good Shepherd, an image that gave such hope to the early
So great was their joy
Third Sunday of Easter. Fr Robert Eccles preaches on the joy of the resurrection and the wounds of the risen
The Peace of Reconciliation
Second Sunday of Easter (Low Sunday). Fr Austin Milner preaches on the peace and forgiveness of Christ in his Church. On
He Finds Us
Easter Sunday. Fr Allan White preaches on the theology of the resurrection in art. If you mention the word theology to
The Necessity of the Cross
Good Friday. Fr David Sanders preaches on the necessity of our Lord's manner of death. Today the Church gets rid of
Parody or Reality?
Palm Sunday of the Passion of the Lord. Fr Richard Finn preaches on the meaning of the Triumphal Entry into
A Voice Came From Heaven
Fifth Sunday of Lent. Fr Edward Booth preaches on the glory of the Holy Trinity and of the humanity of
What God is as great as our God?
Fourth Sunday of Lent (Laetare Sunday). Fr Brendan Slevin preaches on the illumination of the mystery of God. Within each of