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Say What You Mean and Mean What You Say
Twenty-Sixth Sunday of the Year. Fr Vincent Darius preaches on the parable of the two sons sent by their father
God’s Generosity
Twenty-Fifth Sunday of the Year. Fr David Goodill preaches on the gifts of God to those whom he loves. Can we
Seventy-seven times
Twenty-Fourth Sunday of the Year. Fr Charles Dominique preaches on the limitlessness of forgiveness. It is not always easy to say
Anger, conflict and obedience
Twenty-Third Sunday of the Year. Fr Euan Marley preaches on our Lord's teaching on the resolution of conflict among Christians. Whenever
Get behind me, Satan
Twenty-Second Sunday of the Year. Fr Benjamin Earl preaches on Jesus' rebuke of Peter. St Peter is a figure of contradictions.
Peter’s Keys
Twenty-First Sunday of the Year. Fr David Sanders preaches on the power of the keys entrusted to Peter and his
A House of Prayer for All Nations
Twentieth Sunday of the Year. Fr Columba Ryan preaches on the impartiality of God. One of the threats that our opening
By Royal Command
Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Fr Simon Gaine preaches on the royal power of Mary, assumed
God afar and near
Nineteenth Sunday of the Year. Fr Jonathan Fleetwood preaches on the resonances of the stories of Elijah and the risen Christ
Miracle of Multiplication
Eighteenth Sunday of the Year. Fr. Aidan Nichols preaches on the meaning of Christ's miraculous multiplication of the loaves and fishes. For
Three Parables
Seventeenth Sunday of the Year. Fr Peter Harries preaches on three more parables of the Kingdom. Three short parables today. After a
Disturbing Rustic Parable
Sixteenth Sunday of the Year. Fr Peter Clarke asks whether the parable of the wheat and the weeds has an application