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The Moment Preordained
Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Fr Brendan Slevin preaches on Pope Pius XII's definition of the
The Life of Faith
Nineteenth Sunday of the Year. Fr Thomas Crean preaches on faith, which is 'the substance of things hoped for, the
The Meaning of Life
Eighteenth Sunday of the Year. Fr Fabian Radcliffe preaches on the characteristics of true human life. What is life all about?
Asking God
Seventeenth Sunday of the Year. Fr Richard Ounsworth preaches on petitionary prayer and the Christian mystery. Petitionary prayer - asking God
Encountering God
Sixteenth Sunday of the Year. Fr Robert Pollock preaches on Abraham and Sarah, Mary and Martha. Abraham, Sarah, Martha and Mary
Go and do the same yourself…
Fifteenth Sunday of the Year. Fr Louis Fergus preaches on Jesus' parable of the Good Samaritan. This very famous parable, found only
I saw Satan fall…
Fourteenth Sunday of the Year. Fr Gerard Meath preaches on the words of Jesus to the seventy-two. In today's Gospel, Jesus
Looking Back
Thirteenth Sunday of the Year. Fr Mark Edney preaches on Jesus' replies to some would-be disciples. Today's Gospel ends with Jesus' warning
Guardian and Prophet
Solemnity of Ss Peter and Paul. Fr. Aidan Nichols preaches on the apostolicity of the Roman Church. In celebrating Peter and
No one greater born of woman
Solemnity of the Birth of St John the Baptist. Fr David Sanders preaches on the significance of Jesus' forerunner. Why is
Who is this who forgives sins?
Eleventh Sunday of the Year. Fr Denis Geraghty asks us to reflect on the forgiven woman who anoints Jesus in the
Human words become God’s Word
The Body and Blood of Christ (Corpus Christi). Fr Herbert McCabe preaches on what were almost the words of Jesus: