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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.
Better to Enter into Life
Twenty-Sixth Sunday of Ordinary Time (B) | Fr Robert Ombres expands our world by pointing to the challenges of today's
The Power of the Contemptible
Twenty Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time (B) | Fr Colin Carr urges us to consider the unlikeness of God to
Future Proof
Twenty-Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time (B) | Fr Robert Gay grapples with the issue of human suffering, and sheds the
Risky Business
Twenty-Third Sunday in Ordinary Time (B) | Deacon Samuel Burke considers the risky business of compassion and encountering the Lord
Structured Living
Twenty-Second Sunday in Ordinary Time (B) | Fr Dominic White reflects on the good structure that is necessary for our
Taking the Higher Ground
Twenty-First Sunday in Ordinary Time (B) | Deacon Luke Doherty ponders the hard choices that must be made to take
The Scandal of the Mass
Twentieth Sunday of Ordinary Time (B) | Fr Robert Eccles considers the shocking language and imagery of the Eucharist, and
Love Is Strong as Death
The Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary | Fr Benedict Jonak says that the feast of the Assumption reveals the
They Will All Be Taught By God
Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time (B) | Fr David Rocks exhorts us to patience and prayerful attention to Christ’s teaching
The Abiding Fruit of St Dominic
Solemnity of St Dominic | Fr Robert Verrrill reflects on St Dominic as “ivory of chastity” and asks that the
Restlessness and Peace
Eighteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time (B) | Fr John O'Connor suggests that a relationship with God heals our restless hearts,
Child’s Play
Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time (B) | Fr David Goodill explains the prophetic significance and the symbolic power of Christ's