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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.
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
Holding to the Centre
Sixteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time (B) | Rev. Br Toby Lees ponders the divisions manifest in the world today, and