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Understanding Easter

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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.

Third Sunday of Easter (A)  |  Fr Fergus Kerr shows what must be done to understand Easter and what is

Second Sunday of Easter (Divine Mercy)  |  Fr Leo Edgar sees Christ's resurrection to be a sign of God's infinite

Easter Sunday of the Lord's Resurrection (A)  |  Archbishop Malcolm McMahon OP invites us to envisage the difference that the

Good Friday  |  Fr Peter Clarke discovers the joy of the sacrifice of Calvary. What a ghastly day, what a terrible

Maundy Thursday (A)  |  Fr Isidore Clarke ponders the meaning of Jesus's actions at the Last Supper. Actions certainly speak louder

Palm Sunday of the Passion of the Lord  |  Fr Robert Ombres meditates on our entry in Jerusalem together with

Fifth Sunday of Lent (A)  |  Fr Colin Carr reflects on the resurrection which is made known to mourners. Over the

Fourth Sunday of Lent (A)  |  Fr Robert Gay calls us to rejoice in the gift of faith that enables

Third Sunday of Lent (A)  |  Fr Benedict Jonak reflects on the courage of conversion so that we can stand

Second Sunday of Lent (A)  |  Fr David Rocks ponders the fleeting goodness of the world and the enduring goodness

First Sunday of Lent (A)  |  Fr Robert Verrill considers the Enemy that we conquer with the grace and example

Ash Wednesday  |  Fr John O'Connor reflects on what God intends as the effects of Lent.  St Teresa of Avila wrote