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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.
Standing in the Truth
Third Sunday of Lent (A) | Fr Benedict Jonak reflects on the courage of conversion so that we can stand
Good That We Are Here
Second Sunday of Lent (A) | Fr David Rocks ponders the fleeting goodness of the world and the enduring goodness
The Game is Up
First Sunday of Lent (A) | Fr Robert Verrill considers the Enemy that we conquer with the grace and example
God’s Expansion Project
Ash Wednesday | Fr John O'Connor reflects on what God intends as the effects of Lent. St Teresa of Avila wrote
Help in Our Weakness
Eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time (A) | Fr David Goodill urges us to place our hope in Jesus Christ
God’s Way To Be Man
Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time (A) | Fr Fabian Radcliffe encourages us to think differently and so share Jesus’s truly creative
True Depths of Philosophy
Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time (A) | Fr Dominic White says the Gospel challenges us to understand the true depths of
The Savour of Salt
Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time (A) | Fr Leon Pereira reminds us Christians of what it is for us to
Blessed are the Poor in Spirit
Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time (A) | Fr Richard Finn asks who are the "poor in spirit" and what is
The Dangers of Love
Third Sunday in Ordinary Time (A) | Fr Timothy Radcliffe ponders the dangers of falling in love with the One
Lamb of God
Second Sunday in Ordinary Time (A) | Fr Thomas Skeats considers the implications of Jesus being called 'Lamb of God'. John
Epiphany’s Revelation
Solemnity of the Epiphany of the Lord | Fr Peter Harries looks into the details of the Epiphany account, and