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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.
Why Do We Suffer?
Fourth Sunday of Lent (Laetare Sunday). Fr Peter Hunter reflects upon the nature of suffering. There is something deeply mysterious about suffering.
Down from the Mountain
Second Sunday of Lent. Fr Simon Gaine shows how the invitation to prayer received by the disciples on the mount
An Embarrassing Story?
First Sunday of Lent. Fr Dominic Ryan shows us how to make sense of the story of Christ's temptation in
They Have Had Their Reward
Ash Wednesday. Fr Leo invites us to see Lent as a time when we come before God in a spirit of
He Saw That It Was Good
Eighth Sunday of the Year. Fr Richard Ounsworth helps us to see how we combine a proper concern for our
The Love of Jesus Christ
Seventh Sunday of the Year. Fr Martin Ganeri teaches how the way of perfect love can only be accomplished through Jesus
Abolishing and Fulfilling
Sixth Sunday of the Year. Fr Dermot Morrin shows us how Jesus Christ did not merely uphold the law, but
Whether There is God
Fifth Sunday of the Year. Fr Euan Marley reflects on how our belief in God is not merely a belief
Transforming Hope
Feast of the Presentation of the Lord. Fr David Goodill argues that the hope given to us in Jesus Christ
To The Ends of the Earth
Third Sunday of the Year. Fr Colin show us how Jesus Christ enables those who are on the margins to
I Come To Do Your Will
Second Sunday of the Year. Fr Isidore Clarke offers advice on how to discern God's will. These words are taken from
Baptising Jesus
Baptism of the Lord. Fr Peter Clarke tells us how Jesus identifies with the lowly in His baptism. John had done a