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An Exalted Vocation

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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 Ascension of the Lord. Fr Thomas Skeats tells us of the extraordinary dignity of our Christian mission. In his farewell

Sixth Sunday of Easter. Fr Fabian Radcliffe tells us that hope is not the same thing as blind optimism. Christians are

Fifth Sunday of Easter. Fr Dominic White is not a fundamentalist. None of us would wish to be called a religious

Fourth Sunday of Easter. Fr Edward Booth reminds us that Christ is both the Shepherd and the Door to the

Third Sunday of Easter. Fr Duncan Campbell invites us to imagine ourselves as the disciples on the road to Emmaus. Gospels

Second Sunday of Easter (Low Sunday). Fr Richard Finn calls on us to live by the Spirit we have received

Easter Sunday. Fr Timothy Radcliffe preaches on the meaning of eternal life. Tonight we celebrate the defeat of death. St Paul

Good Friday. Fr Peter Harries preaches on the liturgy of Good Friday. The liturgy of the church on Good Friday has four

Holy Thursday. Fr Lawrence Lew ponders on the symbolism of footwashing. My mother used to remind me before every meal to wash

Palm Sunday of the Passion of the Lord. Fr Gregory Murphy encourages us to arise with Christ and follow him

Fifth Sunday of Lent. Fr David McLean suggests a way in which we can imitate Christ in his raising of

Fourth Sunday of Lent. Fr Aelred Connelly shares with us the lessons he learned from his parents. I am writing this