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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.
Jesus Purifies a People for Himself
Twenty-Ninth Sunday of the Year. Fr Austin Milner preaches on the meaning of true glory. Jesus has already told his disciples
Travelling Light
Twenty-Eighth Sunday of the Year. Fr Isidore Clarke encourages us to lay down the burden of wealth. When I was much
Restart from the Beginning
Twenty-Seventh Sunday of the Year. Fr Robert Ombres preaches on Christian marriage. Think of the church weddings you have been to.
It’s a Scandal
Twenty-Sixth Sunday of the Year. Fr Francis Gaine asks who are the real enemies of Christ. Jesus always provokes a response
Death and Glory
Twenty-Fifth Sunday of the Year. Fr Colin Carr preaches on the call to radical humility. We think we know what counts
A Tortured Relationship
Twenty-Fourth Sunday of the Year. Fr Peter Clarke suggests that the possibility of discipleship sets us apart from other animals. 'If anyone
Being Disobedient to Jesus
Twenty-Third Sunday of the Year. Fr Mark Edney encourages us to speak out. This week I am in Rome for a conference
True Religion
Twenty-Second Sunday of the Year. Fr Benjamin Earl considers the meaning of religion that is 'pure and undefiled'. Every so often
Hard Sayings
Twenty-First Sunday of the Year. Fr Richard Joseph Ounsworth preaches on our reaction to Christ's sermon on the Bread of
Always and Everywhere
Twentieth Sunday of the Year. Fr Brendan Slevin always has a song in his heart. This is not the homily I
Body and Soul
Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Fr Thomas Skeats preaches on the theological importance of the Assumption. In
The Bread of Love
Nineteenth Sunday of the Year. Fr Timothy Radcliffe asks what it means to be truly alive. This is the third week