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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.

Sixth Sunday of the Year. Fr Vivian Boland preaches on the saving scandal of Christianity. On the ceiling of the Sistine

Fifth Sunday of the Year. Fr Peter Hunter finds a world of possibilities opened up through Jesus. There is a beautiful moment

Feast of the Presentation of the Lord. Fr Richard Conrad shows how the Saviour, coming into the world, burns like

Fourth Sunday of the Year. Fr John O'Connor preaches on the complexity of real love. As a boy I came to understand

Third Sunday of the Year. Fr Austin Milner preaches on authentic Christian expectations. 'The form of this world is passing away'

Second Sunday of the Year. Fr Leon Pereira asks, 'What's in a name?' Celebrities are known for giving their children outlandish or

Baptism of the Lord. Fr Timothy Calvert sees the holiness of Jesus spilling into the streets. Mark begins his Gospel in

Epiphany. Fr Leo Edgar preaches the wonder of the Incarnation to all creation. If one was to ask the average teenager today

Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God. Fr Dominic Ryan meditates on the maternal intercession of the Holy Mother of God. It's

Feast of the Holy Family. Fr Robert Ombres finds the Holy Family good enough to be true. Among Catholics there has

Christmas. Fr Isidore Clarke calls us to worship our Saviour in the crib.  'The Word became Flesh and

Fourth Sunday of Advent. Fr Colin Carr meditates on how God builds himself a house through the graced freedom of