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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.

Fourth Sunday of Lent (Laetare Sunday). Fr Timothy Calvert preaches on the gift of sight to the man born blind. This

Third Sunday of Lent. Fr Isidore Clarke preaches on the encounter between Christ and the Samaritan woman.  Being a typical Englishman

Second Sunday of Lent. Fr Leo Edgar encourages us to keep looking upwards. When Sir Edmund Hilary died recently, the writers of

First Sunday of Lent. Fr Dominic Ryan invites us to follow Christ into the wilderness. At its most basic, Christian life

Ash Wednesday. Fr Robert Ombres finds in today's liturgy a perfect symbol of the Christian combination of realism and hope. Ashes

Fourth Sunday of the Year. Fr Simon Gaine shows how living the life of the Beatitudes does give us something

Third Sunday of the Year. Fr Colin Carr invites us to join an ever-widening circle in the darkness. The way Matthew

Second Sunday of the Year. Fr Brendan Slevin finds a reproach to the Church in the second reading of today's

Baptism of the Lord. Fr Columba Ryan invites us to be unsettled once again by the revelation of Christ's identity. Today

Epiphany. Fr Edmund Hill considers the meaning of the star that rose in the east. One must admit that we succeed

Feast of the Holy Family. Fr Peter Clarke reminds us of the importance of family life. Holy pictures of the Flight into

Christmas. Fr Benjamin Earl tells us how God helps us when we can't be bothered to read the manufacturer's instructions. Up