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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.
Real Pleasures
Thirty-First Sunday of the Year. Fr Dominic White invites us to open ourselves to Christ's transforming gaze. I was travelling on
Forward in Hope
Solemnity of All Saints. Fr Aelred Connelly finds inspiration for the Church Militant in the manifold examples offered by the
What We Are Not
Thirtieth Sunday of the Year. Fr John Farrell seeks a way of avoiding the dangers of being too religious. How are
In All Humanity
Twenty-Ninth Sunday of the Year. Fr Duncan Campbell preaches on the difficulties and rewards of faith in today's world. To give
A Community of Love
Twenty-Eighth Sunday of the Year. Fr Edward Booth sees in the encounter between Jesus and the Samaritan leper the hope
Guns and Roses
Twenty-Seventh Sunday of the Year. Fr Leon Pereira is neither an optimist nor a pessimist. J.R.R. Tolkien is sometimes accused of being
An Inclusive Party
Twenty-Sixth Sunday of the Year. Fr Peter Harries finds both challenge and promise in the parable of the Rich Man and
Money, Sex and Power
Twenty-Fifth Sunday of the Year. Fr David McLean preaches about how we can truly be set free. 'No servant can be
Alienation and Mission
Twenty-Fourth Sunday of the Year. Fr Jonathan Fleetwood finds in today's Gospel the Trinitarian pattern of the Church's mission. The full reading
Shamelessly Human
Twenty-Second Sunday of the Year. Fr Didier Croonenberghs invites us to hear God's call to take a higher place at
The First and the Last
Twenty-First Sunday of the Year. Fr Gordian Marshall finds great consolation in a central theme of St Luke's Gospel. Many years
The Peace That Only Comes Through Fire
Twentieth Sunday of the Year. Fr David Sanders dares us to risk being consumed by fire. I know a church where