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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.

Easter - 2nd Sunday, Torch

Second Sunday of Easter (Low Sunday). Fr Rudolf Löwenstein looks at the Church's answers to an often-asked question. Many of us

Easter Sunday, Torch

Easter Sunday. Fr Richard Conrad explains why our lives are like upside-down icebergs. The Gospels are reticent about the Resurrection. Having

Lent - Good Friday, Torch

Good Friday. Fr Peter Hunter asks why Jesus died on the Cross. Why did Jesus die? That's a question that arises for

Lent - Holy Thursday, Torch

Holy Thursday. Fr Allan White preaches on the intimate link between the washing of feet and the institution of the

Lent - Palm Sunday, Torch

Palm Sunday of the Passion of the Lord. Fr Timothy Calvert meditates upon a puzzling saying of Jesus at his

Lent - 5th Sunday, Torch

Fifth Sunday of Lent. Fr Austin Milner preaches on St Paul's call to empty ourselves and be raised up with

Lent - 4th Sunday (Laetare), Torch

Fourth Sunday of Lent (Laetare Sunday). Fr Anthony Axe explains how we can be ambassadors for Christ. What prompted Jesus to

Lent - 3rd Sunday, Torch

Third Sunday of Lent. Fr Irenaeus Vincent ponders on the unhappiness of our world. My dear friends, many people in world

Lent - 2nd Sunday, Torch

Second Sunday of Lent. Fr Michael Platts prays that we might offer the world a glimpse of the glory of Christ. It

Lent - 1st Sunday, Torch

First Sunday of Lent. Fr Robert Ombres relates the temptations of Christ to the traditional penitential exercises of Lent. There is

Lent - Ash Wednesday, Torch

Ash Wednesday. Fr Simon Gaine considers the three-fold treatment for sin proposed by Christ our Healer. More and more we seem

07th Sunday of the Year, Torch

Seventh Sunday of the Year. Fr Isidore Clarke calls for all of us to be ministers of reconciliation. It's easy to