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The Joy and the Sorrow

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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.

Third Sunday of Advent (Gaudete Sunday). Fr Richard Ounsworth calls for an authentic Christian joyfulness. Pregnancy is always an anxious time.

Second Sunday of Advent. Fr Mark Edney tells us what is the opposite of a Christian people. The novelist George Bernanos once

First Sunday of Advent. Fr Fabian Radcliffe suggests that the future coming of Christ is way in which our present

Solemnity of Christ the King. Fr David Sanders wonders how we can share in the kingship of Christ. As we come

Thirty-Third Sunday of the Year. Fr John Farrell preaches on the strangely ordered drama of salvation. The end of the world has

Thirty-Second Sunday of the Year. Fr Richard Finn finds in Christ's death and resurrection a transforming 'Yes' to the generosity

Thirty-First Sunday of the Year. Fr Euan Marley preaches on the dialogue between God and humanity. One morning in our Priory

Solemnity of All Saints. Fr Leon Pereira reminds us that the Liturgy is the Church's sharing in the worship of the

Thirtieth Sunday of the Year. Fr Duncan Campbell wonders whether we can only be cured of our spiritual blindness by

Twenty-Ninth Sunday of the Year. Fr Edward Booth suggests that the Church today continues to learn from its mistakes, just

Twenty-Eighth Sunday of the Year. Fr Dominic White encourages us to find time and space in our lives for the

Twenty-Seventh Sunday of the Year. Fr David McLean preaches on the purpose of the Law of Moses. Most people are turned