When the Prophet Isaiah claimed an anointing by God’s holy Spirit, he was consciously setting himself within a long tradition in the sacred history of Israel.
Homily for Advent 3B, “Gaudete”, 13 December 2020
Homily for Advent 2B, on Isaiah 40:1ff
Homily for the 8 o’clock Mass, Sunday 5C, 10 February 2019, on Luke 5:1-11
Homily for the Requiem of Br Meinrad Gibson OSB (13/1/17)
‘It will be said on that day, “Lo, this is our God; we have waited for him, that he might save us. This is the Lord; we have waited for him; let us be glad and rejoice in his salvation”.’
It’s a beautiful thing happening today. The soul of our much-loved Br Meinrad is being taken up in the Eucharistic arms of Mother Church...