1 January 2021

Homilies

Homily for Mary Mother of God, 1 January 2021

1 January 2021

Homilies

Media vita in morte sumus - in the midst of life we are surrounded by death. Quem quaerimus adiutorem, nisi te, Domine? - What other helper can we look for, apart from you, O Lord? These words are sung in a responsory, number 42 in our…

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3 January 2020

Homilies

Homily for Mary Mother of God, 1 January 2020

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3 January 2020

Homilies

Shepherds, the crowded inn, the manger, the ox and the ass, Herod, the silent night, the little baby; humility, poverty, weakness, littleness, obscurity; we have rightly dwelt much on these things these past days. Now today, on the eighth day, we…

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4 January 2019

Homilies

Homily for Mary Mother of God, 1 January 2019

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4 January 2019

Homilies

Each night at the end of Compline we sing an Antiphon to our Lady. From the first Sunday of Advent to the Baptism of the Lord the designated Antiphon is the Alma Redemptoris. This is one of four officially adopted by the Church for her daily devotion…

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29 December 2018

Homilies

Homily for the 8 o’clock Mass, 23 December 2018, Advent 4C, Luke 1:42

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29 December 2018

Homilies

We have just heard in today’s Gospel the cry of Elizabeth: “Of all women, you are the most blessed, and blessed is the fruit of your womb”. St. Luke records these words of Elizabeth as the first and spontaneous effect of her…

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3 January 2018

Homilies

Homily for the Solemnity of Mary Mother of God, 1 January 2018

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3 January 2018

Homilies

On the Octave Day of Christmas, the day of the circumcision and naming of Jesus, the Church focusses her contemplative gaze on his Holy Mother Mary. Today we proclaim and celebrate our Lady’s Divine Motherhood...