Homily for the 8 o’clock Mass, Lent 2C, Sunday 13 March 2022: Luke 9:28-36

14 March 2022

Homilies

What is the Transfiguration? It’s a confirmation of the identity of Jesus as God’s Son: confessed by Peter (Lk 9:20), predicted by the prophets, prefigured in the law. The prophets are represented by Elijah, the law by Moses. The 3 chosen witnesses stand for all the Apostles, and for the whole Catholic Church.

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9 August 2017

Homilies

Homily for the Feast of the Transfiguration– Sunday 6th August 2017

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9 August 2017

Homilies

St. Matthew tells us that Jesus takes his three closest associates, Peter, James and John, to a high mountain, “apart”. St. Mark uses the same word, but St. Luke omits the detail. For the evangelists, this word “apart” is associated with a certain...

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15 March 2017

Homilies

Homily for Second Sunday of Lent

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15 March 2017

Homilies

You’re wondering: what relevance to the Gospel of the Transfiguration have today’s two first readings? Let me start now then by having a brief look at them. In our first reading we heard a familiar...