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...
Homily for Advent 3B, Gaudete Sunday, 17 December 2017; John 1:6-8,19-28
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Homily for the Solemnity of Christ the King, 26 November 2017
Homily for Sunday 32A, 12 November 2017, on Matthew 25:1-13
Apparently, in the Palestine of New Testament times, it was customary for a wedding banquet to take place at night. After an official and rather lengthy betrothal (cf. Mt 1:18), the Bridegroom would come, at a pre-arranged time, to the parental home of the Bride. She would come out, surrounded by...