Homilies

From time to time, homilies given will be stored on this page.
The daily reflections are quite short; the Sunday homilies are longer.

The more substantial Sunday homilies are marked in bold; weekday reflections are indicated by italics.

Ordinary Time 2022

17 February 2022: Caesarea Philippi
16 February 2022: Double vision
15 February 2022: Seven questions
11 February 2022: Ephphatha
10 February 2022: The witty woman
9 February 2022: Going inside.

Sixth Sunday Year C:
5/6 February 2022 Paul Proclaims the resurrection

5 February 2022: Discernment
4 February 2022: John the Bapstist — a warning!
3 February: Sending the Twelve and today?
2 February 2022: The Presentation in the Temple
1 February 2022: St Brigid

Fifth Sunday Year C:
30 January 2022: Going to the edges
28 January 2022: King David — saint?
26 January 2022: Fan into a flame!
24 January 2022: Non-binary!

Sunday of the Word of God
22/23 January 2022: Fulfilled in your hearing!
19 January 2022: On breaking the rules
18 January 2022: Decentering self
17 January 2022: New wineskins and the synodal pathways

Sunday: Wedding Feast of Cana
16 January 22: Family Mass "On Friendship"
15 January 2022: The New Wine of the Kingdom
13 January 2022: Learning from the past
12 January 2022: Speak, Lord, your servant is listening
11 January 2022: Miracles in Mark

Advent and Christmas 2021

Feast of the Baptism
9 January 2022: Baptism and Synod
7 January 2022: Conversion and the Kingdom
6 January 2022: Epiphany
5 January 2022: The Fig Tree
4 January 2022: Questions

Second Sunday of Christmas
02 January 2022: "The Prologue for children"
01 January 2022: "The Prologue for Grown-ups"
31 December 2021: "The Prologue of John"
28 December 2021: "The human condition"

Holy Family Sunday
26 December 2021: "Consider well and bear in mind"

Christmas Day
25 December 2021: "Christmas Carols"
22 December 2021: "Giving thanks"
20 December 2021: "Finding myself in the Annunciation"

Fourth Sunday of Advent
19 December 2021: Family mass — learning the 3 rs
19 December 2021:Christmas Encounters
16 December 2021: "Everlasting love of God"
15 December 2021: "I am God, unrivalled"
13 December 2021: "Why read the Old Testament?"

Third Sunday of Advent
12 December 2021: "Rejoice in the Lord always"
10 December 2021: "Our response"
8 December 2021: "Grace and response"
7 December 2021: "Exile at home"
5 December 2021: "The word of God came to John in the wilderness"

Second Sunday of Advent
4/5 December 2021: "Christmas on the edge"
2 December 2021: "Sand v. Rock"
1 December 2021: "The Wedding Banquet of the Lamb"
29 November 2021: "Longing, faith and joy"

First Sunday of Advent
28 November 2021: A whole new adventure

Sundays and Weekdays 2021

26 November 2021: "Finding God in the mess"
25 November 2021: "Holy resilience"
24 November 2021: "Resilient faith"
23 November 2021: "Funeral homily"
23 November 2021: "The last word?"

Sunday
21 November 2021: "Christ the King"
18 November 2021: "Tolerance and Excitement"
17 November 2021"Mystery of birth, mystery of death"
15 November 2021: Emerging faith in life after death

Sunday
14 November 2021: A Synodal Church into the future
12 November: The lens of a cow's eye
10 November: In Praise of Wisdom
9 November: The Temple Action, meaning what?

Sunday
6/7 November 2021: "Greta Thunberg and other awkward prophets."
4 November 2021: "Do not sit in judgement on each other!'"
3 November 2021: "Love is the fulfilment of the Law."
2 November 2021: "Imagination and life after death."
1 November 2021: "Flourishing are the poor in spirit."

Sunday
30/31 October 2021: "Love God, love your neighbour, love the planet."
29 October 2021: "The call of God is never revoked"
28 October 2021: "Nothing can separate us from the love of God"
27 October 2021: "Prayer is a gift of the Spirit."
26 October 2021: "Everything is interconnected"

Sunday
24 October 2021 Mission Sunday "Need, healing, faith, proclamation"
22 October 2021 "From misery to grace!!"
20 October 2021 "Staying free in Christ"
18 October 2021 "The Gospel according to Luke"

Sunday
17 October 2021 "A servant church?"
9 October 2021 "Still happier are those"
8 October 2021 "Conversion of heart and life"
7 October 2021 "The Holy Spirit and the Synodal Pathway"
5 October 2021 "Jonah and Xenophobia"

Sunday
2/3 October 2021 "Marriage and Divorce"
2 October 2021 "God-with-us always"
30 September 2021 "St Jerome"
29 September 2021 "Creation and the creator"

Sunday
25/26 September 2021 "Month of Creation"
21 September 2021 "Rebuilding Synod"

Sunday
19 September 2021 "Discipleship: Dietrich Bonhoeffer"
17 September 2021 "Women in the Church"
15 September 2021 "Behold your son"
14 September 2021 "God so loved"

Sunday
12 September 2021 "Who do you say I am?"

Sunday
5 September 2021 "Hearers of the Word"
3 September 2021 "In him all things were created"
2 September 2021 "All is gift, all is grace"
31 August 2021 "Faith, hope and love"

Sunday
28/29 August 2021 "Only human regulations"

Sunday
21/22 August 2021 "Faith in Jesus today"
20 August 2021 "Lord, it is good to be here"
19 August 2021 "Joy, deeper than anxiety"
18 August 2021 "God, faithful beyond death"
17 August 2021 "Dealing with Loss"
16 August 2021 "Where to, from here?"

Sunday
15 August 2021 "Hearing the Word"
12 August 2021 "At home and in exile"

Sunday
08 August 2021 "I am the bread of life"
06 August 2021 "Listen to him!"
05 August 2021 "What do we look for in leadership?"
03 August 2021 "The miracles"

Sunday
01 August 2021 "On being a pilgrim"

Sunday
25 July 2021 "Missing God"

Sunday
18 July 2021 "Restfulness not restlessness"

Sunday
11 July 2021 "Moments of wonder"

Sunday
03/04 July 2021 "Blocks to faith"

Sunday
26/26 June 2021 "Death, life and hope"
20 June 2021 "The storms of life"

SFX Church

Gardiners St Jesuit church

Day 1
(A listening heart)

Day 2
(A compassionate heart)

Day 3
(A prayerful heart)

Day 4
A heart for nature

Day 5
An open heart

Day 6
A divided heart

Day 7
A heart of thanksgiving

Day 8
A trusting heart

Day 9
A heart in pilgrimage

Ballyvaloo 2021

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16 August 2021
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Like apples of gold in settings of silver, so is a word skillfully spoken. (Proverbs 25:11)