Full of Grace - Perfect in Love
Homily for the Annunciation, on the third anniversary of my priestly ordination, preached in the Church of St Thomas of Canterbury de Urbe - the Venerable English College, Rome. Annunciation to the Blessed Virgin Mary - Blessed 'Fra Angelico' In the sacristy yesterday evening, I had an argument with one of the seminarians it was a good natured disagreement, so I won’t name and shame him, but the substance of our argument was this: is the Annunciation a feast of the Blessed Vi
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Eden and the Garden of the Resurrection
There is a symmetry between the Garden of Eden and the Garden where Jesus' tomb was laid: where Sin scattered us from the Garden, the empty tomb calls us back, to gather all nations together with the Good News: Christ is not here, he is risen! St John and St Peter at the Empty Tomb - by Giovanni Francesco Romanelli (1610-1662) I will never forget my first year as a Seminarian here in Rome, sitting just here to my right on the evening of the Easter Vigil. Here, as in many othe
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Feast of the Immaculata
Mary's free 'yes' to God - her fiat is the sign of her sinless nature, so free was she to see what great good God was working in her and through her, and to accept it without hesitation or demand. Sermon at the First Evensong of the Immaculate Conception. La Inmaculada Concepción, by Francisco Rizi, Museo del Prado (Wikimedia Commons) And Mary said, behold the handmaid of the Lord; be it unto me according to thy word. When the Blessed Virgin Mary began appearing to St Bernade
Dec 7, 20253 min read
Homily for Remembrance Sunday
How do we survive in a world as ugly as that of 1914? From where do we find our hope? Only in the Cross, and the Risen Christ.
Nov 9, 20255 min read
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