St Mary’s Cathedral, 2 November 2025 It’s been voted the greatest of all movie songs. Yet Judy Garland’s “Somewhere Over the Rainbow” nearly didn’t make it into the Final Cut […]
Nov 02, 2025
Oct 26, 2025
HOMILY FOR MASS FOR THE 30TH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME (YEAR C) + 140TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE DEDICATION OF OLSH TO OUR LADY AND MINISTRY OF MSC
OUR LADY OF THE SACRED HEART CATHOLIC CHURCH, RANDWICK, 26 OCTOBER 2025 Preachers have observed that the letter “I” sits squarely in the middle of the words “pride”, “sin” and […]
Oct 20, 2025
HOMILY FOR MASS FOR MONDAY OF THE 29TH WEEK OF ORDINARY TIME (1)
REDEMPTORIS MATER SEMINARY, CHESTER HILL, 20 OCTOBER 2025 The idea of a treasure hunt might seem a vestige of the old world—a throwback to childhood stories of pirates’ maps, secret […]
Sep 28, 2025
HOMILY FOR SOLEMN MASS OF TWENTY-SIXTH SUNDAY OF ORDINARY TIME (YEAR C)
ST MARY’S CATHEDRAL, SYDNEY, 28 SEPTEMBER 2025 67 episodes were screened of the reality TV series The Secret Millionaire in the UK (2006-12), 25 in America, 8 in Ireland and […]
Aug 31, 2025
HOMILY FOR SOLEMN MASS OF THE TWENTY-SECOND SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME (YEAR C)
ST MARY’S CATHEDRAL, SYDNEY, 31 AUGUST 2025 “Selfie museums” are a curious invention of our age. Carefully staged spaces, filled with colour, mirrors, artworks, monumental or scenic backdrops, they are […]
Aug 15, 2025
HOMILY FOR MASS FOR THE SOLEMNITY OF THE ASSUMPTION OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY
SEMINARY OF THE GOOD SHEPHERD, HOMEBUSH, 15 AUGUST 2025 The Church has just been celebrating the 1700th anniversary of the Council of Nicaea which ran from May to July 325. […]
Aug 04, 2025
HOMILY FOR MASS OF THE MEMORIAL OF ST JOHN VIANNEY – IN THE COMPANY OF ST CATHERINE OF SIENA, BLD FRA ANGELICO AND BLD PIER GIORGIO FRASSATI – YOUTH PILGRIMAGE FOR THE JUBILEE OF HOPE
BASILICA OF SANTA MARIA SOPRA MINERVA, ROME, 4 AUGUST 2025 Male and female, tall and short, young and old, clerical and lay, alive or dead at the moment: sainthood comes […]
Jul 30, 2025
HOMILY FOR VOTIVE MASS OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY – YOUTH PILGRIMAGE FOR THE JUBILEE OF HOPE 2025
SFORZA CHAPEL, BASILICA OF SANTA MARIA MAGGIORE, 30 JULY 2025 Many years ago I saw a very beautiful image of The Virgin at Prayer in the Dominican church of St […]
Jul 28, 2025
HOMILY FOR MASS OF THE APOSTLES PETER AND PAUL – YOUTH PILGRIMAGE FOR JUBILEE OF HOPE 2025
ALTAR OF THE CHAIR, ST PETER’S BASILICA, ROME, 28 JULY 2025 You’ll have noticed the granite obelisk, reaching 41 metres up to the skies, in the middle of St Peter’s […]
Jul 23, 2025
HOMILY FOR MASS FOR WEDNESDAY OF THE 16TH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME (YEAR 1) – YOUTH PILGRIMAGE FOR THE JUBILEE OF HOPE 2025
BASILICA OF SANTA CROCE, FLORENCE, 23 JULY 2025 This Tempio dell’Itale Glorie (Temple of Italian Glories) boasts tombs and monuments of including the humanist-architect of Sta Maria Novella Alberti, the […]