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Fourteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time

Published on July 3, 2021
A few years ago, Julio Iglesias sang a beautiful song, a very sad song, it was called: ‘me olvide de vivir’ – I forgot how to live’.  It talks about […]

Thirteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time

Published on June 26, 2021
Sometimes we hear a sad song,  or we read a sad book,  or we see a film with a sad ending;  or sometimes we are just sad in our own […]

Twelfth Sunday in Ordinary Time

Published on June 19, 2021
John Newton was the son of an English sea captain. When John was ten, his mother died, and he went to sea with his father. At 17, however, he rebelled […]

Eleventh Sunday in Ordinary Time

Published on June 12, 2021
Many years ago, there were two famous painters in Rome.  One of them was Raphael and the other was Michelangelo.  They were rivals.  One day Raphael was painting beautiful figures […]

Corpus Christi

Published on June 5, 2021
Sorrento is a beautiful town on the Amalfi Coast.  Many years ago I celebrated mass there on a Sunday morning.  After the mass I met a lady, and we had […]

Trinity Sunday

Published on May 29, 2021
Saint Augustine, one of the greatest intellectual saints spent many years trying to understand the mystery of God. One day he was walking along the beach he saw a little […]

The Coming of the Holy Spirit – Pentecost.

Published on May 22, 2021
Many years ago I heard a story on the radio, which I have never forgotton. It was about an auctioneer,  and he was selling the contents of a house.  He […]

Feast Day of the Ascension

Published on May 15, 2021
In the world today we very often use the word special skills, like how to relate to other people, what to say, and what not to say in certain circumstances, […]

Sixth Sunday of Easter

Published on May 8, 2021
Homily: Many of you you will have heard of Maximiliano Kolbe, he was a polish catholic priest and conventual Franciscan friar, who was in the German concentration Camp os Auschwitz, […]

Fifth Sunday of Easter

Published on May 1, 2021
I want to focus my attention today on the first reading of our mass which is taken from the pivotal chapter 9 of the Acts of the Apostle. I say […]