Download Bulletin 25th January 2026
FR HUGH’S HOMILY FOR 3RD SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
Simon and Andrew, James and John, are at work. Fishing is their business. That is how they feed their families. Everything depends on the sort of catches they make. So we have to translate that into the jobs we have today. In an office, on a factory line, driving a bus. Or perhaps we are retired so we have our own routines own home and have to work out the amount of money we have to live on. If we are unemployed our lives are governed by appointments at the DSS office which we cannot afford to miss. Into this routine steps a man, dressed like us, who normally walks around without looking any different from anyone else, and he says, ‘Come and follow me.’ What are the chances of us dropping everything regardless of family or any responsibilities and following him?….