Download Bulletin 12th April 2026

FR HUGH’S HOMILY FOR SECOND SUNDAY OF EASTER 2026

When Jesus appears to the apostles after the resurrection, he wants to share three things with them.  The second two are bound together as they are central to his Church.  The first is peace.  This is the very first thing he comes to impart, surely then the most important to him.  If we look at the history of the human church we may wonder how we drifted so far from it on many occasions.  How Christians can still be exhorting each other to warfare.  Pope Leo as the church’s leader reminded us of this on Easter Day when he spoke to the whole world.  “The power with which Christ rose is entirely nonviolent. It is like that of a grain of wheat which, having rotted in the earth, grows, breaks through the clouds, sprouts, and becomes a golden ear of wheat. It is even more like that of a human heart which, wounded by an offense, rejects the instinct for revenge and, filled with compassion, prays for the one who has committed the offense.”

Complete Homily for 2nd Sunday of Easter

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