Dedication of the Lateran Basilica

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Remembrance sunday

FR HUGH’S HOMILY FOR THE DEDICATION OF THE LATERAN BASILICA

It was on a trip to Rome in the 70s that I first saw the Lateran Basilica.  I was thinking of a quick walk round but when I got there the whole square in front of it was filled with people for a Communist demonstration and listening to their leader Berlinguer.  The basilica has always sat in the middle of Rome surrounded by whatever was happening in the city, even featured in Roman Holiday with Audrey Hepburn and Gregory Peck and Godfather III, and today we celebrate its dedication, its birthday you might say….

Complete Homily for The Dedication of the Lateran Basilica

Daily Prayers Week 32

 

All Saints

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FR HUGH’S HOMILY FOR ALL SAINTS

The picture in the first reading is of the Saints being those who have survived persecution.  For many years here in England that has seemed more like ancient news than relevant to today.  But if we take a look at the news from Aid to the Church in Need, we realise how this is something that is happening today.  There are persecuted saints surviving, or indeed not surviving but already in heaven, all over our world…..

Complete Homily for All Saints

Daily Prayers Week 31

Thirtieth Sunday in Ordinary Time

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FEAST DAY OCTOBER 28TH

Deacon George’s Homily for 30th Sunday in Ordinary Time

The good and the bad go up to the temple to pray, one is a Pharisee who leads a decent, religious life.  The other, is a tax collector who is a crook, and up to his neck in corruption.     However, only one of them actually prays.  The Pharisee addresses his prayer to himself.  And the topic of his prayer is his own achievements.  He fasts twice a week and gives 10% of his earnings to the poor.  This is certainly good, because if all Christians gave 10% of their earnings, the world would be a much better place.  But, for all his giving, the Pharisee does not give the most important thing and that is, himself….

Complete Homily for 30th Sunday in Ordinary Time

Daily Prayers Week 30

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Twenty Ninth Sunday in Ordinary Time

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Fr Hugh’s Homily for 29th Sunday in Ordinary Time

I love the characters in parables that Luke tells us.   There is a widow here, at the bottom of society, who needs the judge to give her what she is due, probably just to survive.  Picture the scene.  A crowded court area, male lawyers milling around with their clients, she is probably the only woman, and she has to push her way forward to be heard and then has to make herself heard…..

Complete Homily for 29th Sunday OT

Daily Prayers Week 29

Twenty Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time

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DEACON GEORGE’S HOMILY FOR 27th SUNDAY OF ORDINARY TIME

If we say, “It can’t be done” then it won’t be done.  But, if we say, “it must be done” then, it most likely will be done.  If God asks us to do something then, it must be done.  And if we are doing it for God, then we are not doing it alone.  Because, we are doing it with God, and with all his power.  And what is this power?  It is the Holy Spirit that lives within us, a gift that God gave us at our baptism, and re-affirmed at our confirmation.  It is the Spirit of power and love.  And with it comes, the gift, of boldness.  Our first reading tells us, that the cry of the prophet Habbakuk, is not a scream of despair, but a cry that is deep rooted in faith.  His faith in God, gives him the courage to shout and argue with God.  Because Habbakuk confidently believes that God will do something, and his faith is proved right.  God does do something…..

Complete Homily for 27th Sunday in Ordinary Time

Daily Prayers Week 27

Twenty Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time

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Fr Hugh’s Homily for 25th Sunday in Ordinary Time

Return to Paris on Tuesday was £300.  Metro fare 4 euros or so.  Notre Dame cathedral was free.  Lunch 15 euros.  To the guy who begged at my table 4.5 euros in what change I had.  21 euros for presents.  Everything had its price.  Money is our natural way of exchange for services, or to enable others to get services.  Money is simply a factor in our daily lives.  But the gospel today is about how an ordinary thing like money can so easily be perverted by our greed, or other temptations…..

Complete Homily for 25th Sunday in Ordinary Time

Daily Prayers Week 25