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Today the Church sets aside the normal liturgy of the 32nd Sunday to celebrate the dedication of a church: the Cathedral of Rome dedicated to the Beloved Disciple, Saint John. This cathedral was built by the emperor Constantine in 324AD, just after he declared Christianity a lawful religion within the Empire. The end of State persecution meant that, for the first time, Christians could worship in public churches, rather than in catacombs and private houses in secret. The Late

Dear Family in Christ, Father Janusz, Father Don and I recently watched ‘Coco’, the 2017 Disney movie inspired and built around the Mexican cultural celebration Dia de los Muertos (a quasi-Catholic celebration of All Souls’ Day). Central to the theme of the movie (read: it does not accurately reflect Church teaching nor Mexican culture) is the practice of remembering the dead through pictures and celebrations. There is an urgency to this practice in the movie, as the souls o

Today’s Gospel concerns people who go to church, but also those who don’t go to church. Those who don’t come to church sometimes torment us exactly because we go. During one meeting of Christian students some said: “People go to church with a pious face, with the Bible under their left arm and with a song book under the right one. They sing Hallelujah with a loud voice all excited; they receive Communion with great devotion, but they are hypocrites. As soon as they go out of

Dear Family in Christ,  I wanted to share with you an abridged excerpt of a sermon from Francis Chan, a popular American evangelical preacher who made headlines in the Catholic world with a sermon that just seemed very… Catholic. In this Sunday’s homily, I’ll refer to Francis’ sermon in relation to Christian unity, what Jesus left us with and commanded us to do, and the haunting question from today's Gospel: “When the Son of Man comes, will He find faith on earth?” God love y

In this week’s gospel reading, Jesus met ten lepers who pleaded with Him for help. Jesus instructed them to go and show themselves to the...

Dear Family in Christ,  This Sunday, Holy Mother Church turns our attention to something mentioned often, but seldom understood: Faith....

Today’s Gospel speaks about the rich and the poor. There is much poverty in the world today. At least 80% of humanity lives on less than...

Dear Family in Christ, This Sunday, we are presented with one of the most confusing parables of the Gospels. The parables of Jesus often...

Last Sunday we were reminded of Jesus’ challenging words, “Those who would come after me, must deny themselves, take up their cross, and...

Dear Family in Christ,  In this Sunday’s Gospel, Our Lord mentions the word ‘disciple’ three times, and lays out the difficult conditions...

Jesus' parable of the guests invited to the marriage feast probes our motives for seeking honour and position. Selfpromotion is most...

Dear Family in Christ,  I will never forget my embarrassment the first time I had to read this passage out loud at Mass:  “ Rejoice with...

This is my body that is for you.... This cup is the new covenant in my blood. (1 Corinthians 11:24, 25) The Feast that Satisfies Our...

Sometimes you may hear: God is one. It doesn’t matter if you call him Allah, or Yahweh, or Father. It is the same. It is not true: this...

‘... there are varieties of gifts, but the same Spirit; and there are varieties of services, but the same Lord; and there are varieties...