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Paradoxes of Christmas

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Christmas Day. Fr Sam Burke invites us to welcome Christmas into our homes. The verses of St. John’s Prologue are amongst

Fourth Sunday of Advent. Fr Robert Gay asks whether we are ready to welcome the disruption that Christ's arrival bring. I

Third Sunday of Advent. Fr Euan Marley considers the relationship between vision and speech. Seeing and speaking may seem quite different

Second Sunday of Advent. Fr Robert Verrill invites us to embrace true hope, not blind optimism. If you’re a natural optimist,

First Sunday of Advent. Fr Toby Lees encourages us to make Advent the time when we finally emerge into the

The Solemnity of Christ the King. Fr David Rocks preaches on the turn of the year. In celebrating the Solemnity of

Thirty-third Sunday of the Year. Fr John O'Connor preaches on being prepared to be unprepared. Jesus understood that sometimes careful planning

Thirty-second Sunday of the Year. Fr Richard Joseph Ounsworth encourages us to let our hope exceed our imagination. One of my

The Solemnity of All Saints. Fr Benedict Jonak suggests that happiness is not to be found in techniques, but in

Thirty-first Sunday of the Year. Fr David Goodill suggests that God's mercy offers us an invitation to share in his

Thirtieth Sunday of the Year. Fr Dominic White invites us to engage imaginatively in the exercise of mercy. Just imagine. You’re

Twenty-ninth Sunday of the Year. Fr Nicholas Crowe reminds us that prayer is our weapon against every enemy. We heard in

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