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Torch provides a new Catholic homily each week written specially for this web site by Dominican friars, and read by followers worldwide. Read more.
Paradoxes of Christmas
Christmas Day. Fr Sam Burke invites us to welcome Christmas into our homes. The verses of St. John’s Prologue are amongst
Time for a Change
Fourth Sunday of Advent. Fr Robert Gay asks whether we are ready to welcome the disruption that Christ's arrival bring. I
Seeing and Saying
Third Sunday of Advent. Fr Euan Marley considers the relationship between vision and speech. Seeing and speaking may seem quite different
Genuine Hope
Second Sunday of Advent. Fr Robert Verrill invites us to embrace true hope, not blind optimism. If you’re a natural optimist,
Not Just for Christmas
First Sunday of Advent. Fr Toby Lees encourages us to make Advent the time when we finally emerge into the
Between the Two
The Solemnity of Christ the King. Fr David Rocks preaches on the turn of the year. In celebrating the Solemnity of
Ready or Not
Thirty-third Sunday of the Year. Fr John O'Connor preaches on being prepared to be unprepared. Jesus understood that sometimes careful planning
The Third Way
Thirty-second Sunday of the Year. Fr Richard Joseph Ounsworth encourages us to let our hope exceed our imagination. One of my
The Face of Christ
The Solemnity of All Saints. Fr Benedict Jonak suggests that happiness is not to be found in techniques, but in
Care for All
Thirty-first Sunday of the Year. Fr David Goodill suggests that God's mercy offers us an invitation to share in his
The Love that Reaches Out
Thirtieth Sunday of the Year. Fr Dominic White invites us to engage imaginatively in the exercise of mercy. Just imagine. You’re
Joshua and Amalek
Twenty-ninth Sunday of the Year. Fr Nicholas Crowe reminds us that prayer is our weapon against every enemy. We heard in