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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.
Behold the Silent One
Good Friday. fr Timothy Radcliffe reflects on the silence of Jesus Christ in his birth and in his death. This year
Sharing the Life of God
Holy Thursday. fr Thomas Skeats shows us how through celebrating the Lord's Supper we come to share in the life
The Three Herods
Palm Sunday of the Passion of the Lord. fr Peter Harries contrasts the Kingship of Jesus with that of the
Neither Do I Condemn You……
Fifth Sunday of Lent. Fr Nicholas Crowe shows how Jesus' response to the woman caught in adultery is one of
Mercy and Justice Have Embraced
Fourth Sunday of Lent. fr Andrew Brookes reflects on the relationship between justice and mercy. What is today’s Gospel parable really
Who am I?
Third Sunday of Lent. fr Gregory Murphy reflects on Moses' encounter with God in the burning bush. Moses, an exile tending
Glowing with God
Second Sunday of Lent. fr Duncan Campbell helps us to understand the transfiguration as an expereince of prayer. Why did Jesus
Incarnate Humility
First Sunday of Lent. fr Matthew Jarvis shows us how to follow the example of Jesus Christ in this season
In the Midst of Life
Ash Wednesday. fr Lawrence Lew helps us to see how Lent is the season in which we learn to die
Open to Grace
Fifth Sunday of the Year. fr Oliver James Keenan shows us how in his encounter with Jesus Christ Simon Peter
Divine Justice
Fourth Sunday of the Year. Fr David McLean argues that Jesus is rejected by his own village because he challenged
Mercy and Mission
Third Sunday of the Year. fr John Farrell explains how we are called to works of mercy and mission through