Leon Pereira
fr Leon Pereira is chaplain to the English-speaking pilgrims in Medjugorje, Bosnia & Herzegovina.
leon.pereira@english.op.org
‘A God in Israel’ versus ‘Mary Sue’
Twenty-eighth Sunday of the Year. Fr Leon Pereira warns against an inauthentic kind of Christianity. In medieval art, the devil is
Pie in the Sky
Sixth Sunday of the Year. Fr Leon Pereira issues a call to heroism. The gibe that Christians believe in ‘pie in
God’s Pronouns
Trinity Sunday. Fr Leon Pereira reminds us that God is not a monolith. In many of the Judaisms (yes, plural) of
A Man Had Two Sons
Twenty-sixth Sunday of the Year. Fr Leon Pereira OP preaches on the parable of the man with two sons. Running through
From Whom Every Fatherhood Takes its Name
Feast of the Holy Family | Fr Leon Pereira looks to the example of the Holy Family, and particularly to
Sons Out of Stones
Palm Sunday (C) | Fr Leon Pereira ponders the false humility that would limit God and so refuse his divinising
The Career of Career Prophets
Fifteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time (B) | Fr Leon Pereira reminds us of the true prophetic witness that we Christians
Know What You Are Doing
Solemnity of All Saints | Fr Leon Pereira reflects on the victory of the Saints who help us in the
The Savour of Salt
Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time (A) | Fr Leon Pereira reminds us Christians of what it is for us to
My Lord and My God
Second Sunday of Easter (Low Sunday). fr Leon Pereira tells us how through his wounds Christ heals all our sorrows
The Seamless Garment
Fifth Sunday of Lent. Fr Leon Pereira reflects on the unity of Catholic teaching. Fifty-five years ago the then senator John
Entering the Master’s Joy
Thirty-Third Sunday of the Year. Fr Leon Pereira shows how we are given the choice of either to enter into