Fourteenth Sunday of Ordinary Time. Fr Benjamin Earl encourages us never to stop asking questions. Read more
Torch
Preaching by Benjamin Earl O.P.
But Why?
Holy Dishonesty
Twenty-Fifth Sunday of Ordinary Time (C) | Fr Benjamin Earl urges us to be lavish with God's bountiful gifts given to us. Read more
Morning Star
Epiphany of the Lord | Fr Benjamin Earl considers the significance of the Star and its rising in the East. Read more
Redeeming Confusion
Third Sunday of Easter (B) | Fr Benjamin Earl urges us to rejoice in our con-fusion that is found in Christ and our faith in him. Read more
Who is the kingdom of heaven?
Sixteenth Sunday of Ordinary Time (A) | Fr Benjamin Earl explains why the right question isn't what is the kingdom of heaven but who it is. Read more
Why Do We Pray?
Twenty-Ninth Sunday of the Year (C) | Fr Benjamin Earl shows how today’s scripture readings can help answer the question “why do we pray?” at several levels. Read more
Unfair, Yet Fair
Feast of the Holy Family. fr Benjamin Earl reflects upon how the Holy Family help us to respond to the unfairness of our own family lives. Read more
What is Easter all about?
Easter Sunday. fr Ben wonders what a person who knows nothing of the Christian faith would make of the Easter Vigil. Read more
Lifetimes of Penitence
Fourth Sunday of Lent (Laetare Sunday). fr Benjamin helps us to see how the Christian life is a life of penance, which through the gift of Christ's sacrifice anticipates eternal life. Read more
Living Stones
Fifth Sunday of Easter. Fr Benjamin Earl invites us to imagine a Church made of living stones. Read more
Liturgical Index
- First Sunday of Advent
- Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception
- Second Sunday of Advent
- Third Sunday of Advent (Gaudete Sunday)
- Fourth Sunday of Advent
- Christmas
- Second Sunday of Christmas
- Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God
- Feast of the Holy Family
- Baptism of the Lord
- Epiphany
- Feast of the Presentation of the Lord
- Ash Wednesday
- First Sunday of Lent
- Second Sunday of Lent
- Third Sunday of Lent
- Fourth Sunday of Lent (Laetare Sunday)
- Fifth Sunday of Lent
- Palm Sunday of the Passion of the Lord
- Holy Thursday
- Good Friday
- Easter Sunday
- Second Sunday of Easter (Low Sunday)
- Third Sunday of Easter
- Fourth Sunday of Easter
- Fifth Sunday of Easter
- Sixth Sunday of Easter
- The Ascension of the Lord
- Seventh Sunday of Easter
- Pentecost Sunday
- Trinity Sunday
- The Body and Blood of Christ (Corpus Christi)
- Second Sunday of the Year
- Third Sunday of the Year
- Fourth Sunday of the Year
- Fifth Sunday of the Year
- Sixth Sunday of the Year
- Seventh Sunday of the Year
- Eighth Sunday of the Year
- Ninth Sunday of the Year
- Tenth Sunday of the Year
- Eleventh Sunday of the Year
- Twelfth Sunday of the Year
- Thirteenth Sunday of the Year
- Fourteenth Sunday of the Year
- Fifteenth Sunday of the Year
- Sixteenth Sunday of the Year
- Seventeenth Sunday of the Year
- Eighteenth Sunday of the Year
- Nineteenth Sunday of the Year
- Twentieth Sunday of the Year
- Twenty-First Sunday of the Year
- Twenty-Second Sunday of the Year
- Twenty-Third Sunday of the Year
- Twenty-Fourth Sunday of the Year
- Twenty-Fifth Sunday of the Year
- Twenty-Sixth Sunday of the Year
- Twenty-Seventh Sunday of the Year
- Twenty-Eighth Sunday of the Year
- Twenty-Ninth Sunday of the Year
- Thirtieth Sunday of the Year
- Thirty-First Sunday of the Year
- Thirty-Second Sunday of the Year
- Thirty-Third Sunday of the Year
- Solemnity of Christ the King
- Feast of Saint Patrick
- Solemnity of St Joseph
- Solemnity of the Annunciation of the Lord
- Solemnity of the Birth of St John the Baptist
- Solemnity of Ss Peter and Paul
- Solemnity of our Holy Father St Dominic
- Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary
- Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross
- Solemnity of All Saints
- Commemoration of all the Faithful Departed
- Feast of the Dedication of the Lateran Basilica
- Ordinations, Installations & Professions
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