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Jun 70 min read
St Mary's
Jun 43 min read
Homily for the Feast of the Body and Blood of Christ, 2024 - Dcn Jim Curtain
Most of us would know good virtuous people of other faiths, and of no explicit religious faith. People who obey the laws, who love their...
St Mary's
May 284 min read
Homily for Trinity Sunday, Year B, 2024
A while ago, I remember playing in Alma Park with one of my brothers and his children. There was construction on the trainline running...
St Mary's
May 205 min read
Pentecost Sunday, 19 May 2024. Homily by Deacon Jim Curtain
I’d invite you, when you have the time, to have a good look at the windows on the back wall of our church. They are quite beautiful, and...
St Mary's
May 144 min read
Homily for 6th Sunday Easter, Year B, 2024
That last line of the gospel is a bit strange. Jesus saying, “You are my friends if you do what I command you”, makes us question his...
St Mary's
Apr 304 min read
Homily for 5th Sunday Easter, Year B, 2024
Today in our Gospel Jesus uses the metaphor of the vine. This was a powerful symbol in the Jewish world, and became one also for...
St Mary's
Apr 224 min read
Homily for Third Sunday of Easter, Year B, 2024
Today’s readings coming so soon after Easter remind me of that last part of the mystery of the Transfiguration. After the wondrous...
St Mary's
Apr 103 min read
Homily for 2nd Sunday of Easter, Divine Mercy Sunday, 7 April 2024 - Deacon Jim Curtain
So the risen Jesus enters the upper room, and offers his disciples peace. When we now read the New Testament, the gospel accounts of...
St Mary's
Apr 44 min read
Homily for Easter Vigil, 2024
A few years ago, we had a series of online talks on the structure of the Mass. One of the last talks was on the Easter Vigil. This was...
St Mary's
Apr 33 min read
Homily for Easter Sunday, 31 March 2024 - Deacon Jim Curtain
What are we afraid of? Is it pain, is it poverty, is it losing our reputation, is it death? Do we fear that even if we have a life...
St Mary's
Mar 263 min read
Homily for Palm Sunday, Year B
Today, the Church gives us the option of reflective silence after the Passion, which I think might be a good idea. So, I will just say a...
St Mary's
Mar 114 min read
Homily for Second Scrutiny, 4th Sunday Lent, Year A Gospel
(Deacon Jim mentioned last week that) we have two candidates, Ellie and Tilly, who this year will celebrate the rites of initiation at...
St Mary's
Mar 43 min read
Homily for 3rd Sunday of Lent, 3 March 2024 - Deacon Jim Curtain
We are blessed in this parish this year. We have two catechumens, Ellie and Tillie, who are experiencing the Rite of Christian Initiation...
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