Fr. Michael's Homilies

3 days ago
4 min

Homily for the Twenty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year B

Some of you may have seen the famous sketch involving John Cleese, Ronnie Barker and Ronnie Corbett about the class system, with Ronnie B...

St Joseph's - Thame

Sep 1
4 min

Homily for the Twenty-second Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year B

Why all this fuss then about washing hands? Back during the pandemic, there was quite a focus on good hand hygiene. Initially some...

St Joseph's - Thame

Aug 25
4 min

Homily for the Twenty-first Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year B

A few years ago, the American bishops were shocked, dismayed and perhaps a bit depressed by the result of a survey, which had shown that...

St Joseph's - Thame

Aug 18
4 min

Homily for the Twentieth Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year B

It’s good to be back. It seems quite a while ago now since I last preached here, and you’ve probably forgotten what I said, just as I had...

St Joseph's - Thame

Aug 16
4 min

Homily for the Solemnity of the Assumption

Today we celebrate a great feast day of Our Lady. Today we celebrate the perfection of God’s work in a sinless human being. And today we...

St Joseph's - Thame

Jul 28
4 min

Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year B

For those of you who are eagle-eyed and eagle-eared, you have probably spotted that we have changed Gospels. Year B is of course the year...

Curious about exploring things further? If you would like to ask further questions about the topics raised in these homilies (or maybe think it wasn't explained too well!), please feel free to e-mail Fr. Michael at stjoseph.thame@rcaob.org.uk