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Fr. Michael's Homilies
Homily for the Fourteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year C
There is the exercise, isn’t there, where you are shown a picture or a photo, and after looking at it for a few seconds, it’s taken away...
St Joseph's - Thame
Jul 6, 20253 min read
Homily for the Solemnity of Saints Peter and Paul
You’re probably aware of the Gospel reading where Our Lord is visiting the house of Mary and Martha. Mary is sitting at the feet of...
St Joseph's - Thame
Jun 29, 20254 min read
Homily for the Solemnity of Corpus Christi
It’s been rather warm recently. One thing I’ve found moving from being a child to an adult is that I can cope a lot more easily with...
St Joseph's - Thame
Jun 22, 20254 min read
Homily for the Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity, Year C
Two people come knocking on your door, and they want to convert you to their beliefs. How do you respond? One option is to politely say...
St Joseph's - Thame
Jun 15, 20253 min read
Homily for the Solemnity of Pentecost, Year C (using Year A Second Reading and Gospel)
My previous car was of a fairly modest size, being a silver Toyota Auris. The engine, though, was quite big for a car of that size – a...
St Joseph's - Thame
Jun 8, 20254 min read
Homily for the Seventh Sunday of Easter, Year C
Back when I was studying A-level chemistry, I can remember someone saying that, when it came to GCSE exams, you could always rely on...
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Jun 1, 20254 min read
Homily for the Solemnity of the Ascension, Year C
I don’t know how many of you were brought up with Warner Brother cartoons, but at the end of the cartoon, as the music played, the...
St Joseph's - Thame
May 29, 20253 min read
Homily for the Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year C
How do you respond when someone asks you an awkward question about your faith? Do you get annoyed? Side-step the question? Come up with a...
St Joseph's - Thame
May 25, 20253 min read
Homily for the Fifth Sunday of Easter, Year C
Last week was World Day of Prayer for Vocations, and I think I mentioned not only that we all have a vocation, a special way in which God...
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May 18, 20254 min read
Homily for the Fourth Sunday of Easter – World Day of Prayer for Vocations
So, we have a new Pope! And, as is often the case, he wasn’t one of the pundits’ favourites. It’s a bit like the saying that’s a warning...
St Joseph's - Thame
May 11, 20254 min read
Homily for the Third Sunday of Easter, Year C
This Sunday marks a turning-point. The cardinals have been meeting already in Rome, discussing the state of the world and the Church, and...
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May 4, 20253 min read
Homily for Divine Mercy Sunday
I was very encouraged a while ago to read a headline that said that church attendance in the UK is now not declining, or even standing...
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Apr 27, 20254 min read
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