Category: Homilies

Quae sunt Dei Deo

16 October 2016

22nd Sunday after Pentecost Today, in Rome, even as I speak, seven new saints are being canonised: José Sánchez del Río, a fourteen year-old boy...

Thy word to thy servant

2 October 2016

In yet another instance of the liturgical providence of God, today’s Collect dovetails with the passage from the Holy Rule that we read this morning...

Dixit Dominus Domino meo: Sede a dextris meis

11 September 2016

Thou art just, O Lord: and thy judgment is right. Deal with thy servant according to thy mercy: and teach me thy justifications. (Psalm 118:137,...

16th Sunday after Pentecost

4 September 2016

Saint Job the Long–Suffering Already last evening, at First Vespers of Sunday, the Church, as is her custom during these Sundays after Pentecost, set before...

Rise again at once with all speed

28 August 2016

Saint Augustine  Today is not only the 15th Sunday after Pentecost; it is also the feast of Saint Augustine, the Doctor of Grace. The liturgical...

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