The disciples of John the Baptist: sermon on the second Sunday of Advent
BY a Dominican Friar
“Blessed is he that shall not be scandalised in me.” Did St John the Baptist’s faith in Christ grow uncertain…
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The eschatological discourse: sermon on the first Sunday of Advent
BY a Dominican Friar
See the fig-tree and all the trees The Holy Ghost has inspired the Church to meditate upon two similar passages…
READ MOREThe great tribulation: sermon on the twenty-fourth and last Sunday after Pentecost
BY a Dominican Friar
“From the fig tree learn a parable: When the branch thereof is now tender, and the leaves come forth, you…
READ MORE“Talitha kumi”: sermon on the twenty-third Sunday after Pentecost
BY a Dominican Friar
“Behold, a woman who had had a flow of blood for twelve years came behind and touched the fringe of…
READ MOREOur brothers and sisters in Purgatory: sermon on the feast of All Souls
BY a Dominican Friar
“It is appointed unto men once to die, and after that, judgement.” This quotation from St Paul is appropriate for…
READ MOREThe healing of the ruler’s son: sermon on the twentieth Sunday after Pentecost
BY a Dominican Friar
“There was a certain ruler, whose son was ill” In many of His conversations in the Gospels, our Lord speaks…
READ MOREThe Parable of the marriage feast: sermon on the nineteenth Sunday after Pentecost
BY a Dominican Friar
“The king entered, that he might look upon the guests.” This parable is told not to the disciples, or to…
READ MOREThe healing of the paralytic: sermon on the eighteenth Sunday after Pentecost
BY a Dominican Friar
“Behold they brought to him one sick of the palsy lying in a bed” Although we are only in October,…
READ MOREThe love of God: sermon on the seventeenth Sunday after Pentecost
BY a Dominican Friar
Dom Guéranger tells us that this Sunday has the fine title of “the Sunday of the love of God”, on…
READ MORETaking the lowest place: sermon on the sixteenth Sunday after Pentecost
BY a Dominican Friar
“Noticing how the guests were choosing the first seats, He told them a parable.” The atmosphere in this gospel is…
READ MOREThe widow of Naim: sermon on the fifteenth Sunday after Pentecost
BY a Dominican Friar
“Whom when the Lord had seen, being moved with mercy towards her, he said to her: Weep not. And he…
READ MORETwo masters: sermon on the fourteenth Sunday after Pentecost
BY a Dominican Friar
“No one can serve two masters” This Sunday is sometimes called “the Sunday of the two masters”. Both the readings…
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