Sermons

"Forgive your neighbour the hurt he does you, and when you pray, your sins will be forgiven. If a man nurses anger against another, can he then demand compassion from the Lord?"  I heard of someone who said he had…

How do we react to being hurt by someone?  If this is a serious matter we do not hide our indignation. We spread the word to our friends and colleagues about the injustice we have suffered. We have been treated…

The sower in the parable is a picture of  God who is generous in his love and mercy. Someone might even say that He is like a wasteful farmer who throws seed on the road, on stony ground and between…

So often we are tired: the pace of life, the pace of work. This pace has written the rule of the modern world into the lives of us all.   Do anything to avoid falling out of the mainstream, because someone…

We always follow someone or something. For several days, five rich people followed the wre        of the Titanic at the depth of around four thousand metres. They did not return to their homes, which they left behind…

Jesus is a very good teacher. When he began his public life, he was aware that in order for the work of the kingdom of heaven to spread, people were needed - disciples who would carry this work, this message,…

A slogan promoted by one Catholic portal has recently become popular: Don't tell God you have a big problem. Tell your problem you have a great God! - believe more in God's providence, in God's guidance and protection, instead of…

In today's Gospel, we meet two fearful disciples of the Lord Jesus. St Luke is delicate in describing their situation and says that "they were on their way to a village called Emmaus". We know that they were on the…

Today's Sunday - Divine Mercy Sunday - is a feast celebrated at the command of the Lord Jesus himself. He said to St Faustina: "My mercy is so great that no mind, be it of man or of angel, will…

Today we listen to the Gospel passage telling of Jesus' entry into Jerusalem and the long passage recounting his passion and death on the cross.    We recall the most important events of salvation history, which we are powerfully reminded of…