Homilies

Homily – 24th Sunday – Cycle A – Fr Jeremiah Browne (National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies #southafrica #Swaziland #eswatini #Botswana) Do you ever find yourself holding on to a grudge, or a hurt? It’s so easy to do. Lewis Smedes, a writer and theologian, once wrote, “To forgive is to set a prisoner

Homily – 22nd Sunday, 2026 – Fr Jeremiah Browne (National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies #southafrica #swaziland #Botswana #eswatini) I don’t know if this has ever happened to you, but sometimes, when I am using Google Maps I decided that I actually know better? It tells me to turn left, but I think I

Homily – 21st Sunday, 2026 – Fr Jerry Browne (National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies #southafrica #Botswana #Swaziland #eswatini) I want to begin this morning by asking yyou to think for a moment about the person who has had the greatest impact on your life. That impact might have been positive, or possibly negative.

Homily – Assumption – 2026 – Fr Jerry Browne (National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies #southafrica, #Botswana, #eSwatini, #swaziland) The Feast of the Assumption of Mary into Heaven is one of the great Marian celebrations in the Catholic Church. Of course, whenever Catholics start talking about Mary, it isn’t long before some of our

Homily – 19th Sunday – Year A – Fr Jeremiah Browne (National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies #southafrica #Botswana #eswatini #Swaziland) You often hear it said that life can change in the blink of an eye, and how true that is. One moment we think we know what tomorrow will bring, but then without

Homily – 18th Sunday – Year – Fr Jeremiah Browne (National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies #southafrica #Swaziland #eswatini #Botswana) There is a detail at the beginning of today’s Gospel (Matthew 14:13–21) that is easy to overlook, yet it sheds new light on everything that follows. We hear that Jesus withdrew by boat to

Homily – 17th Sunday – Year – Fr Jeremiah Browne (National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies #southafrica #Swaziland #eswatini #Botswana) I would like to begin with a simple question today. What would you be willing to give up for your spouse or for your child if that decision came knocking at your door? Would

Homily – 16th Sunday – Year – Fr Jerry Browne (National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies #southafrica #Swaziland #Botswana #eswatini) The world we live in is a bit of a mess! We are surrounded by poverty, corruption, violence, broken relationships, disrespect for human life and deep divisions within society. It’s easy to grow disillusioned

Homily – 15th Sunday – Year A – Fr Jeremiah Browne (National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies – #southafrica #Swaziland #Botswana #eswatini) I recently came across the idiom, “The same boiling water that softens the potato hardens the egg.” It’s a simple saying with a profound truth. The same boiling water is exactly the

Homily – 14th Sunday – Year A – Fr Jerry Browne (National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies #Southafrica #eSwatini #Swaziland #Botswana) There are times in life when it feels as though we are carrying the weight of the world on our shoulders. It may be illness, the breakdown of an important relationship, financial uncertainty,