Homilies

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,

Homily – 13th Sunday – Year A – Fr Jerry Browne (National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies #Southafrica #swaziland #eswatini #Botswana) Over the past few weeks, many migrants and foreign nationals living in South Africa have been forced to flee their homes or live in constant fear. It is painful to comprehend that a

Homily – 12th Sunday in Ordinary Time – Year A Fr Jerry Browne On 1 December 1955, Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on a bus in Montgomery, Alabama. She later explained that she was not fearless; she was simply tired of giving in to injustice. Her quiet act of courage sparked the

Homily – 11th Sunday – A – Fr Jeremiah Browne (National director of the Pontifical Mission Societies #Southafrica #Swaziland #eswatini #Botswana) Frederick Buechner, the well-known novelist and theologian once wrote: “The place God calls you to is the place where your deep gladness and the world’s deep hunger meet.” Those words capture something important about