Homilies

Homily – Basilica of St John Lateran – Fr Jeremiah Browne (national Director for the Pontifical Mission Societies #Southafrica #Swaziland #eswatini #Botswana) Today’s feast is somewhat unusual. It is one of the few times in the Church’s calendar when we celebrate not a saint, nor an event in the life of Christ, but a building […]

Homily – All Saints – Year C – Fr Jeremiah Browne (National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies #SouthAfrica #Botswana #eswatini #Swaziland) Today we celebrate the Feast of All Saints – that huge number that no one can count, from every nation, race, and language, standing before the throne of God, clothed in white robes,

Homily – 30th Sunday – Year C – Fr Jeremiah Browne (National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies #southafrica #Swaziland #eswatini #Botswana) When we were young children, my grandfather would often ask us, “What is the greatest mistake a man ever made?” Of course, we would come up with all kinds of wild and wonderful

Homily 28th Sunday C 2025 – Fr Jeremiah Browne (National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies #southafrica #Botswana #eswatini #Swaziland)    The famous Roman philosopher and statesman, Cicero, once wrote “Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all the others. When we are grateful, we see rightly – we become

Homily – 26th Sunday – Year C – Fr Jeremiah Browne (National Director the Pontifical Mission Societies #Botswana #Swaziland #southafrica #eswatini Yesterday, the 27th of September, we celebrated the feast of Saint Vincent de Paul, a man whose life and legacy shine a powerful light on the meaning of today’s Gospel. Vincent lived in 16th

Homily – 25th Sunday – Year C – Fr Jeremiah Browne (National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies #Southafrica #Botswana #Swaziland #eswatini) Have you ever wondered why it is that people often end a letter with the phrase “Yours sincerely”? The practice has its origins in ancient Rome. Roman sculptors often concealed cracks in apparently

Homily – Exaltation of the Cross – Year C – Fr Jeremiah Browne (National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies #southafrica #Botswana #eswatini #Swaziland) The cross makes no sense as an image of hope – at least not at first glance. In the ancient world, the cross was the cruellest instrument of execution. It was

Homily – 23rd Sunday – Year C – Fr Jeremiah Browne (National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies #southafrica #Swaziland #eswatini) A man was travelling through a desert, and he ran out of water. He realized very quickly that unless he found some, he would die. In the middle of nowhere he came across a

Both the first reading (Sirach 3:1–18, 20, 28–29) and the Gospel (Luke (14:1, 7–14) today speak about humility! Humility is a word that is often misunderstood. For many, it conjures up images of weakness, of being timid or lacking in confidence. Others equate humility with a kind of false modesty – pretending not to see