Homilies

Today’s Gospel (Luke 10:38–42) takes us into the home of two sisters, Martha and Mary – and of course there was a brother Lazarus, who doesn’t get a mention today. Jesus, weary from His journey, is welcomed, and Martha, ever practical, busies herself preparing the meal and seeing to the house. Mary, by contrast, simply

Today we hear one of the most familiar and powerful parables in the Gospel — the Parable of the Good Samaritan (Luke 10:27–37). It comes in response to a simple but profound question posed to Jesus: “Who is my neighbour?” That question is not only ancient; it is modern and deeply relevant to us today.

Have you ever noticed how the first words we speak can shape everything that follows? A greeting, a tone, a simple gesture – they open doors or close them. In today’s Gospel, (Luke 10:1–12, 17–20), Jesus sends out seventy-two disciples into towns and villages with a very specific instruction about what their first words must

A few weeks ago Cardinal Tagle made the point that a church that is not missionary will stagnate. It will stagnate and eventually die. It may preserve tradition, carry out rituals, and speak beautiful words – but without mission, it loses its heart and soul. The Church lives only when it goes out, when it