“The fact of evil, the difficulty of virtue, the fickleness of [the] human heart.”[i] These three things are making this Holy Week journey with us. God’s story embraces ours, we said on Palm Sunday, but yesterday we were made to ask ourselves, do we stick to the path virtue demands, like Mary of Bethany, or […]
Sermon Topic: Holy Week
The Beauty of Holiness
Yesterday we saw Jesus enter Jerusalem with his little band of followers and watched the crowds greet him. We wondered to which group we belong. With the rowdy crowd busy with the world and its power? Or with Jesus and his passion for the kingdom of God and holy humility? Which would it be? We […]
The Journey Begins: Tears at the Heart of Things
The title of this sermon is from Virgil’s Aeneid. ‘En Priamus. Sunt hic etiam sua praemia laudi; sunt lacrimae rerum et mentem moradia tangunt. [‘See, there’s Priam; even here honour gets her due; there are tears at the heart of things and the fleeting nature of everything overwhelms the mind.’] This translation found in Holloway, […]
"Don’t be afraid of anything. Christ is Victor!”
These meditations on the Seven Last Words of Christ were preached by the Most Reverend John O’Hara for Good Friday 2021. The quote on which they are based is from Fr. Benedict Groeschel CFR.
Dying and Living with Christ
From the Holy Week 2021 Sermon Series: “Made like him, like him we rise, ours the cross, the grave, the skies”.
The Lamb of God: John’s Passion Narrative
From the Holy Week 2021 Sermon Series: “Made like him, like him we rise, ours the cross, the grave, the skies”.
A Day of Remembrance
From the Holy Week 2021 Sermon Series: “Made like him, like him we rise, ours the cross, the grave, the skies”.
Unless a Grain of Wheat Falls
From the Holy Week 2021 Sermon Series: “Made like him, like him we rise, ours the cross, the grave, the skies”.
A Dinner Party in Bethany
From the Holy Week 2021 Sermon Series: “Made like him, like him we rise, ours the cross, the grave, the skies”.
The Road Ahead: Mark’s Passion Narrative
From the Holy Week 2021 Sermon Series: “Made like him, like him we rise, ours the cross, the grave, the skies”.
