This Holy night Christ transforms our fears into awe and great Joy. Jesus Christ is truly Risen! Alleluia!

Homily for Good Friday - isolation may be a new experience for us but it isn't for Jesus....let us enter with hope into the mystery of our redemption.

The passover, the cross, the Eucharist, the washing of feet - all these elements come together in the celebration of the Holy Thursday where Christ gave us the gifts of Eucharist and the Priesthood.

Jesus is not super-human, he is fully-human. The most human person who has ever lived. His also fully God but we encounter his divinity through his humanity. On this day when England is rededicated as Mary's Dowry, we are reminded that veneration of the human mother of God always leads us to him who humbled himself to share our humanity so that we can share in his divinity.

Today we reflect on the healing of the man born blind. His blindness was not simply a disability but also, in a sense a gift. For it allowed God's glory to be displayed through the man's poverty and fragility. This message of glory in fragility takes on a new significance as our nation is gripped by the coronavirus pandemic.

It seems there is much to be afraid of in our modern world and yet as Christians we are to be a hope-filled people and remember that Jesus speaks words of comfort to each of us; "Do not be afraid".

We are engaged in a spiritual battle and in Lent we are reminded of this truth. Jesus overcomes temptation with prayer, fasting and the Word of God. If we are going to resist temptation we need to follow his example and use the same tools that Christ did.

Christians are called to share in the perfection of God. This might seem like an impossible task, but it's not! In this homily we reflect on how Christ sets us on the road to perfection and spells out, in clear terms, what this perfection looks like in practice.

To be a Catholic is not about simply keeping the law but living the Law and this means having a real personal relationship with Jesus Christ.

Jesus refers to us as light of the world and salt of te earth. These are two rich images that instill in us the need to change the world around us. In today's homily we reflect on the call that Christ makes to each of us to be heralds of the Gospel - in other words to become Evangelists!