My homily for the 32nd Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year A as preached during the 5.30 pm Saturday Evening Mass from Sacred Heart Cathedral, Hamilton.

The readings proclaimed were Wisdom 6:12-16; 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18; Matthew 25:1-13.

"The bridegroom, i.e. the Reign of God, is coming whether we like it or not. We are called to alert, prepared, and courageous in our preparations for the coming of the Kingdom, ready to play our part."

My homily for the Solemnity of All Saints as preached during the 5.30 pm Saturday Evening Mass from Sacred Heart Cathedral, Hamilton.

The readings proclaimed were Apocalypse 7:2-4, 9-14; 1 John 3:1-3; Matthew 5:1-12..

"The Saints are not just those whom we acknowledge in our liturgical calendar across the year. We are all created and called to be the 'Saints of God', those whom God has chosen and called to be in a close and righteous relationship with God. Thousands of generations of Saints have gone before us; a thousand more generation may come after us. But we are called to live out our lives struggling to be that which God has called us to be - God's Saints."

My homily for the 30thSunday in Ordinary Time, Year A as preached during the 5 pm Mass from Sacred Heart Cathedral, Hamilton.

The readings proclaimed were Exodus 22:20-26; 1 Thessalonians 1:5-10; Matthew 22:34-40.

"Having being loved by God - profoundly and completely - we are called to love our neighbour not for our sake but for theirs. To love another is to be prepared to sacrifice something of ourselves for the sake of the other - just as God loved us enough to send his Son to live as one like us, and to suffer and die for our sake, and to rise that we might have life eternal."

My homily for the 28th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year A as preached during the 5 pm Mass from Sacred Heart Cathedral, Hamilton.

The readings proclaimed were Isaiah 25:6-10; Philippians 4:12-14, 19-20; Matthew 22:1-14.

"The banquet of the Lord has been laid out, and invitations have been sent out. If we are prepared to accept the invitation, we are also called to extend the invitation to others, to go out to the corners of the streets and extend God's invitations to others."

My homily for the 27th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year A as preached during the 5.30 pm Saturday evening Mass from Sacred Heart Cathedral, Hamilton.

The readings proclaimed were Isaiah 5:1-7; Philippians 4:6-9; Matthew 21:33-43.

"The vineyard of the Lord - God's Reign - will come to be, not because of our actions but because God wills it. If we do not contribute to God's plan, then God will find others who will take up the mantle of being workers in the vineyard of the Lord."

My homily for the 26th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year A as preached during the 9.30 am live-streamed Mass from Sacred Heart Cathedral, Hamilton.

The readings proclaimed were Ezekiel 18:25-28; Philippians 2:1-11; Matthew 21:28-32.

"The whole task of the Christian life is about constantly allowing our human hearts to be aligned to the heart of God; everything else follows from that!"

My homily for the 25th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year A as preached during the 9.30 am live-streamed Mass from Sacred Heart Cathedral, Hamilton.

The readings proclaimed were Isaiah 55:6-9; Philippians 1:20-24, 27; Matthew 20:1-16.

"God is abundantly gracious and merciful as God chooses to be; the challenge of the Christian life is to recognise and celebrate God's graciousness, not be envious when it is lavished on someone other than us."

My homily for Perpetual Day of Remembrance Sunday as preached during the 9.30 am live-streamed Mass from Sacred Heart Cathedral, Hamilton.

The readings proclaimed were Ezekiel 37:1-14; Romans 14:7-9; Luke 1:46-56.

My homily for the 23rd Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year A, as preached during the 9.30 am live-streamed Mass from Sacred Heart Cathedral, Hamilton.

The readings proclaimed were Ezekiel 33:7-9; Romans 13:8-10; Matthew 18:15-20.

"Only when human beings are in relationship with other human beings can they truly flourish. When that relationship is compromised, Christians are called to go the extra mile to be reconciled so that everyone can have the life God intended for them."

My homily for the 22nd Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year A, as preached during the 5.30 pm Mass from Sacred Heart Cathedral, Hamilton.

The readings proclaimed were Jeremiah 20:7-9; Romans 12:1-2; Matthew 16:21-27.

"Change can be frightening especially when it involves moving away from that which is comfortable and secure. There can, however, be no salvation without the Cross; Jesus calls us to embrace the Cross - his Cross - so that we can walk the same path as Christ. Are we prepared to take up our Cross?"