by Rafał Lar | 18 April 2019 | The homily
Tonight we are drawn by grace to be present with him and the other disciples at Jesus’ last supper. Rather, we are invited by Jesus to be the Beloved Disciple, for in Jesus’ eyes that is what we are. So let us...
by Rafał Lar | 14 April 2019 | The homily
The people jubilantly welcome their Messiah with words taken from Psalm 118: ‘Blessed is the King who comes in the name of the Lord! Peace in heaven and glory in the highest!’ As you know, the scene ends in a terrible anticlimax: And some of...
by Rafał Lar | 7 April 2019 | The homily
The greatly loved Pope John XXIII died on 3rd June 1963. On May 31st, just prior to receiving the last anointing, he shared these thoughts with those who stood around his bed: “The secret of my ministry is in that crucifix you see...
by Rafał Lar | 24 March 2019 | The homily
Just past the halfway point in Lent, we put aside purple on put on rose — and rejoice. It’s “Laetare Sunday.” Our journey toward Easter is nearing its end. We can see the light, in every sense. We just started Daylight Savings Time,...
by Rafał Lar | 24 March 2019 | The homily
We start three weeks of discovering the richness of Baptism. Why did the Samaritan woman come to draw water at noon, the hottest time of the day? Did she want to avoid the times the other women in town came to the well? What are the...
by Rafał Lar | 17 March 2019 | The homily
St Teresa of Avila was able to describe prayer as nothing other than a close sharing between friends: “being on terms of friendship with God, with Him Who, we know, loves us” (The Life, VIll, 7). For her, words, however beautifully...
