Christmas (25)

This morning, let us reflect on our baptism as the beginning of our life with Christ, the source of our mission, and the foundation for how we serve others in the Church and the world.

Dear brothers and sisters in Christ, dear friends.

Today the Church invites us to think …

Dear brothers and sisters in Christ, the days after Epiphany have shown us who Jesus is through ordinary scenes and real human need. Each day has revealed something practical and close to daily life.

On Monday, Jesus began his public work in Galilee. He announced that the …

Dear sisters in Christ, today’s readings offer one clear call: believe the truth about Jesus, praise God for what he is already doing, and allow Christ to touch what we would rather keep hidden.

We begin with the First Letter of John. John is writing to a community that is …

Dear sisters in Christ, when God opens a door, and once that door is opened, a life of truth and mercy must follow.

Our first reading from the First Letter of John reminds us that we love because God loved us first. John is not addressing a crowd drunk on success. He is …

Dear sisters, today’s readings remind us that when fear rises and the work feels heavy, Jesus shows us who he truly is, and he does not keep his distance.

Our first reading from the First Letter of John is very direct. God has loved us first, so we must love one another. …

Dear brothers and sisters in Christ, today’s Word can be gathered into one simple sentence: God’s love is revealed when it feeds people who cannot feed themselves.

Our first reading, from the First Letter of John, is plain and demanding. Love comes from God. We did not begin …

Dear brothers and sisters in Christ, on this Monday after Epiphany the Church invites us to stay with the light a little longer. Yesterday we saw Christ revealed to the nations, recognised by people who came from far away and then went home changed. In these days leading to …

This feast reminds us that God does not wait for us to belong before coming close, but meets us while we are still searching, travelling, and asking questions.

Dear brothers and sisters in Christ, Epiphany places before us a simple but demanding image: a light seen at a …

The Holy Name of Jesus is the centre of this feast and the centre of our life. Dear brothers and sisters in Christ, fellow Jesuits, and friends of the Society, today we celebrate not an idea but a name that was chosen carefully, lived faithfully, and trusted completely.

When …

The readings this morning are about recognising who Christ is, who we are not, and learning to remain with him now that he has come close.

Dear brothers and sisters in Christ, dear friends, Christmas keeps asking us a simple but demanding question. Not “what happened?”, but …

Dear brothers and sisters in Christ, as a new calendar year begins, the Church places before us a woman and a child and asks us to begin here.

We come into this year carrying many things. Relief that a difficult year has ended. Concern about what has not changed. Questions …

Dear brothers and sisters in Christ, this is the last day of the year. Before we make plans for tomorrow, the Church asks us to listen again to the beginning of John’s Gospel, so that we can understand where our lives come from and where they are meant to go.

Many of us come …

Dear brothers and sisters in Christ, dear friends, the days after Christmas feel different. Things slow down. The celebrations ease. The world treats Christmas as a single day and quickly moves on, but the Church does not. She insists that Christmas is a season, not a …

This morning’s readings speak of how God teaches us, slowly and patiently, to recognise the light by learning how to love.

Dear brothers in Christ, these days within the Octave of Christmas have the feel of a long, quiet gaze. The feast itself has passed, the noise has …

Dear brothers and sisters in Christ, it is good to be with you this morning. Today’s feast touches something very close to the heart of African life. God chooses to come to us through family — not only the small household, but the wider family that carries us, names us, and …

This homily is about how love shapes the way we see, and how learning to see rightly changes how we live.

Dear brothers and sisters in Christ, dear friends, these days of Christmas move quickly. One feast follows another, and before we have settled into the joy of the …

Dear brothers and sisters in Christ, the child born in the light of Christmas is followed at once by a man who dies in that same light, refusing to let it be extinguished.

We would happily linger at the manger. We would keep the night soft, the light gentle, the world hushed …

Dear brothers and sisters in Christ, Christmas Day asks us to look again at the world we thought we knew, and to notice that God has already stepped into it. Not from above, not from far away, but from within.

Our first reading from the prophet Isaiah gives us an image full …

This morning tells us that God enters the world quietly, chooses the poor, and asks us to return to our lives changed.

Dear brothers and sisters in Christ, Christmas at dawn meets us before the day has properly begun. The world is still tired. Some worries have not yet …

The night has a way of telling the truth. When the streets grow quiet, the noise inside us often grows louder. Worries we have kept busy during the day begin to speak. Regrets knock. Hopes feel thin. And so we gather here, in the deep hush of Christmas night, in our own …

Dear brothers and sisters in Christ, tonight we stand before a mystery: God keeps his promises by coming among us as a silent child, asking not to be explained but to be welcomed.

As Advent reaches its final watch tonight, Christmas Eve does not begin with noise or drama. It …

Tonight, we gather in joyful anticipation, standing on the threshold of a profound mystery that brings beings from heaven and earth to rejoice—from angels to shepherds, from kings to lowly animals. This is the night when the eternal promise of salvation takes flesh, the …

Tonight, we gather on this sacred night to celebrate the eve of our Savior’s birth and to mark the opening of the 2025 Jubilee. This is no ordinary night—it is a night that bridges heaven and earth, light and darkness, promise and fulfillment. We stand at the threshold …

Last week I spoke about Christmas and I used Star Wars as an example. But in case I confused you all – today I want to speak about Peace; because today I think we are being asked to remember three things, a blessing of peace, a call to non-violence and unity, and …

Let me say again Merry Christmas, and I hope everyone had a good night, and that Santa’s new built-in sleigh-GPS is working and that he managed to find all of your chimneys!

I would like to say a few words today about our readings – and how they convey the Good …