Homilies Blog

Homily for Easter Sunday

By Archbishop Linda Nicholls One evening while I was a teacher at a school in the Indian Himalayas, I was at Bible study with about ten other teachers. We were seated in a living room

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Homily for Good Friday

By Archbishop Linda Nicholls Although I have never been in one I have seen videos of avalanches.   A wall of snow or ice or mud is suddenly triggered.   The powerful force of gravity sends it

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Homily for Maundy Thursday

By Archbishop Linda Nicholls The older I get the simpler the gospel becomes. The things that seemed so important about living as a Christian and trying to get it ‘right’ become less significant. The arguments

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Homily for Palm Sunday

By Archbishop Linda Nicholls We all want a Saviour!   We want someone to solve our problems;  fix what is wrong in the world; heal our wounds; and make us feel ‘good’ again – especially in

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Fourth Sunday of Lent

By The Rev. Canon Joanne Davies, Oblate, SSJD  Edmund Blair Leighton (1852-1922), ‘The Blind Man at the Pool of Siloam’, 1879 In our Gospel we read about healing and sight and hearing. There are differences

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First Sunday in Lent, February 22, 2026

By Sr. Constance Joanna, SSJD There are some words associated with Lent in our western tradition that I can’t find in any Bible translation or concordance. Chocolate. Diet. Exercise. Smoking. Drugs. Alcohol. Apple. Chocolate. Adam

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Feast of Hannah Grier Coome Homily

By Sr. Constance Joanna, SSJD I joined the Sisterhood 42 years ago, in 1984, when we were celebrating our centennial anniversary and I was surprised to see how many parties and celebrations the sisters had.

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Candlemas Homily

By The Rev. Canon Joanne Davies, Oblate, SSJD  My first-born child came into the world in the early dark snowy hours of January 23rd, 1984. Kate Alexandra. She was beautiful. And more alert than I

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Homily for St. Francis de Sales

By The Most Reverend Fredrick James Hiltz “Lord, let me know clearly the work you are calling me to do in life,and grant me every grace I need to answer your call with courageand love,

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