Homily given by Fr. Anton McLean at the Funeral Mass for Fr. Frank Kelly, priest of the diocese of Christchurch.
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Homily given by Fr. Anton McLean at the Funeral Mass for Fr. Frank Kelly, priest of the diocese of Christchurch.
Read today’s scriptures at this link.  You can also find the readings for today’s feast of St. Therese of the Child Jesus at the same link.
This week’s Food For Faith Homily Studio is a conversation between Rosalie Connors, Manager Special Character, Catholic Education Office of Aotearoa New Zealand, Felicity Giltrap, Consultant, Marriage Ministries, Archdiocese of Wellington, Merv Duffy SM, Marist Priest lecturing in Theology at Te Kupenga Theological College Auckland, and John O’Connor diocesan priest in Christchurch.
You can read the scriptures for Sunday 3 October 2021, 27th Sunday in Ordinary Time, at this link.
Read the scriptures for today, Thursday of the 26th Week in Ordinary Time, at this link.
You can read today’s scriptures for Wednesday of the 26th Week in Ordinary Time at this link.
Read the scriptures for Tuesday of the 26th Week in Ordinary Time at this link.
The scripture readings for today, Monday of the 26th Week in Ordinary Time, Feast of St. Vincent de Paul, are online at this link.
I was back in my hometown of Timaru this weekend celebrating the Vigil Mass at Sacred Heart Basilica, a church I have known since my youth. Here is the homily I shared at the Mass for the 26th Sunday in Ordinary Time.
Read the scriptures for 26th Sunday in Ordinary Time at this link.
Scripture readings for today’s liturgy are at this link.
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