Given at the Chapel of the Chelsea Pensioners on Remembrance Sunday 8 November 2015.
One hundred years ago, not today but at the beginning of May, John McCrae stood in the field of the second battle of Ypres, looking at the place where his fri...
This night, in the words of the Gospel of St Luke, we are summoned by the angel to the crib, in the town of David, in Bethlehem. We are told that there we will find ‘news of great joy, a joy to be shared by the whole people’. To emphasise the ...
This afternoon I would like to tell you a story of a young man, aged about 17. Early one evening he was walking past a church and felt a strong urge, a call, to go inside. As he sat there, he saw a priest going into the confessional. Then, surpris...
Dear Brothers and Sisters in Jesus Christ,
I hope that during these last few days you have managed to visit the crib. It's still there, waiting for you to make that visit, especially today, on the Feast of the Holy Family.
Come with me and l...
At the end of August, just a few weeks ago, Pope Francis visited Ireland for the World Meeting of Families in Dublin. I was privileged to share in much of that event.
It was remarkable, unlike any other papal visit in my knowledge.
As is cus...