Dec 29, 2019
On the Sunday after Nativity we commemorate the slaughter of the innocents by Herod. Fr. Anthony challenges us to think - and repent of - the sacrifices we would be willing to sacrifice for our own sin. Oh, and yes, he really did blank on the place of Christ's birth (bless his heart)! He forgot his recorder, so this...
Dec 22, 2019
Among other things, in this homily Fr. Anthony demonstrates why it is so difficult to preach well on sex (it's hard to say anything useful without saying something that offends liturgical sensibility).
Dec 15, 2019
Homily on Ephesians 5:18-19 and St Luke 18:18-27. Christ loved the Rich Young Ruler. He wasn't manipulating him (e.g. for money or control), but was trying to get him to rise above his feelings and find freedom to that he could enjoy eternal life.
Dec 8, 2019
Homily on Luke 13:10-17.
What does Duran Duran (and Monty Python) have to do with the Feast and evangelism? In Fr. Anthony's finals-addled mind: it's all part of the pattern.
Gospel: St. Luke (14: 16-24). Then He said to him, “A certain man gave a great supper and invited many, and sent his servant at supper time...
Dec 1, 2019
St Luke 18:35-43. The healing of the blind beggar.
Three points:
Jesus Christ is and was God. It is fitting that He reside in the throne room of God, surrounded by the cherubim and seraphim, with His holiness reflecting off all the angels and archangels around Him. But as the being...