2023 Homilies

FR. MICHAEL'S HOMILIES

Dec 25, 20234 min read

Homily for Christmas 2023

A few days ago, I was looking through the various different readings for Christmas, for the Vigil Mass, the Mass During the Night, the...

St Joseph's - Thame

Dec 24, 20234 min read

Homily for the Fourth Sunday of Advent, Year B

I’m sure it still happens today, but when I was at school, there were some teachers that people used to do voice impersonations of and...

St Joseph's - Thame

Dec 17, 20233 min read

Homily for the Third Sunday of Advent "Gaudete", Year B

You may have heard the message “A dog is for life, not just for Christmas”. Well, we can say the opposite with the assembly of candles...

St Joseph's - Thame

Dec 10, 20234 min read

Homily for the Second Sunday of Advent, Year B

You may remember last week that at the end of Mass I mentioned that this coming Thursday there will be a Reconciliation Service, which...

St Joseph's - Thame

Dec 6, 20233 min read

Homily for the First Sunday of Advent, Year B

Back when I was training for the priesthood, I discovered at one point that one of the lecturers had reported me to the other members of...

St Joseph's - Thame

Nov 26, 20234 min read

Homily for the Solemnity of Christ the King, Year A

This Sunday we celebrate the fact that Christ is King, not just of Thame, or Oxfordshire, or even of the UK, or even of the whole world,...

Curious about exploring things further? If you would like to ask further questions about the topics raised in these homilies (or maybe think it wasn't explained too well!), please feel free to e-mail Fr. Michael at stjoseph.thame@rcaob.org.uk