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Fr Luke's HomiliesYou are the Light of the World! Homily for 16th Sunday Yr AWe are called to be light and salt in our world. In today's homily, Fr Luke explores what it means to be an evangelist and a Catholic.2023-02-0513 minFr Luke's HomiliesFan into flame the gift that you have been given. Homily for 27th Sunday Yr CFaith is a precious gift. In today's homily, the first in his new parish, Fr Luke looks at how we can increase the gift of faith.2022-10-0212 minFr Luke's HomiliesLost and found! Homily for 24th Sunday Year CFr Luke's last homily as parish priest of Brandon and Mildenhall.2022-09-1111 minFr Luke's HomiliesI am the Bread of Life! Homily for 18th Sunday in Yr BJesus is our true nourishment. Do we follow Jesus for who he is? Or are we just interested in what he can do for us?2021-08-0111 minFr Luke's HomiliesThe Generousity of God. Homily for 17th Sunday Yr BOur God is a generous God. The starting point in our spiritual lives is the recognition of this fact and the living out of an attitude of gratitude.2021-07-2512 minFr Luke's HomiliesThe Lord is My Shepherd, Homily for 16th Sunday Yr B"The Lord is my Shepherd" is one of the most popular lines from any of the Psalms. But do we stop to reflect on what it truly means to have the Lord as our Shepherd?2021-07-1810 minFr Luke's HomiliesHe sent them out: Remembering Bishop Michael Evans, Homily for 15th Sunday Yr BToday on this 10th anniversary of the death of Bishop Michael Evans of East Anglia. We reflect on the ministry and example of our local succesor to the Apostles.2021-07-1111 minFr Luke's Homilies"My grace is enough for you" Homily for 14th Sunday Yr BSt Paul prayed for God to take away some terrible torment or "thorn in the flesh. God answered his prayer not by removing the thorn but by reminding Paul to rely completely on God and not on his own strength. God's grace would be enough for St Paul and God's grace is enough for us. What is more, our weaknesses are opportunities for God to manifest his power and glory. If only we let him!2021-07-0411 minFr Luke's HomiliesDo not be afraid, Have Faith! Homily for 13th Sunday Yr BFear is a reality of life. But as Christians we are invited to hear the voice of Christ telling us to not be afraid and to meet fear head-on, with faith.2021-06-2712 minFr Luke's HomiliesHow is it that you have no faith? Homily for 12th Sunday Yr BStorms occur in our life, there is no changing that. What we can change is our response. Fo we recognise the presence of Christ in our storms? Or Do we lack faith?2021-06-2010 minFr Luke's HomiliesThe kingdom starts with us! Homily for 11th Sunday in OT Yr BMany people want to change the world but do not know where to start. As Christians we are called to build God's kingdom on earth - to change the world for the better, and we do this by being changed ourselves. The gospel, the Kingdom starts with us!2021-06-1310 minFr Luke's HomiliesYou are what you eat! Homily for Corpus ChristiThe Eucharist is the source and summit of our life and faith. Today, as we celebrate the great solemnity of the Body and Blood of Jesus Christ, we reflect on the divine food that sustains us in our Christian journey.2021-06-0610 minFr Luke's Homilies"A Mystery to be lived!" Homily for Trinity SundayThe Holy Trinity is the foundational mystery of the Christian faith. We will never be able to fully grasp the intricacies of this vast mystery but we can and must live it!2021-05-3011 minFr Luke's HomiliesHomily for PentecostOn this the Birthday of the Church we reflect on how as Spirit-filled followers of Jesus we are speak the language of the Spirit with our lives.2021-05-2312 minFr Luke's Homilies"Consecrate them in the truth" - Homily for 7th Sunday of EasterTruth matters. Truth is not a opinion or an idea. As Christians we are servants to the Truth made flesh - Jesus Christ.2021-05-1612 minFr Luke's HomiliesLove one another! Homily for 6th Sunday of Easter Yr BAt the heart of the Gospel is love. We are loved by God and we are commandmended to show that love to others. It's as simple as that!2021-05-0910 minFr Luke's Homilies"Le your love be real and active and not just words" Homily for 5th Sunday of Easter Yr BIf our faith is real it must be evidenced in our lives - it must bear fruit. Only when we live connected to Jesus can we truly bear fruit and be the people that God has called us to be.2021-05-0211 minFr Luke's HomiliesYou are Witnesses to this! Homily for 3rd Sunday of EasterBecause of the resurrection we can like the disciples, meet and know our Risen Lord personally. This personal relationship with Jesus is the foundation of our witness.2021-04-1811 minFr Luke's HomiliesMercy is not deserved...it is given freely! Homily for Divine Mercy SundayGod is mercy, the while Gospel is narrative of mercy. Om this Divine Mercy Sunday we explore the beautiful mystery of God's mercy.2021-04-1112 minFr Luke's HomiliesUnless a grain of wheat.....Homily for 5th Sunday of Lent Year BUnless we are willing to let go and let God, we cannot truly live. In todays Gospel Jesus talks about his passion and death amd how this ultimate "letting go" will lead to glory.2021-03-2110 minFr Luke's HomiliesWe are God's work of art! Homily for 4th Sunday of LentWe are God's work of art! That is a beautiful and powerful truth that we need to take to heart. Every human being is the loved, willed and unique creation of our loving and creative God. As such ever person, without exception demands love and respect.2021-03-1411 minFr Luke's HomiliesJesus is not tolerant! Homily for 3rd Sunday Lent Year BTolerance is seen as a kind of modern virtue. But a blanket acceptance of everything for the sake of the status quo is not a virtue and is far from gospel living. Jesus is intolerant of many of things and today's gospel shows us to what lengths our radical and disturbing saviour will go to right a wrong. Can we allow ourselves to be disturbed by the love of God?2021-03-0712 minFr Luke's HomiliesWe are God's beloved! Homily for 2nd Sunday of Lent Yr AThe fact that we are loved by God is a magnificent truth. If we're honest though there are times when God feels distant and his love cold. Today's liturgy reminds us that God the Father loved Jesus on the Mount of Transfiguration just as much as on the cross. God the Father didn't spare Jesus suffering, but that doesn't change his love for him or for us.2021-02-2811 minFr Luke's Homilies"He reached out and touched him - Homily for 6th Sunday Yr BThe coronaviris creates a barrier for social interaction but it's not a barrier for God. Today's gospel is bothe a comfort and a challenge to us in our covid-ridden world.2021-02-1410 minFr Luke's HomiliesWhat or who are we searching for? Homily for 5th Sunday, Year BHumans beings are spiritual beings, made by God and for God. We have a void in us that can only be filled by friendship with God. It's when we try and fill that God-shaled hole with other stuff that things begin to go wrong.2021-02-0709 minFr Luke's Homilies"He taught them with authority" Homily for 4th Sunday Yr BChrist taught with authority and it moved people to conversion. As followers of Jesus we are called to live and act in and from that same authority. But what does this mean in practice? What does teaching and living with authority look like?2021-01-3111 minFr Luke's Homilies"Follow me" - Homily for 3rd Sunday Yr BJesus calls us to follow him, but what does following him actually look like? What does it mean to be a follower of Jesus? Well, its about letting go of false security and putting him in the driving seat of our lives.2021-01-2410 minFr Luke's Homilies"Speak Lord your servant is listening!" Homily for 2nd Sunday in Ordinary Time Yr BHearing and listening are not th same thing. In our noisy and chaotic world God still speaks to us, but do we hear him? And even if we hear him, are we really listening to him?2021-01-1710 minFr Luke's HomiliesYou are my beloved Son! Homily for Baptism of the LordThe baptism of Jesus speaks to us of our own baptism. Through baptism we are united to Jesus and to one another. In these days of darkness we are reminded that we are beloved sons amd daughters of God and are very precious to him.2021-01-1011 minFr Luke's HomiliesHomily for Sunday after the Nativity, Christmas Season 2020Christ the Light has come into the world! The Jesus movement did not die out, but is very much alive. 2000 years have passed and we still celebrate the moment when the Word became flesh and was seem amongst us. Jesus is truly alive and wants a relationship with us, here now and today!2021-01-0311 minFr Luke's HomiliesBelieve, Trust and Conceive: Homily for 4th Sunday of AdventMary gives us the model of perfect discipleship, she believes the Word, trust's the Word and then conceives the Word. As we enter these last few days before Christmas we are invited to do the same.2020-12-2011 minFr Luke's HomiliesThere stands among you, one unknown to you - Homily for 3rd Sunday AdventWe have a gear change today on the liturgy as we begin to focus more on the coming of Christ at Christmas. Christ, we must remember, is already amongst us, his hidden presence with us. But is he known to us? Do we want to know and be known by him?2020-12-1310 minFr Luke's HomiliesRepent! Make a straight path! Homily for 2nd Sunday of AdventSt John the Baptist's Advent calls is for repentance. Are we willing to change? Are we willing to repent? Are we ready to receive the Lord who is to come?2020-12-0612 minFr Luke's HomiliesThe Hope of Advent, Homily fo Advent 1 Yr AAdvent is more than the run-up to Christmas, it is a season of hope. As we begin this new season and new church year we call on our God in hope and in trust to help us, to change us and through us to help others.2020-11-2909 minFr Luke's HomiliesWhat we do to others, we do to Christ! Homily for Christ the KingThe feast of Christ the King presents to us the image of humble love and service of others. God invites us out of our own brokenness to be close to those who are the weakest and the poorest in society.2020-11-2211 minFr Luke's HomiliesMuch has been given, much is expected! Homily for 33rd Sunday Yr AStewardship is more than putting stuff in the recycling bin and trying to reduce your carbon footprint. Stewardship is about using the gifts we have been given to build the kingdom of God in our land. In this time of pandemic, we are called, evermore to be creative in the ways we use our gifts to further God's Kingdom.2020-11-1511 minFr Luke's HomiliesStay Awake! Homily for 32nd Sunday (Remembrance Sunday)As we enter a second lockdown of the year the gospel urged us to stay awake and be alert to the presence of God and open to the new thing he wants to do with us.2020-11-0810 minFr Luke's HomiliesBe the Saints that you are called to be! Homily for All Saints.All of us are called to holiness, that is to real, genuine authentic living. To be a saint is to be an authentically human person. Today we celebrate all the saints and inspired by their example we strive to follow in their footsteps.2020-11-0110 minFr Luke's HomiliesLove your neighbour as yourself - Homily for 30th Sunday Yr ALove of God and love if neighbour go hand in hand. In todays gospel, however, Jesus reminds us to love our neighbour as ourselves. This is a real but important challenge to us: we can love others with the love that we have for ourselves - bitter, cynical and angry people do not have the capacity to love others authentically.2020-10-2509 minFr Luke's HomiliesGive to God what belongs to God! Homily for 29th Sunday Yr AThe gospel is a reality check.....we owe God everything so its only right that we put our priorities in order and give back ro God what is already his. When we do, peace follows and we begin to live more and more in the freedom of the gospel!2020-10-1810 minFr Luke's HomiliesMany are called but few are chosen! Homily for 28th Sunday Yr AIn this week's gospel we see how God is generous in his invitation to all, but we cannot just sit back and rely on the goodness of God without doing anything ourselves. God's generosity is something that demands a response if we are to experience fullness of life in the Kingdom.2020-10-1109 minFr Luke's Homilies"Do not worry about anything!" Homily for 27th Sunday Yr AIn today's world it seems there is a lot to be anxious about. Yet the word of God address us today theough the apostle Paul with the instruction not to worry!2020-10-0411 minFr Luke's HomiliesWe are not on our own! Homily for 23rd Sunday Yr AIn an era of social distance the readings remind us this week that we are social beings, we exist in community and what we do (and don't do) effects us all. We are called to be a people of communion amd this happens only when we learn to be a people of reconciliation.2020-09-0610 minFr Luke's HomiliesTake up your cross! Homily for 22nd Sunday Yr ABeing a Christian is serious, when we say "Yes" to the Gospel we say "No" to many other things and this can be cross. Yet we should not be discouraged, it is always through the cross discipleship that we reach the glory of the resurrection.2020-08-3009 minFr Luke's HomiliesDo you know God? Homily for 21st Sunday Yr AWe can know all sorts of things about God, but to be a Christian means that we move past the facts and figures to a real personal relationship with the God who approaches us in Jesus Christ.2020-08-2310 minFr Luke's HomiliesBlessed is she! Assumption Day HomilyThe Assumption is all about the resurrection. If we want to understand this great feast, then we must look to the Easter mystery. Mary did not see bodily corruption because she was united perfectly to her Risen and Glorified Son.2020-08-1610 minFr Luke's HomiliesCourage, it is I! Homily for 19th Sunday in Ordinary TimeLife throws up many storms, but Jesus is still with us throughout these trials walking towards us and filling us with hope and strength....saying to each of us "Courage, it is I, do not be afraid!"2020-08-0910 minFr Luke's HomiliesYou are what you eat! Homily for 18th Sunday Yr AWhat we nourish ourselves with is important to our health and well being. In today's homily we reflect on how Jesus is our true nourishment.2020-08-0209 minFr Luke's HomiliesDo we desire God? Honily for 17th Sunday Yr AThe gospel makes demands of us and the kingdom of God is the pearl of great price....do we desire God's kingdom? Are we willing to five up everything for the sake of the gospel?2020-07-2609 minFr Luke's HomiliesWhy does evil exist alongside good?Homily for 16th Sunday Year A. So much goodness and beauty in our world exists alongside so much chaos and evil. God is present in the midst of it all bringing life out of death and glory out of suffering.2020-07-1910 minFr Luke's HomiliesThe rich soil of our hearts - Homily for 15th Sunday Yr AThe Incarnate word comes to us each moment of each day...but when he comes does he find our lives as rich soil? Or are we full of stones and thorns?2020-07-1210 minFr Luke's Homilies"Come to me all you who labour and ate overburdened" Homily for 14th Sunday Yr AAs lockdown restrictions ease, this weeks gospel invites us to enter into the rest that only the Lord can offer.2020-07-0510 minFr Luke's HomiliesWho do you say I am? Homily for St Peter & PaulToday Jesus addresses Peter and us with the same question: who do you say I am?2020-06-2809 minFr Luke's HomiliesDo not be afraid! Homily for 12th Wk Yr AWe reflect this week on the beautiful and powerful words of Christ to not be afraid!2020-06-2109 minFr Luke's Homilies"I am the living bread" Homily for Corpus ChristiWe celebrate the great and beautiful gift of the Eucharist as a time when many of us cannot receive Holy Communion. Although this sad and painful this feast invites us to a deeper appreciation of how Jesus still feeds us, even now, through the Eucharist.2020-06-1412 minFr Luke's HomiliesGod is three and God is one! Homily for Trinity SundayGod is God of relationship and we are invited to join the relationship and live in Communion with God who is Father, Son and Holy Spirit. (Also contains a Dr Who - Holy Trinity image thrown in for good measure!)2020-06-0711 minFr Luke's Homilies"Receive the Holy Spirit" Homily for Pentecost SundayPentecost wasn't a one time event, all of us need a personal Pentecost. In today's message we reflect on what the coming of the Holy Spirit means for us today!2020-05-3110 minFr Luke's Homilies"In them I am Glorified" Homily for 7th Sunday of EasterIn today's homily we reflect on the nature of our deepest indenity: that we are beloved children of God created to love and to give God glory.2020-05-2410 minFr Luke's Homilies"If you love me keep my commandments" Homily for 6th Sunday of EasterLove is everything! To be a Christian is to be in love with Jesus Christ. When we are in love with Jesus keeping his commandments become a natural way of life.2020-05-1709 minFr Luke's HomiliesJesus is the Way, the Truth and the Life! Homily for 5th Sunday of EasterJesus is the only way to God. Yet elsewhere in scripture we read that God is a loving God who desires all people to be saved. How can we reconcile the exclusive claims of Jesus with universal salvific will of God? In today's homily we reflect on how Jesus is the Way, the Truth and the Life and what that might mean for us and for those of other Faith's.2020-05-1011 minFr Luke's HomiliesI have come that they may have life - Homily for Good Shepherd SundayThe fourth Sunday of Easter is vocations Sunday. In this homily we reflect on the call that Christ makes to each of us to enter into the fullness of life, here and now!2020-05-0311 minFr Luke's HomiliesDid not our heart burn within us? Homily for 3rd Sunday of EasterThe Risen Lord comes alongside us even if we are going in the wrong direction! Are we willing to dialogue with him and be changed by him? Or are going to continue walking the wrong way?2020-04-2611 minFr Luke's HomiliesSeeing is not believing: Homily for Divine Mercy SundayWe need Divine Mercy! Let us be united in bringing ourselves, our country and our world before the merciful throne of our Risen Lord.2020-04-1910 minFr Luke's HomiliesHe saw and he believed! Homily for Easter SundayFaced with an empty tomb the disciples are moved to faith. We face empty tombs in our own lives are we moved to faith? Or do we despair? Resurrection faith gives us hope to move past the vacuums that we may encounter. For Christ is truly risen. Alleluia!2020-04-1209 minFr Luke's HomiliesDo not be afraid! Homily for Easter VigilThis Holy night Christ transforms our fears into awe and great Joy. Jesus Christ is truly Risen! Alleluia!2020-04-1107 minFr Luke's HomiliesThe Cross: A Sign of Beauty, A Sign of Hope.Homily for Good Friday - isolation may be a new experience for us but it isn't for Jesus....let us enter with hope into the mystery of our redemption.2020-04-1008 minFr Luke's Homilies"I have given you an example" Homily for Holy ThursdayThe passover, the cross, the Eucharist, the washing of feet - all these elements come together in the celebration of the Holy Thursday where Christ gave us the gifts of Eucharist and the Priesthood.2020-04-0911 minFr Luke's HomiliesJesus Wept! The beautiful humanity of our saviour. Homily 5th Sunday of Lent Yr AJesus is not super-human, he is fully-human. The most human person who has ever lived. His also fully God but we encounter his divinity through his humanity. On this day when England is rededicated as Mary's Dowry, we are reminded that veneration of the human mother of God always leads us to him who humbled himself to share our humanity so that we can share in his divinity.2020-03-2916 minFr Luke's HomiliesThe glory of God is revealed through human frailty. Homily for 4th Sunday of Lent Yr AToday we reflect on the healing of the man born blind. His blindness was not simply a disability but also, in a sense a gift. For it allowed God's glory to be displayed through the man's poverty and fragility. This message of glory in fragility takes on a new significance as our nation is gripped by the coronavirus pandemic.2020-03-2217 minFr Luke's HomiliesStand up! Be not afraid! Homily for 2nd Sunday in LentIt seems there is much to be afraid of in our modern world and yet as Christians we are to be a hope-filled people and remember that Jesus speaks words of comfort to each of us; "Do not be afraid".2020-03-0812 minFr Luke's HomiliesTemptation is all around us! Homily for The first Sunday of LentWe are engaged in a spiritual battle and in Lent we are reminded of this truth. Jesus overcomes temptation with prayer, fasting and the Word of God. If we are going to resist temptation we need to follow his example and use the same tools that Christ did.2020-03-0114 minFr Luke's HomiliesBe Perfect as God is perfect! Homily for 7th Sunday Yr AChristians are called to share in the perfection of God. This might seem like an impossible task, but it's not! In this homily we reflect on how Christ sets us on the road to perfection and spells out, in clear terms, what this perfection looks like in practice.2020-02-2313 minFr Luke's HomiliesHomily for 6th Sunday Yr ATo be a Catholic is not about simply keeping the law but living the Law and this means having a real personal relationship with Jesus Christ.2020-02-1616 minFr Luke's HomiliesYou are the Light of the World! Homily for 5th Sunday in OTJesus refers to us as light of the world and salt of te earth. These are two rich images that instill in us the need to change the world around us. In today's homily we reflect on the call that Christ makes to each of us to be heralds of the Gospel - in other words to become Evangelists!2020-02-0913 minFr Luke's HomiliesA Light to Enlighten the Pagans - Homily for the Presentation of the LordThe light of Christ and the hope of the gospel fills us with great hope and joy. We reflect on how this joy should urge us on to be people of hope, sharing the light of the nations with all people.2020-02-0212 minFr Luke's HomiliesGod Speaks Today!In this homily for Word of God Sunday we reflect on the great gift of Scripture . Through the pages of our Bibles we encounter the Word made Flesh, Jesus!2020-01-2614 minFr Luke's HomiliesLook there is the Lamb of God! Homily for 2nd Sunday Yr AThis week we reflect on how we understand Jesus to be the Lamb of God. Understanding this phrase is the key that unlocks the power and significance of the Mass.2020-01-1912 minFr Luke's HomiliesYou are my Beloved Son! Homily for the Baptism of the LordJesus shares our lot - the lot of sinners. As we conclude our Christmas season we reflect on how Christ who became one of us, stands with us and alongside us, as our Lod, our brother and our friend.2020-01-1211 minFr Luke's HomiliesEpiphany Homily 2020On this Feast of Epiphany we are challenged to go beyond our preconceived ideas and false securities and recognise the all-inclusive embrace of the Gospel message. Whatever our race, creed ur political persuasion we are one in Christ Jesus.2020-01-0512 minFr Luke's HomiliesThe Word was made Flesh! Christmas Day HomilyThe incomprehensible God has made himself comprehensible in Jesus Christ. This truth is at the heart of the Christmas mystery and the heart of the Christian Faith.2019-12-2511 minFr Luke's HomiliesGod is with us! Fourth Sunday of AdventThis Sunday we reflect on how God is with us in all things even n the frantic hustle and bustle of the pre-Christmas rush!2019-12-2211 minFr Luke's HomiliesAre you the one to come or should we expect another? Homily for Gaudete SundayOn this Sunday we rejoice for our hope is in Christ and his Nativity draws near. Are we a people of hope willing to recognise the signs of the Messiah? Or do we fail to see the Kingdom that has dawned in our very midst?2019-12-1512 minFr Luke's HomiliesRepent for the Kingdom of God is at hand!In this homily for the second Sunday of Advent we look at the person and message of John the Baptist. His message of repentance is one that is actually full of hope and spurs us onward along our journey of Christian conversion.2019-12-0813 minFr Luke's HomiliesStay Awake! First Sunday of Advent Yr AHe is coming! Today we begin the great season of Advent and we are invited to reflect and pray as we prepare our hearts to meet the Lotd Jesus in a new and deeper way in this sacred season.2019-12-0114 minFr Luke's HomiliesJesus is King! Homily for Christ the KingPolitical ideologies and economical strategies cannot save us, only Christ the King can save!2019-11-2713 minFr Luke's HomiliesGod is a God of the living...all are alive to God! 32nd Sunday Yr CFaith in the resurrection should fill us with hope and expand our capacity for God. In this Sunday's message we reflect on the invitation God gives us to go deeper and broaden our horizons. If our vision of God and the world is too fixed, too rigid then we might be in for a shock!2019-11-1015 minFr Luke's Homilies"The Son of Man has come to seek out what was lost" Homily 31st Sunday Year CGod does not create rubbish! Humans are basically good, sin disfigures this goodness but it doesnt destroy it. In today's message we reflect on how God wants to enter our mess, restore our goodness and begin a friendship with us.2019-11-0313 minFr Luke's HomiliesWe are called to be Saints! Homily for All SaintsTodays feast invites us to reflect on the Communion of Saints. The Saints in heaven are a constant source of inspiration and encouragement to us. They intercede for us and strengthen us as we too, strive to be the saints that God calls to be.2019-11-0110 minFr Luke's HomiliesKnowing our need of God: Homily 30th Sunday Year CAll of us are sinners in need of the mercy of God. As human beings, we are dependent beings: we are dependent on each other and we are dependent on God. When we lose this sense of dependency we become prideful and we suffer.2019-10-2712 minFr Luke's HomiliesPray continually! The nature of prayer. 29th Sunday Yr CHave you ever prayed for something and felt that your prayer was not answered? Is your prayer all about just asking for stuff or does it go deeper? In today's homily we look at the nature of pray and how as Christians we can pray continually without becoming discouraged.2019-10-2015 minFr Luke's HomiliesMiracles still happen, God heals today!Homily for 28th Sunday, Year C. Miracles occurred throughout Jesus public ministry, yet they don't seem as common today...or perhaps they are. Miracles are instances of God reigning in our lives and these can be daily occurrences!2019-10-1314 minFr Luke's HomiliesFan into a flame the gift of faith! Homily for 27th Sunday Year CFaith is a supernatural gift from God, but like all gifts it has to be unwrapped and used. Otherwise, it's pretty useless . In today's homily we look at how we can increase our faith, grow our faith and fan into a flame this great gift that God has given us!2019-10-0613 minFr Luke's HomiliesLife does not revolve around us! Homily for 26th Sunday Yr CWhat we do, and how we love affects others. The gospel urges us to recognise that we are only on this earth for a short time and whilst here we are to use our time to serve the poor and marginalised. Life is more, so much more, than runningthe rat-race and serving our own self interests. Homily for the 26th Sunday of the Year.2019-09-2916 minFr Luke's HomiliesWho is your Lord? God, Money, or something else? 25th Sun, Yr CEverybody serves something or someone, even if it's themselves. What we serve and who we serve informs our whole way of life. It's not just ego or money that's the problem. One of the more subtle things that many people become consumed by is anxiety. Anxiety can become a 'Lord and Master' that directs and informs our whole lives. Jesus came to free us from everything that enslaves us, even anxiety! Listen here to this homily for 25th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year C. Preached by Fr Luke, in Brandon, Suffolk, UK.2019-09-2217 minFr Luke's HomiliesChrist came to call sinners. Mercy is the supreme face of God: Homily for 24th Sunday Yr CHow doe we see God? What is our abiding image of God? Is he a judge or a lover? Is he waiting to strike us down when we mess up or raise us up when we fall? Perhaps we see him as some kind of magic butler that we go to only when we need something? Who is God for us? It's an important question because how we see God shapes our whole lives. What is more the Bible, read in the wrong way an actually give us a damage image of God!2019-09-1519 minFr Luke's HomiliesHumility is the way to Holiness. Homily for 22nd Sunday Year CNo human person is self-made, no human person has it all sorted and if we think we do, then we are deceiving ourselves! Humility is the way to God. Humility means we know our need for God and his divine mercy. Holiness begins when we admit our faults and frailties and confess our sins. Humility requires real honesty about our need for Jesus as our divine Saviour.2019-09-0115 minFr Luke's HomiliesEnter by the Narrow Door. Homily for 21st Sunday, Year C.Enter by the narrow door: being a Christian means making some tough decisions and being willing to stand up for truth. Sometimes gospel truth does not equate with the majority opinion, nevertheless, Jesus urges to stay on the right path - even if it is an unpopular path.2019-08-2516 minFr Luke's Homilies20th Sunday Year C - I have not come to bring peace, but division!No Cross no Crown! Being a Christian is not easy. Nowhere in the Gospel does Jesus say "follow me and have an easy life". In fact, he says the opposite. As followers of Jesus we need to wake and grow up to the reality that suffering is part of life. Being a follower of Christ means that we will face difficulties and sufferings, just like our Master. The difference is, however, is that He is with us in the trials of life, He is not absent!2019-08-1814 minFr Luke's HomiliesThe Assumption Of MaryHomily for Assumption Day, recorded live: Mary is the Ark of the New Covenant. Her body was the dwelling place for life incarnate, as such her body never saw the corruption of death . Where she has gone, body and Soul, we hope to follow.2019-08-1512 minFr Luke's HomiliesHomily for 19th Sunday Year CWe live in a narcissistic culture - people are obsessed with themselves. But true peace and fulfillment requires love of God, love of neighbour, and then love of ourselves (In that order!) Only then will we be truly ready to meet the Lord when he returns.2019-08-1116 min