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Homily for Pentecost XII

23 Sunday Aug 2020

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The Good Samaritan, Romsey Abbey, Hampshire

The familiar parable of the Good Samaritan given us by the Lord in today’s gospel is an illustration of the equally familiar words, “Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with thy whole heart, and with thy whole soul, and with all thy strength, and with all thy mind; and thy neighbour as thyself.” In Saint Luke’s account of this episode these words are uttered by a lawyer who, seeking to justify himself – that is, to show himself in a good light before others – goes on to ask to ask the Lord, “And who is my neighbour?” In both Saint Mark and Saint Matthew’s account of the same scene, it is the Lord who pronounces these familiar words in response to the lawyers’ enquiry as to the most important commandment in the law. What then can we learn from Saint Luke’s unique presentation? In essence it is this: that the lawyer or scribe, a master of the Mosaic law either way, understood the words of the law, but not their true meaning and application. And that, secondly, Christ truly comes (as he says elsewhere in the scriptures) not to abolish the law, but to fulfil it (Mt. 5:17).

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Liturgy & Life: An Introduction to Liturgical Spirituality

17 Monday Aug 2020

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I recently gave three short introductory talks for a course on Liturgical Spirituality. Recordings of the talks are available via Soundcloud (above), and the handouts mentioned in the talks are available to download below. These talks are based around two principal ideas: first, that authentic Christian spirituality is liturgical in its essence and foundation. Secondly, we can discover more about how to live this liturgical spirituality by considering the sacred liturgy in relation to the life of God, the life of the Church, and the life of the individual Christian.

Life & Liturgy Handout 1

Life & Liturgy Handout 2

Life & Liturgy Handout 3

Homily for XI Sunday after Pentecost

16 Sunday Aug 2020

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Cathedral of Mary, Our Queen, Baltimore, MD

God is in his holy habitation; it is he that maketh brethren to be of one mind in an house: he will give the dominion and preeminence unto his people. 

These words from the Introit come from Psalm 67. But what is the Lord’s “holy habitation” and what does it mean for those who dwell in it “to be of one mind”? First, the holy habitation is the household of God. Under the old covenant the Israelites were gathered together into the people of God. Through the sacrifice of Christ on the Cross the new covenant extends the mercy of God to all who choose to share in his life. Thus through the gift of baptism all are invited into a personal-passionate relationship with the Lord. Those who respond are joined to the very person of Christ; caught up in the life of the fullness of God, and thus called “no longer a slave but a son, and if a son then an heir” (Gal. 4:7).

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