Palm Sunday of the Lord's Passion (A) | Fr Fergus Kerr invites us to rediscover the identity of Jesus as the drama of Holy Week unfolds once more, not only in our churches, but also in our homes and in our hearts. Read more
Torch
Preaching by Fergus Kerr O.P.
Who Is This?
Presidency of Love
Solemnity of Saint Peter and Saint Paul | Fr Fergus Kerr focuses on the gift of charity given to the Church in Rome through the witness of two great apostles. Read more
Good Humour
Twenty-Eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time (B) | Fr Fergus Kerr points out the gentle humour in today's Gospel. Read more
Hidden Identity
Sixth Sunday of Ordinary Time (B) | Fr Fergus Kerr ponders the issue of secrecy in St Mark's Gospel concerning the healings and miracles that Jesus does, and asks why this was enjoined upon the leper. Read more
Understanding Easter
Third Sunday of Easter (A) | Fr Fergus Kerr shows what must be done to understand Easter and what is yet to be done by us. Read more
The Grammar of Mercy
Fifteenth Sunday of the Year. fr Fergus Kerr explores the grammar of mercy. Grammar can mark a difference, sometimes. “What must I do to inherit eternal life?” the devotee of the Law of Moses asks Jesus, hoping or perhaps just pretending to test his orthodoxy. Is there some one thing he could do, the Greek grammar implies: some single heroic act one might perform, some once-for-all sacrifice one might make, to secure eternal life? Read more
The Empty Desert?

Born, Shaped and Filled with the Holy Spirit
Pentecost Sunday. Fr Fergus Kerr shows us how the Holy Spirit gives birth to the Church, shapes the Church and enables us to stand against evil. Read more
Equally Children of God
Twenty-Second Sunday of the Year. Fr Fergus notes now Jesus' welcoming of those with disabilities has made an impact on our culture, but continues to challenge us. Read more
Sitting in Judgment
Thirty-Second Sunday of the Year. Fr Fergus Kerr shows us two ways to see the story of the widow's might. Read more
Liturgical Index
- First Sunday of Advent
- Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception
- Second Sunday of Advent
- Third Sunday of Advent (Gaudete Sunday)
- Fourth Sunday of Advent
- Christmas
- Second Sunday of Christmas
- Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God
- Feast of the Holy Family
- Baptism of the Lord
- Epiphany
- Feast of the Presentation of the Lord
- Ash Wednesday
- First Sunday of Lent
- Second Sunday of Lent
- Third Sunday of Lent
- Fourth Sunday of Lent (Laetare Sunday)
- Fifth Sunday of Lent
- Palm Sunday of the Passion of the Lord
- Holy Thursday
- Good Friday
- Easter Sunday
- Second Sunday of Easter (Low Sunday)
- Third Sunday of Easter
- Fourth Sunday of Easter
- Fifth Sunday of Easter
- Sixth Sunday of Easter
- The Ascension of the Lord
- Seventh Sunday of Easter
- Pentecost Sunday
- Trinity Sunday
- The Body and Blood of Christ (Corpus Christi)
- Second Sunday of the Year
- Third Sunday of the Year
- Fourth Sunday of the Year
- Fifth Sunday of the Year
- Sixth Sunday of the Year
- Seventh Sunday of the Year
- Eighth Sunday of the Year
- Ninth Sunday of the Year
- Tenth Sunday of the Year
- Eleventh Sunday of the Year
- Twelfth Sunday of the Year
- Thirteenth Sunday of the Year
- Fourteenth Sunday of the Year
- Fifteenth Sunday of the Year
- Sixteenth Sunday of the Year
- Seventeenth Sunday of the Year
- Eighteenth Sunday of the Year
- Nineteenth Sunday of the Year
- Twentieth Sunday of the Year
- Twenty-First Sunday of the Year
- Twenty-Second Sunday of the Year
- Twenty-Third Sunday of the Year
- Twenty-Fourth Sunday of the Year
- Twenty-Fifth Sunday of the Year
- Twenty-Sixth Sunday of the Year
- Twenty-Seventh Sunday of the Year
- Twenty-Eighth Sunday of the Year
- Twenty-Ninth Sunday of the Year
- Thirtieth Sunday of the Year
- Thirty-First Sunday of the Year
- Thirty-Second Sunday of the Year
- Thirty-Third Sunday of the Year
- Solemnity of Christ the King
- Feast of Saint Patrick
- Solemnity of St Joseph
- Solemnity of the Annunciation of the Lord
- Solemnity of the Birth of St John the Baptist
- Solemnity of Ss Peter and Paul
- Solemnity of our Holy Father St Dominic
- Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary
- Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross
- Solemnity of All Saints
- Commemoration of all the Faithful Departed
- Feast of the Dedication of the Lateran Basilica
- Ordinations, Installations & Professions
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