Homilies by the monks of Quarr
Divine Mercy Sunday
Year B readings:1st reading: Acts: 4:32-352nd reading: 1 John 5:1-6Gospel: John 20:19-31 The disciples are gathered together in a room behind shut doors. They fear
Easter Day 2021
You have in English a lovely phrase about the dropping of a penny. The first time I heard it, I did not immediately get it,
Paschal Vigil 2021
“And God said, ‘Let there be light’; and there was light.” Let us celebrate in this sacred night Sister Light. From the very beginning of
Good Friday 2021
Ecce Homo. Jesus came out, wearing the crown of thorns and the purple robe. Pilate said to them: “Behold the man”. Ecce homo. Do you
Maundy Thursday 2021
This evening, we are opening the celebrations of the Paschal Triduum: the three sacred days when the Church celebrates how Jesus went through His Passion
Abbot Xavier Palm Sunday 2021
Palm Sunday 2021B – Mark One year ago yesterday, during a moving ceremony in Rome, Pope Francis blessed the world wounded by the pandemic. Many
Abbot Xavier Annunciation 2021
Annunciation 2021 In most polyphonic settings of the Creed, one can observe a change of mood and rhythm when the choir comes to the words:
Homily for St Joseph’s Day
Homily on the Feast of St Joseph19th March 2021 by Dom Prior Gregory Corcoran Nathan’s prophecy to David is a very wonderful one, fulfilled in
Homily for St Patrick’s Day 2021
Homily for St Patrick’s Day 2021 by Dom Brian Gerard Kelly OSB Growing up in Ireland, memories of St Patrick’s’ Day are always ones of
Dom Brian Gerard Kelly 3rd Sunday of Lent
Third Sunday of Lent – Year A Readings 1 st reading: Ex 17:3-72 nd reading: Rom 5: 1-2; 5-8Gospel: John 4: 5-42 Jesus and his
Saint Scholastica 2021
Saint Scholastica 2021 Os 2:16.17b.21-22Ap 19:1.5-9aLc 10:38-42 On the fifth day, God created “every living creature that moves, with which the waters swarm, according to
Dom Gregory Corcoran, Sunday 14 February 2021
Sunday 14 February 2021Sunday 6 Year B “Moved with pity, Jesus stretched out his hand and touched the leper.” In these days of Covid there
Abbot Xavier, Presentation 2021
Presentation of the Lord 2021 Mal 3:1-4He 2:14-18Lk 2:22-40 “There are three that bear witness: the Father, the Word, and the Holy Spirit; and these
Dom Brian Gerard Kelly, Sunday 31 January
Fourth Sunday In Ordinary Time – Year B Readings: Deut: 18:15-201 Cor 7:32-35Mk 1:21-28 How wonderful is the Lord in His mysteries! Having called His
Baptism of the Lord
Christ’s Baptism Source of Ours Homily for the Feast of the Baptism of the Lord10 January 2021by Dom Nicholas Spencer In John 2 we read:“
Holy Family
Harmony in the Family Homily for the Feast of the Holy FamilyYear Bby Dom Brian Gerard KELLY Readings: Sir 3: 2-6; 10-14Col 3: 12-21Lk. 2:22-40
Christmas Night
Little by Little Homily for Christmas Night 2020by Abbot Xavier Perrin Is 9: 1-6Tit 2: 11-14Lc 2: 1-14 The power of little thingsI guess that
“Repentance and Faith”, Homily for the Second Advent Sunday by Fr Prior Gregory
Homily for the Second Sunday of Advent 2020 by Fr Gregory Corcoran, Prior Repentance and Faith: Listening to the Voice of St John the Baptist
“Our Immaculate Mother”, Homily for the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception by Fr Henri Poujol (St Wandrille)
OUR IMMACULATE MOTHER HOMILY FOR THE FEAST OF THE IMMACULATE CONCEPTION OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY 2020 By Frère Henri Poujol, Deacon, OSB, monk of
Solemnity of Christ the King – Year A
Readings: Ezek. 34:11-12,15-171 Cor 15: 20-26,28Mt. 25:31-46 On September 10 1946, a young Albanian Loreto sister was on a train journey to Darjeeling in India.