Homilies by the monks of Quarr

Feast of St Benedict Sunday 11th July 2021 Saint Benedict, like St Anthony of Egypt, became aware of God’s call and of his thirst for

Sts Peter and Paul 29 June 2021 Peter’s Confession of Faith The Confession of St Peter comes at the very centre of the Gospel of

Sunday 27 June 2021 Sunday 13 Year B The Resurrection of Jairus’ Daughter Talitha qoum: ‘Little girl arise, stand, endure’. At Christmas we read the

St John the Baptist2021 There is a great joy at St John’s birth. There is – or there should always be – a great joy

Dom Brian-Gerard Kelly’s Homily, Sunday 13 June 2021 Eleventh Sunday of Ordinary Time – Year B 1st reading: Ez. 17:22-24 2nd reading: 2nd Cor. 5:6-10

Pentecost 2021 Act 2:1-11 Ga 5:16-25 Jn 15:26-27; 16:12-15 Dear Brethren, may I ask you: ‘Are you friends with the Holy Spirit?’ If you are

Easter Sunday VII16 May 2021 Ac 1:15-17.20a.20c-261 Jn 4:11-16Jn 17:11b-19 On his way to the Father, Jesus prays. As He lifts up his eyes to

Ascension of the Lord 2021 When He was on earth, the “Son of man [had] nowhere to lay his head” (Mt 8:20). He was born

Sixth Sunday of Easter – Year B Readings: Acts 10:25-26, 34-35, 44-481 John 4:7-10John 15:9-17 Over the past week, beginning with last Sunday’s Gospel and

4th Sunday in Paschaltide25 April 2021At St Cecilia’s Abbey Ryde The image of the shepherd brings a note of tenderness to the conversations Our Lord

Sunday III in Paschal Tide 18 April 2021 A Call to Conversion Our friend Père Louis Bouyer was scathing in his remarks about Ronnie Knox’s

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

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,

“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

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

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

Palm Sunday 2021B – Mark One year ago yesterday, during a moving ceremony in Rome, Pope Francis blessed the world wounded by the pandemic. Many

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 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 by Dom Brian Gerard Kelly OSB Growing up in Ireland, memories of St Patrick’s’ Day are always ones of

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 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

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

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

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

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:“

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

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

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 FEAST OF THE IMMACULATE CONCEPTION OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY 2020 By Frère Henri Poujol, Deacon, OSB, monk of

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.