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Homilies 2023 - Year A Matthew
 Homily notes by Canon Philip Dyson (or recordings) and library links
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year A began in Advent 2022

2022 Homilies

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25th December - Christmas Day 2022

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Read: 'Peace on Earth to People of Goodwill', Fr. David's Meditation for Christmastide - inspired by our Rosary windows and the Joyful mysteries; also Fr David's East Window (Saints) meditation and Immaculate Conception Window meditation

JANUARY 2023

 1st January 2023 - Mary Mother of God

Readings (Year A): 1st: Numbers 6:22-27. Psalm: 66:2-3,5,6,8. 2nd: Galatians 4:4-7. Gospel: Luke 2:16-21

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6th January 2023 - The Epiphany

Readings 1st: Isaiah 60:1-6. 2nd: Eph 3:2-3,5-6.
Gospel: Matthew 2:1-12

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8th January 2023 - The Baptism of the Lord

Readings (Year A): 1st: Isaiah 42:1-4,6-7. 2nd: Acts 10:34-38.
Gospel: Matthew 3:13-17

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speaker icon From our library: The Baptism of the Lord 2013 - Homily by Fr. Louis Rieunier click to listen or download (8.05mins)

Alleluia, Alleluia! The Heavens opened and the Father's voice resounded: "This is My Son, the Beloved. Listen to Him." Alleluia - Mk 9:8

15th January 2023 - 2nd Sunday in Ordinary Time

Readings (Year A): 1st: Isaiah 49:3,5-6. 2nd: 1 Corinthians 1:1-3.
Gospel: John 1:29-34

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22nd January 2023 - 3rd Sunday in Ordinary Time

Readings (Year A): 1st: Isaiah 8:23-9:3. 2nd: 1 Corinthians 1:10-13,17. Gospel: Matthew 4:12-23

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29th January 2023 - 4th Sunday in Ordinary Time

Readings (Year A): 1st: Zephaniah 2:3,3:12-13. 2nd: 1 Corinthians 1:26-31. Gospel: Matthew 5:1-12a

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FEBRUARY

5th February 2023 - 5th Sunday in Ordinary Time

Readings (Year A): 1st: Isaiah 58:7-10. 2nd: 1 Corinthians 2:1-5.
Gospel:
Matthew 5:13-16 Your light must shine in the sight of men

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12th February 2023 - 6th Sunday in Ordinary Time

Readings (Year A): 1st: Ecclesiasticus 15:16-21.
2nd: 1 Corinthians 2:6-10. Gospel: Matthew 5:17-37

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19th February 2023 - 7th Sunday in Ordinary Time

Readings (Year A): 1st: Leviticus 19:1-2,17-18.
2nd: 1 Corinthians 3:16-23. Gospel: Matthew 5:38-48

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26th February 2023 - 1st Sunday of Lent

Readings (Year A): 1st: Genesis 2:7-9,3:1-7. 2nd: Romans 5:12-19. Gospel: Matthew 4:1-11

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external link: watch 'Time to Get Back to Basics', Bishop Robert Barron’s Sermon for Sunday 26th February, 1st of Lent (on YouTube 14 mins)

‘The Green Cross’  A meditation for Lent by Canon David

MARCH

5th March 2023 - 2nd Sunday of Lent

Readings (Year A): 1st: Genesis 12:1-4. 2nd: 2 Timothy 1:8-10.
Gospel: Matthew 17:1-9

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12th March 2023 - 3rd Sunday of Lent

Readings (Year A): 1st: Exodus 17:3-7. 2nd: Romans 5:1-2,5-8.
Gospel: John 4:5-42

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read 'I Thirst For You'
(Mother Teresa) <<

<< external links >> watch 'The Thirsty Soul', Bishop Robert Barron’s Sermon for Sunday 12th March (on YouTube 14 mins) - also watch
'Jesus and the Outcast Woman at the Well' from 'The Chosen' series, (on YouTube 7.5 mins)

19th March 2023 - 4th Sunday of Lent

Readings (Year A): 1st: 1 Samuel 16:1,6-7,10-13. 2nd: Ephesians 5:8-14. Gospel: John 9:1-41

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26th March 2023 - 5th Sunday of Lent

Readings (Year A): 1st: Ezekiel 37:12-14. 2nd: Romans 8:8-11.
Gospel: John 11:1-45

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external link >> watch 'I Was Blind and Now I See', Bishop Robert Barron’s Sermon for Sunday 19th March (on YouTube 14 mins) external link >> watch 'Is Death the End?' Bishop Robert Barron’s Sermon for Sunday 26th March (on YouTube 16.5 mins)
external link >> watch 'The Law That Sets You Free', Bishop Robert Barron in UK: “Friends, my homily from Westminster Cathedral focused on the law that sets you free. Freedom is the discipling of desire. In taking the law—God’s law—into your heart, you become free.“

APRIL

 2nd April 2023 - Palm Sunday - no homily today, Fr. Philip's homily for Palm Sunday from covid lockdown 2020 is here

Readings (Year A): Gospel at procession with palms before Mass: Matthew 21:1-11. 1st: Isaiah 50:4-7. 2nd: Philippians 2:6-11. Gospel: Matthew 26:14-27:66 - The Passion of our Lord Jesus Christ

9th April 2023 - Easter Sunday

Readings (Year A): 1st: Acts 10:34,37-43. 2nd: Colossians 3:1-4.
Gospel: John 20:1-9

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external link >> watch 'All the Way Down' Bishop Robert Barron’s Sermon for Palm Sunday (on YouTube) ~
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(archive) from choir and musicians at our church

external link >> watch 'Let Christianity Be Weird!' Bishop Robert Barron’s Sermon for Easter Sunday (on YouTube)

16th April 2023 - Divine Mercy Sunday - 2nd of Easter

Readings (Year A): 1st: Acts 2:42-47. 2nd: 1 Peter 1:3-9.
Gospel: John 20:19-31

speaker icon listen / download homily by Fr. Philip (with Gospel 11.13mins)
or read Fr. Philip's homily notes - perfect love cast out fear.

23rd April 2023 - 3rd S. of Easter

Readings (Year A): 1st: Acts 2:14,22-33. 2nd: 1 Peter 1:17-21.
Gospel: Luke 24:13-35

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external link >> watch 'Agents of Divine Mercy' Bishop Robert Barron’s Sermon for Divine Mercy Sunday (on YouTube) 'Christ has been sent into the world as an agent of God’s mercy, answering our sin and woundedness with forgiving love. And the same Christ breathes on us, giving us the Holy Spirit, and sends us into the world with the same mission'.

30th April 2023 - 4th S. of Easter ‘Good Shepherd Sunday’

Readings (Year A): 1st: Acts 2:14,36-41. 2nd: 1 Peter 2:20-25. 
Gospel: John 10:1-10

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MAY

 7th May 2023 - 5th S. of Easter

Readings (Year A): 1st: Acts 6:1-7. 2nd: 1 Peter 2:4-9.
Gospel: John 14:1-12

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14th May 2023 - 6th S. of Easter

Readings (Year A): 1st: Acts 8:5-8,14-17. 2nd: 1 Peter 3:15-18. Gospel: John 14:15-21 I shall ask the Father and he will give you another Advocate

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18th May 2023 - The Ascension of the Lord

Readings 1st: Acts 1:1-11. 2nd: Ephesians 1:17-23. Gospel: Matthew 28:16-20. 'Go and make disciples of all nations'

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21st May 2023 - 7th S. of Easter

Readings (Year A): 1st: Acts 1:12-14. 2nd: 1 Peter 4:13-16.
Gospel: John 17:1-11.

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28th May 2023 - Pentecost

Readings (Year A): 1st: Acts 2:1-11 'They were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak'. 2nd: 1 Corinthians 12:3-7,12-13. 'In the one Spirit we were all baptised'. Sequence: Veni, sancte Spiritus.
Gospel:
John 20:19-23. 'As the Father sent me, so am I sending you: receive the Holy Spirit'.

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Extended Readings for Pentecost Vigil Mass (Yr A): 1st: Genesis 11:1-9. Psalm: 32(33):10-15. 2nd: Exodus 19:3-8,16-20. Canticle: Daniel 3:52-56. 3rd reading: Ezekiel 37:1-14. Psalm: 106(107):2-9. 4th reading: Joel 3:1-5. 'I will pour out my spirit on all mankind'. Psalm: 103(104):1-2,24,27-30,35. 5th reading: Romans 8:22-27. 'The Spirit himself expresses our plea in a way that could never be put into words'. Gospel: John 7:37-39. 'If any man is thirsty, let him come to me!'

 external link >> watch 'Surrender to the Spirit' Bishop Robert Barron’s Sermon for Pentecost Sunday (on YouTube) Friends, we come to the great Feast of Pentecost—the feast, par excellence, of the Holy Spirit. A critique of the Western Church is that we don’t speak sufficiently of the third person of the Trinity, and there might be some truth to that. I’d like to follow Vatican II in trying to bring the Holy Spirit very much into the forefront. Our readings today show us the great power of the Spirit—a power that unleashes great saints, fiery speech, and a liberating unity. Surrender your life over to the Holy Spirit, and—trust me—you will tap into this source of power to change things for the better.

JUNE

icon 'new' animated 4th June 2023 - Trinity Sunday

Readings (Year A): 1st: Exodus 34:4-6,8-9. 2nd: 2 Corinthians 13:11-13. Gospel: John 3:16-18. God sent his Son so that through him the world might be saved.

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previous year A (Matthew) homilies by Fr. Philip and others || homily library and external resource links

 video sermons by Bishop Robert Barron are on his YouTube channel - 'Word on Fire' Institute

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