Is it right to fear God? What is the difference between a destructive fear and a “holy trepidation”? An Advent homily by Fr Stephen Wang: Look around you at the chapel walls. Look at the […]
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Gravity: a disappointing film; but a thought-provoking spiritual meditation
Don’t believe the hype. Gravity is not a ground-breaking film in any way. Yes, it’s well made. It takes the risk – for a Hollywood blockbuster – of allowing some moments of poetry and silence. But […]
Archbishop Vincent Nichols: Homily for the Mass for the Victims of the Typhoon Haiyan
Westminster Cathedral – Friday 15 November 2013 My brothers and sisters, this evening we gather to pray for all who have lost their lives or been caught up in the horrific devastation caused by typhoon Haiyan, […]
The perspective that faith brings to life
For many people, faith is seen as the way of the simpleton. If a believer doesn’t understand something, then instead of doing the hard work of investigation, one can simply say, ‘What a mystery,’ all […]
The Creed as a summary of the Holy Scriptures and a mustard seed of faith
Following on from Fr Martin Boland’s recent post about the Creed, see this beautiful text from St Cyril of Jerusalem about how ‘this brief statement of the faith keeps in its heart, as it were, […]
How to keep your faith at university
How to keep your faith at university: a homily by Fr Stephen Wang, given at Newman House Catholic Chaplaincy.
The extraordinary power hidden within the Creed we profess each Sunday
Millions of Catholics do it every Sunday. In the middle of Mass, we profess our faith in the Creed. Now, maybe it’s just Brentwood Cathedral, but when I look out at my congregation reciting the […]
Opening “a liturgical Pandora’s box”? A parish priest reflects on the “family Mass”
By 9.30 am on a Sunday morning our car park is jam-packed, as hundreds of people fill Brentwood Cathedral for Mass. The whole building hums with prayerful expectation before Mass begins. Drawn together by Christ, […]
Friendship and marriage
Two friends got married recently. For the first reading, they chose this passage about friendship from Ecclesiasticus (6:14-17): Faithful friends are a sturdy shelter: whoever finds one has found a treasure. Faithful friends are beyond […]
Using the YouCat
I gave a talk about the YouCat recently. It was not so much about the history or content of the book, but more about Pope Benedict’s short letter to young Catholics that’s printed at the […]
