The readings this week challenge us to reflect both on the ways we might be blind, and on the gift of new vision that is freely offered. In the First Reading, the prophet Jeremiah speaks of a God who gathers his people to heal them. The Psalm sings of these and other...

During the week, I was preparing a homily for the opening of the year Mass in a boy’s secondary school. Moments like this are a great opportunity to speak to young people who little by little are coming to identify with the ethos and culture of their Catholic school...