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Fr. Brian Mulcahy, O.P.
The Very Rev. Brian Martin Mulcahy, O.P., is the Prior Provincial of the Province of St. Joseph.
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Homily for Christmas
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Posted by Fr. Brian Mulcahy, O.P. on December 24, 2009
"Adoration fused with human love, and was not separate."
While they were there, the time came for her to have her child, and she gave birth to her firstborn son. She wrapped Him in swaddling clothes and laid him in a manger, because there was no room for them in the inn.
Et Verbum caro factum est. And the Word became flesh. Et habitavit in nobis. And dwelt among us.
This is what we celebrate this night, or better I should… » More
Homily for the Fourth Sunday of Advent—Year C
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Posted by Fr. Brian Mulcahy, O.P. on December 19, 2009
The creche in St Peter's Square
Promises! Promises!
Everyone's making promises, but what about action? Show me someone who can live up to his or her promises, and I'll be satisfied! Otherwise...don't make me any promises you can't keep!
Unfulfilled promises...broken promises...singers love to sing about them; dramatists love to explore the heartbreak of them; and we, often enough, are weighed down,… » More
Everyone's making promises, but what about action? Show me someone who can live up to his or her promises, and I'll be satisfied! Otherwise...don't make me any promises you can't keep!
Unfulfilled promises...broken promises...singers love to sing about them; dramatists love to explore the heartbreak of them; and we, often enough, are weighed down,… » More
Homily for Gaudete Sunday—Year C
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Posted by Fr. Brian Mulcahy, O.P. on December 12, 2009
St Paul the Apostle
"Rejoice in the Lord always! I shall say it again, Rejoice!" St Paul tells us in our second reading from his Letter to the Philippians. We Catholics have referred to this Third Sunday of Advent as "Gaudete Sunday" or "Rejoice Sunday" from the first word in Latin of the entrance antiphon for Mass today, taken from this very verse of Philippians, "Gaudete semper in Domino!"
Joy seems… » More
Joy seems… » More
Homily for the 2nd Sunday of Advent—Year C
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Posted by Fr. Brian Mulcahy, O.P. on December 04, 2009
John the Baptist preaching
Besides being difficult to pronounce, the names and places listed at the beginning of today's Gospel ("Who was tetrarch where?') are St Luke's way of saying: "This is how it happened. This is how we knew God was about to manifest His Anointed One to the world, because first He sent us a prophet. There was once again a prophet in Israel, as in the days of our ancestors, and his name was John,… » More
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