We, as sheep, are called to a wholehearted recognition of the call of the Shepherd and a total trust in his love and care for us. Our Christian lives are a journey of making a conscious effort to listen to the voice of our Shepherd and to harmonise our lives with his call. This Sunday we are invited to be good sheep—to enter into an intimate Easter relationship with the Good Shepherd, who laid down his life for us.

"Were not our hearts burning within us while he spoke to us on the way and opened the Scriptures to us?" (Luke 24:32)

As Jesus stands before the disciples, we see that he is God's mercy to us - the wounds of love extended to us, forever fixed in the act of love in which he died.

Let the risen Jesus enter your life. Trust him, go to him. He welcomes you with open arms. Let him dispel the doubt and fear from your lives.

With this Palm Sunday celebration, we begin Holy Week, the most sacred time in our liturgical year. It will be a week filled with human and spiritual drama. Let's pray for an invasion of grace that breaks through our defences, our distractions, and our indifference, and reaches the places in us that we thought were closed to God.

Jesus calls us out of death and into new life, offering us abundant life through faith in him. This Lent, let us say yes to his call and embrace the fullness of life he gives.

His amazing grace is the cure for our blindness. Like the man born blind, we are called to say, "Lord, I believe," and let Jesus, the light of the world, enlighten our hearts and lives.

Homily for the Third Sunday of Lent, Year A | 8 March 2026

How is the Lord calling you to change? What journey are you being invited on this Lent? May we pray: "Lord, I say yes to anything you ask of me—even before I know what it is. Amen."

We can fall into the trap of thinking Jesus had it easier — that he could resist temptation because he was also God. But to think this way makes a mockery of the very real struggle Jesus faced and misunderstands a central truth of our faith: Jesus was fully human. His divinity took nothing away from what it truly means to be human. He was hungry. He was tired. He was tested. Just like us.

Love is the fulfilment of the Law and the Prophets; if we truly love God and neighbour, there is nothing more required of us.

We are chosen, redeemed, and sealed by God in Christ, called to holiness and to live each day as beloved children under the patronage of Our Lady.