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.

The Beatitudes all flow from one simple truth: recognizing our need for God. Only in God and trusting ourselves entirely to him do we find happiness.

When we respond to God’s nearness, his light shines into our darkness, bringing hope, healing, and new life.

The title, Lamb of God, also calls to mind the Passover lamb whose blood protected the houses of the Israelites when they left Egypt. The Israelites smeared their doorposts with the blood of the slain lamb and the angel of death passed over their houses. Jesus is the true Lamb of God who can deliver us from spiritual death

Through baptism, we are adopted as children of God and called to share in Christ’s mission, bearing the mark of belonging to him and living in relationship with him.

At the heart of Christmas is this truth: God has moved into our lives, entering quietly and humbly, out of love for us and for our salvation.

The Holy Family is a model for us as we face the tensions and crises that threaten family life today, inviting us to make our families places of forgiveness, understanding, and unconditional love.

Jesus really is the answer to life’s most challenging questions. Jesus answers who we are, why we are, the meaning and purpose of our existence, the fulfilment of our deepest longings and desires. He is the remedy for our woundedness and spiritual sickness. Only Jesus Christ can break the enslaving chains of sin. He alone can speak peace to the human heart, strengthen the weak, and give life to those who are spiritually dead.

This Sunday we are told that the most appropriate Advent response, the most significant way to prepare for the coming of Jesus, is through repentance.

Advent calls us to prepare ourselves spiritually for the coming of Jesus. We called to make a fresh beginning with renewed energy and enthusiasm.

Get your heart and your soul into gear. Get back to basics. Focus on what is essential. Live the way God intends and wants you to live.

Now at the conclusion of the year, we are called to proclaim with our lives that Christ is King.

He waits for us to come home to him. He receives us, his prodigal children, now contrite and humble, with an embrace. In that embrace we start to tell him our story, and he begins that process of healing and preparation needed for us to experience Heaven.

The Lateran Basilica, our physical parish church here, and all places of worship are immensely important because they are sacramental spaces. They are dedicated, set-apart spaces where the Body of Christ gathers. We physically assemble to express the truth that the Church is the assembly of the baptized, the people called out by God.

We become holy by being faithful to God in the very ordinary circumstances of life - our family, our work, our community.