Casting Fire

Fr Rajiv Michael
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Hello there. I'm Fr Rajiv, a priest of the Diocese of Westminster, UK. These are my Sunday homilies. I've had to take a break in between, but I've started posting again from this Lent (2026). They were originally published on my blog, started over the first lockdown. These are my personal reflections (you might find echoes of the saints and great preachers, ancient and modern, from whom I've freely borrowed!). Every blessing.

  1. 03/16/2024

    Lent 5th Sunday_We wish to see Jesus

    As we come closer to Holy Week, Jesus declares that the hour he was preparing for, has indeed come. It is when the Greeks, the non-Jews come asking to see him, that Jesus declares his hour has come for him to be glorified. His glory is what he will reveal on the Cross. And it is a glory his disciples will share.

  2. 02/24/2024

    Lent 2nd Sunday_Climbing the Mountain

    Suffering is something that seems to be an inevitable part of life. No one, good or bad, rich or poor, escapes suffering in their life. Hard as it might be, our experience of suffering becomes far more difficult due to two things: isolation and darkness. This is what the Apostles were entering into: and in their place of darkness, God reveals his light which changes everything. This is the light that God wants to cover us with, in our own time of prayer.

  3. 02/16/2024

    Lent_1st Sunday_Riding the Forces

    Mark's gospel presents the shortest account of the temptations of Jesus. It mentions the Holy Spirit, the Devil and even wild animals and angels but nothing of the content of the temptations themselves. But within this few, brilliantly crafted lines, we can see our own lives played out. And Christ comes as King battling forces far greater than ourselves, so we can have the victory.

  4. 02/04/2024

    5th Sunday_Does God Heal Today?

    We are confronted by the striking lament of Job in his suffering. In Job, all those who suffer, and suffer greatly can find a voice.Physical suffering can sometimes be relentless, leaving one with no rest and no joy. And the gospel seems to give God's verdict on this suffering - Jesus heals everyone. Does God really want to heal us? And does it happen today?

  5. 01/20/2024

    3rd Sunday_God is Serious About You

    The book of Jonah is one of the most hilarious, yet completely profound books of Scripture. It has depths to plumb, all the way down to the deep! But in Jonah, we can find ourselves in our pain and our difficulties and a God who will go to the ends of the world to find us.

  6. 12/30/2023

    Christmas_The Call of the Family

    As we return from our own family gatherings, the Church offers us the icon of the family in the feast of the Holy Family. Our families can be the source of great joy and blessing - and also great pain and suffering. But this feast reveals the wonderful calling for our families. Jesus being born in a family means he can be born in ours too if we will ask God for this grace. Just as Christ redeemed the world being born in a family, he can redeem our world, through our families.

  7. 12/16/2023

    Advent Week 3_Who do you think you are?

    We continue to be confronted by the mysterious figure of John the Baptist, this third week. His actions are so puzzling that the high priests send priests and Levites to question him on what he is doing. This ominous confrontation goes to the heart of our own struggles, the challenges we face every day, in our own lives.

  8. 12/02/2023

    Advent_1st Sunday_The Watchman

    Advent is a season of hope, and comes with new grace to renew us in our hope. Without hope, we do not have direction in our lives; without hope, we die. The great symbol of this in the Scriptures is the figure of the Watchman. The Watchman can continue watching because he knows that finally, God is the one who watches over Israel - and when all else has failed, we can still stay awake because the One who watches over us never gives up.

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Hello there. I'm Fr Rajiv, a priest of the Diocese of Westminster, UK. These are my Sunday homilies. I've had to take a break in between, but I've started posting again from this Lent (2026). They were originally published on my blog, started over the first lockdown. These are my personal reflections (you might find echoes of the saints and great preachers, ancient and modern, from whom I've freely borrowed!). Every blessing.

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  • Creator
    Fr Rajiv Michael
  • Years Active
    2022 - 2024
  • Episodes
    97
  • Rating
    Explicit
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    © Fr Rajiv Michael
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