Torch

Preaching by Gregory Murphy O.P.

Gregory Murphy O.P. fr Gregory Murphy works as an assistant priest in the parish Holy Cross, Leicester.
gregory.murphy@english.op.org

Being Changed

Wednesday, May 30, 2018

Solemnity of the Body and Blood of Christ (B) | Fr Greg Murphy on the Eucharist as medicine that heals and changes the Christian people. Read more

Human, all too human…

Wednesday, September 13, 2017

Twenty-Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time (A) | Fr Gregory Murphy on being able to forgive others because we truly recognise that we have been forgiven and received mercy from God. Read more

What's in a Name?

Thursday, December 15, 2016

Fourth Sunday of Advent (A) | Fr Gregory Murphy looks at the fundamental choice that confronts Joseph and each of us. Read more

Who am I?

Wednesday, February 24, 2016

Third Sunday of Lent. fr Gregory Murphy reflects on Moses' encounter with God in the burning bush. Read more

Growing in Confidence

Tuesday, April 28, 2015

Fifth Sunday of Easter. fr Gregory reflects on how the love and mercy of God reach into our lives as we struggle with our selfishness. Read more

On not being Solomon

Sunday, July 20, 2014

Sixteenth Sunday of the Year. fr Gregory Murphy explains how God's judgement is inseparable from His mercy. Read more

To Pluck Up and To Plant

Sunday, October 06, 2013

Twenty-Seventh Sunday of the Year. Fr Gregory Murphy reflects upon the transforming power of God's grace. Read more

Bearing the Word

Sunday, December 09, 2012

Second Sunday of Advent. Fr Gregory Murphy reflects on Advent as a time of return and renewal. Read more

Staying the Course

Sunday, April 17, 2011

Palm Sunday of the Passion of the Lord. Fr Gregory Murphy encourages us to arise with Christ and follow him out of Gethsemane.

Gethsemane provides the final lesson in discipleship given by Jesus before his execution and exaltation, and that lesson is rooted in prayer.

After establishing his communion with his disciples at the last supper Jesus for once takes them with him as he withdraws to pray, further emphasising the importance of this by picking out Peter and the sons of Zebedee, those who had witnessed his transfiguration on the mountain. Jesus prays alone, as on previous nights, but asks that they remain close and support him in his distress. His prayer allows us some sense of the struggle in the soul of Jesus, and suggests why he wishes the support of those who had been closest to him in his ministry.