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Fr Matthew Charlesworth SJ 🇻🇦🇿🇼🇿🇦
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A Jesuit Priest from South Africa 🇿🇦 currently working in Harare, Zimbabwe 🇿🇼. https://linktr.ee/mcharlesworth
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My #homily for the Memorial of Saint Joseph Pignatelli sj.mcharlesworth.fr/homilies/202...
Memorial of Saint Joseph Pignatelli
Homily for the Memorial of Saint Joseph Pignatelli: The readings today are about learning to notice God in the ordinary moments of life and choosing a way of seeing that keeps the heart open.
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November 14, 2025 at 4:32 AM
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My #homily for the Memorial of Saint Stanislaus Kostka, religious sj.mcharlesworth.fr/homilies/202...
Memorial of Saint Stanislaus Kostka, religious
Homily for the Memorial of Saint Stanislaus Kostka, religious: The readings today are about learning to see what is already before us — about finding God’s presence not somewhere far away, but here, i...
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November 13, 2025 at 4:15 AM
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My #homily for the Memorial of St Josaphat, bishop and martyr sj.mcharlesworth.fr/homilies/202...
Memorial of St Josaphat, bishop and martyr
Homily for the Memorial of St Josaphat, bishop and martyr: Dear brothers and sisters in Christ, The readings today are about wisdom that serves, mercy that heals, and gratitude that unites.
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November 12, 2025 at 3:12 AM
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My #homily for the Memorial of St Martin of Tours, bishop sj.mcharlesworth.fr/homilies/202...
Memorial of St Martin of Tours, bishop
Homily for the Memorial of St Martin of Tours, bishop: The readings today are about quiet, faithful service — the kind that gives without looking for thanks, that loves because it is right to love.
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November 11, 2025 at 6:28 AM
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My #homily for the Memorial of St Leo the Great, pope and doctor of the Church sj.mcharlesworth.fr/homilies/202...
Memorial of St Leo the Great, pope and doctor of the Church
Homily for the Memorial of St Leo the Great, pope and doctor of the Church: Imagine the walls of Rome shaking as the Huns approach. At the city gates stands one man, Pope Leo I, unarmed but calm.
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November 10, 2025 at 3:31 AM
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My #homily for the Feast of the Dedication of the Lateran Basilica sj.mcharlesworth.fr/homilies/202...
Feast of the Dedication of the Lateran Basilica
Homily for the Feast of the Dedication of the Lateran Basilica: “*Omnium urbis et orbis ecclesiarum mater et caput.
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November 9, 2025 at 8:10 AM
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My #homily for the Saturday of the 31st Week in Ordinary Time sj.mcharlesworth.fr/homilies/202...
Saturday of the 31st Week in Ordinary Time
Homily for the Saturday of the 31st Week in Ordinary Time: Dear brothers and sisters in Christ, The readings today are about what really lasts: not titles, not possessions, but relationships—those f...
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November 8, 2025 at 4:45 AM
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My #homily for the Feast of All Saints and Blessed of the Dominican Order sj.mcharlesworth.fr/homilies/202...
Feast of All Saints and Blessed of the Dominican Order
Homily for the Feast of All Saints and Blessed of the Dominican Order: Sisters in Christ, today’s solemnity draws us close to a mystery both vast and familiar—the communion of saints.
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November 7, 2025 at 6:12 AM
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My #homily for the Friday of the 31st Week in Ordinary Time sj.mcharlesworth.fr/homilies/202...
Friday of the 31st Week in Ordinary Time
Homily for the Friday of the 31st Week in Ordinary Time: Our readings today offer us not a manual, but a mirror: a mirror for how we listen, how we discern, and how we act—not for ourselves, but alway...
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November 7, 2025 at 6:11 AM
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My #homily for the Commemoration of All the Departed of the Society of Jesus sj.mcharlesworth.fr/homilies/202...
Commemoration of All the Departed of the Society of Jesus
Homily for the Commemoration of All the Departed of the Society of Jesus: The readings today are about belonging—to God, to one another, and to a communion that death cannot dissolve.
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November 6, 2025 at 7:27 PM
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My #homily for the Wednesday of the 31st Week in Ordinary Time sj.mcharlesworth.fr/homilies/202...
Wednesday of the 31st Week in Ordinary Time
Homily for the Wednesday of the 31st Week in Ordinary Time: The readings today are about a kind of love that is measured not by feeling, but by what we are willing to give up for it.
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November 6, 2025 at 7:25 PM
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My #homily for the Feast of All Saints and Blessed of the Society of Jesus sj.mcharlesworth.fr/homilies/202...
Feast of All Saints and Blessed of the Society of Jesus
Homily for the Feast of All Saints and Blessed of the Society of Jesus: The readings today are about God's nearness, the courage to follow, and the seed that must fall before it grows.
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November 6, 2025 at 7:24 PM
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My #homily for the Memorial of Saint Charles Borromeo, Bishop sj.mcharlesworth.fr/homilies/202...
Memorial of Saint Charles Borromeo, Bishop
Homily for the Memorial of Saint Charles Borromeo, Bishop: The readings today are about humility, service, and God’s invitation to the banquet feast of His love.
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November 4, 2025 at 3:34 PM
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My #homily for the Monday of the 31st Week in Ordinary Time sj.mcharlesworth.fr/homilies/202...
Monday of the 31st Week in Ordinary Time
Homily for the Monday of the 31st Week in Ordinary Time: Dear brothers and sisters in Christ, Today we remember Saint Martin de Porres, born of mixed race and raised in poverty, and Blessed Rupert Ma...
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November 3, 2025 at 4:25 AM
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My #homily for the Commemoration of the faithful departed / All Souls' Day sj.mcharlesworth.fr/homilies/202...
Commemoration of the faithful departed / All Souls' Day
Homily for the Commemoration of the faithful departed / All Souls' Day: The readings today are about the quiet courage of hope that endures through death, the unseen thread of mercy that binds the liv...
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November 2, 2025 at 3:06 AM
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My #homily for the Solemnity of All Saints sj.mcharlesworth.fr/homilies/202...
Solemnity of All Saints
Homily for the Solemnity of All Saints: The readings today are about the shape of holiness, the surprise of grace, and the closeness of the saints.
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November 1, 2025 at 7:47 AM
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My #homily for the Saturday of the 30th Week in Ordinary Time sj.mcharlesworth.fr/homilies/202...
Saturday of the 30th Week in Ordinary Time
Homily for the Saturday of the 30th Week in Ordinary Time: The readings today are about humility that heals, mercy that never lets go, and the divine patience that holds the world together.
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November 1, 2025 at 7:44 AM
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My #homily for the Memorial of St Alphonsus Rodriquez, religious sj.mcharlesworth.fr/homilies/202...
Memorial of St Alphonsus Rodriquez, religious
Homily for the Memorial of St Alphonsus Rodriquez, religious: The readings today are about the aching heart of God—a love that cannot stay still when his children suffer, a love that breaks rules in o...
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October 31, 2025 at 2:39 PM
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#NostraAetate, 60 years on: the Spirit still whispers peace into a world of division.
Thank you to all who joined the Jesuit Institute South Africa for an evening of music, memory & hope. sj.mcharlesworth.fr/posts/2025-1...
60th Anniversary of Nostra Aetate
A special evening commemorating the pivotal moment in the Church’s relationship with our brothers and sisters of other faiths, enriched by beautiful, accompanying music.
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October 30, 2025 at 7:43 PM
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My #homily for the Thursday of the 30th Week in Ordinary Time sj.mcharlesworth.fr/homilies/202...
Thursday of the 30th Week in Ordinary Time
Homily for the Thursday of the 30th Week in Ordinary Time: The readings today are about God’s love that shelters us, a love that keeps reaching out even when we turn away, a love that never gives up.
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October 30, 2025 at 3:53 AM
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My #homily for the Wednesday of the 30th Week in Ordinary Time sj.mcharlesworth.fr/homilies/202...
Wednesday of the 30th Week in Ordinary Time
Homily for the Wednesday of the 30th Week in Ordinary Time: The readings today are about the quiet but steady work of grace — the partnership between God’s mercy and our human response.
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October 29, 2025 at 4:20 AM
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My #homily for the Feast of Saints Simon and Jude, Apostles sj.mcharlesworth.fr/homilies/202...
Feast of Saints Simon and Jude, Apostles
Homily for the Feast of Saints Simon and Jude, Apostles: The readings today are about belonging, and we celebrate that belonging through the lives of Saints Simon and Jude — two apostles about whom we...
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October 28, 2025 at 5:53 AM
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My #homily for the Monday of the 30th Week in Ordinary Time sj.mcharlesworth.fr/homilies/202...
Monday of the 30th Week in Ordinary Time
Homily for the Monday of the 30th Week in Ordinary Time: The readings today are about liberation — the liberation of creation, of the human body, and of the human heart.
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October 27, 2025 at 4:17 AM
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My #homily for the 30th Sunday in Ordinary Time sj.mcharlesworth.fr/homilies/202...
30th Sunday in Ordinary Time
Homily for the 30th Sunday in Ordinary Time: The readings today are about honest prayer and humble hearts.
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October 26, 2025 at 8:36 AM
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My #homily for the Saturday of the 29th Week in Ordinary Time sj.mcharlesworth.fr/homilies/202...
Saturday of the 29th Week in Ordinary Time
Homily for the Saturday of the 29th Week in Ordinary Time: The vineyard is dry. A single fig tree stands in the dust—its leaves curled, its branches bare.
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October 25, 2025 at 10:17 AM