HOMILY WEEK 22 01 – Year II The Dark Side of Belief: Optional Memorial of Blessed André Grasset (1 Cor 2:1-5; Ps 119; Lk 4:16-30) ********************************************************* Today’s gospel ends in a brutal, shocking manner, as the religious townsfolk of Nazareth are suddenly enraged and want to kill Jesus! What are we to make of this? […]
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Transformative Faith
HOMILY SUN 19-B Transformative Faith (1 Kg 19:4-8; PS 34; Eph 4:30-5:2; Jn 6:41-51) ************************************************ Have you ever heard the statement, “Some people are reacting against a God they have been taught wrongly about?” Faith in Jesus can transform our lives and lead us to experience God. Thomas Keating, renowned monk and spiritual writer, claims […]
St. Sixtus II and Companions
HOMILY WEEK 18 03 – Year II Persistent Faith: Optional Memorial of St. Sixtus II and Companions (Jer 31:1-7; Jer 31:10-13; Mt 15:21-28) ******************************************************** There is a very significant faith process at work in the readings today, calling us to have humble and persistent faith in Jesus; to come to him for forgiveness and healing, […]
Metanoia
HOMILY WEEK 17 05 – Year II Called to do Metanoia (Jer 26:11-16, 24; Ps 69; Mt 14:1-12) ***************************************************** “Now therefore, amend your ways and your doings, and obey the voice of the Lord your God…” Today’s liturgy invites us be prophetic – to speak the truth of repentance, to do metanoia and call others […]
Good Friday
GOOD FRIDAY HOMILY Choose Jesus’ New Way of Life (Isaiah 52:13-53:12; Ps 31; Heb 4:14-16; 5:7-9; Jn 18:1-19:42) ******************************************************* In the movie The Passion of Christ, Jesus, beaten, bloodied and half dead, meets his mother and tells her simply, “Behold, I am making all things new.” This is the shocking reality of faith – it […]
Apostles
HOMILY WEEK 02 05 – Year II Sent to Proclaim Mercy and Heal: (1 Sam 24:2-21; Ps 57; Mk 3:13-19) ***************************************** Do you see yourself as an apostle? The readings today call us to an apostolic mission of proclaiming the Good News of God’s mercy, and to a healing ministry. The gospel is all about […]
CHRISTMAS WEEKDAYS – JANUARY 06
CHRISTMAS WEEKDAYS – JANUARY 06 Radical Grace – Radical Newness (1 Jn 5:5-13; Ps 147; Mk 1:4-11) ********************************************** “John the Baptist appeared in the wilderness.” That simple, innocent looking statement holds a radical content that is key to appreciating the gospel. It invites us to place our faith in Jesus as Son of God and […]
Faith
HOMILY WEEK 22 04 – Year I Our Life in Christ: (Col 1:9-14; Ps 98; Lk 5:1-11) ***************************************** “Since we heard of your life in Christ.” Has anyone ever said that to you? Those words of St. Paul to the Colossians in the first reading today are a strong reminder to us that we are […]
St Frédéric Jansoone
HOMILY WEEK 17 06 – Year I Jubilee, Justice and Hope: Optional Memorial of St Frédéric Jansoone (Lev 25:1-17; Ps 67; Mt 14:1-12) ************************************** Have you walked through a Holy Door during the Jubilee Year of Mercy? Although that Jubilee Year ended in November of 2016, we are invited, as followers of Jesus, to live […]
Faith-St. Josaphat
HOMILY WEEK 32 06 – Year II On Faith and Caring – Adapted from The Word Among Us: Memorial of St. Josaphat, Bishop and Martyr (3 Jn 5-8; Ps 112; Lk 18:1-8) ***************************************************** “Will not God then secure the rights of his chosen ones who call out to him day and night?” The widow in […]
