HOMILY WEEK 30 06 – Year II Humble Faith and Joyful Fulfillment (Phil 1:18-26; Ps 42; Lk 14:1-11) ******************************************** Has the Word of God ever brought you to tears? The readings today invite us to humbly place our faith in an intimate relationship with Jesus leading us to experience deep joy and the fullness of […]
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HOMILY WEEK 28 01 -Year II Confident Prayer and Grateful Praise Optional Mass – Thanksgiving Day 2020 (Col 3:12-17; Ps 113; Mt 7:7-12) ***************************************** “If the only prayer you say in your entire life is ‘thank you’, that would suffice.” That statement, written by Meister Eckhart, a 14th century mystic, and the readings provided for […]
Faith-Balance-St. Josephine Bakhita
HOMILY WEEK 04 06 A Balanced Life of Wise Compassion and Prayerful Solitude: Optional Memorial of St. Josephine Bakhita (1Kg 3:4-13; Ps 118; Mk 6:30-34) **************************************** Solomon’s prayer in the first reading today is a reminder to us of balancing the rational and emotional mind so that we too can have that wise mind that […]
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HOMILY WEEK 31 06 – Year I Feast – Dedication of St. John Lateran (Ezk 47:1-12; Ps 46; Jn 2:13-22) ***************************************************** “Wherever this river flows, the waters shall be made fresh.” The readings today, and this feast of the dedication of St. John Lateran, invite us to drink of the living waters of God’s love […]
Faith-Change-St Gregory the Great
HOMILY WEEK 22 02 – Year I Living with Christ as Children of the Light: Memorial of St. Gregory the Great (1 Thess 5:1-11; Ps 27; Lk 4:31-37) *********************************************** Are you familiar with the term “paradigm shift”? It refers to an idea or event that radically affects the way we see and deal with reality […]
Easter-Visitation of Mary
HOMILY – FEAST OF THE VISITATION (Zeph 3:14-18/Rm 12:9-16; Is 12; Lk 1:39-56) *************************************************** In his book, Mary – Mirror of the Church,former papal preacher Ranaiero Cantalamessa, OFM Cap., offers beautiful insights into role of Mary in the Church. In his writings, Cantalamessa invites us to make imitation of Mary our priority. He calls Mary […]
Good Friday-the Cross-New Life
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 […]
Trust-Following Jesus-Forgiveness
HOMILY WEDNESDAY of HOLY WEEK Trust the Father and Follow Jesus (Is 50:4-9; Ps 69; Mt 26:14-26) ***************************************** “Lord, in your great love answer me.” This psalm response and the readings today invite us to trust in God the Father as Jesus did, and emulate him who was without sin. Both Isaiah and the psalm […]
Holy Week-Mary of Bethany-Anointing-Helen Préjean
HOMILY MONDAY of HOLY WEEK Mary of Bethany – Model of Genuine Caring (Isaiah 42:1-7; Ps 27; Jn 12:1-11) ******************************************** Many years ago, well-known spiritual writer Henri Nouwen wrote a book entitled Out of Solitude.It contains three sermons he gave to health-care professionals outlining what it means to really care. One of the points he […]
Week 02 02 St Vincent, Covenants of Hope and Love
WEEK 02 02 Covenants of Hope and Love Optional Memorial: St Vincent of Saragossa (Heb 6:10-20; Ps 111; Mk 2:23-28) ************************************************ “God is ever mindful of his covenant.” That sentence from today’s psalm, along with the two disparate readings (the first reading and the gospel are not as connected as usual), combine to invite us […]
