HOMILY SUNDAY 02 – YEAR C Marriage and a New Creation (Isaiah 62:1-5; Psalm 96; 1 Corinthians 12:4-11; John 2:1-12) ********************************************************* One year, on December 30th, a wedding took place in the northern Manitoba community of Lac Brochet. A young couple decided it was time for them to make a lifelong commitment before God in […]
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Torah and Temple – or Partner with Christ
HOMILY WEEK 01 04 – Year ITorah and Temple, or Partners of Christ(Heb 3:7-14; Ps 95; Mk 1:40-45)************************************************* Have you ever felt guilty for not picking up a hitchhiker? Or not reaching out to a person seemingly lost in a parking lot? Today’s liturgy invites us to go far beyond the rubrics of the Torah […]
St. John Kanty
HOMILY ADVENT DECEMBER 23 – Year II An Infinite Horizon of Faith, Forgiveness and Healing: Optional Memorial of St. John Kanti (Mal 3:1-4; 4:5-6; Ps 25; Lk 1:57-66) ******************************************************** Bishop Olivier Tremblay, an Oblate who previously worked with university students in Eastern Canada, spoke at an Oblate symposium once. He noted that youth today lack […]
GOOD NEWS – AURORA PROGRAM – REGISTER NOW! The Star of the North offers a faith formation program called Aurora Living open to Christians willing to engage in the inner work of integrating contemplative prayer and social practice. The program is now into its fourth year, and we’ve been privileged to have folks from all different professions, […]
Blessed André Grasset
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? […]
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 […]
