PENTECOST SUNDAY – YEAR C Pentecost: Recovery, Unity and Service (Acts 2:1-11; Psalm 104; Romans 8:8-17; John 20:19-23) **************************************************************** The cover of the Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous and the sobriety medallion of A.A. features a triangle. Around the triangle on the medallion are the words Recovery, Unity and Service. This medallion and those three […]

HOMILY EASTER SEASON – WEEK 07 06 The Teachings of St. Paul and Marriage Encounter (Acts 28:16-20; Ps 11; Jn 21:20-25) ************************************************** At one point during a marriage encounter weekend, couples are asked to focus on their spouse’s most endearing quality. Having heard the first reading, what for you would be a most endearing quality […]

HOMILY EASTER SEASON – WEEK 07 05 On Love as Faith, Forgiveness and Following (Acts 24:27, 25:13-21; Ps 103; Jn 21:15-19) ************************************************** The readings today would fit well a feast for Peter and Paul, as they feature these two pillars of the early church. The readings also invite us to deepen our faith in Jesus, […]

HOMILY EASTER SEASON – WEEK 07 04 Loving Intimacy (Acts 22:30 – 23:11; Ps 16; Jn 17:20-26) ********************************************* Are you yearning for intimacy? Believe in God’s love for you, and strive to be one with others. Most people, even if not that conscious of it, are yearning for intimacy. The readings today tap into that […]

HOMILY EASTER SEASON – WEEK 07 03 Important Words of Departure Memorial: St. Boniface – Bishop and Martyr (Acts 20:28-38; Ps 68; Jn 17:11-19) ************************************************** When someone is leaving us whom we know we will never see again, or dying, we tend to hang onto their last words as precious memories of them and teachings […]

HOMILY EASTER SEASON – WEEK 07 02 In the Footsteps of St. Paul (Acts 20:17-27; Ps 68; Jn 17:1-11) ************************************* What does it mean to be a model missionary? St Paul, in today’s readings, is our model. A captive to the Spirit, he spent his life testifying to the Good News of the Lord Jesus. […]

HOMILY ASCENSION SUNDAY – C Living the Paschal Mystery (Acts 1:1-11; Psalm 47; Heb 9:24-28, 10:19-23; Luke 24:46-53) ******************************************************* Have you ever heard the saying, “Life is a mystery to be lived, not a problem to be solved?” Have faith in Jesus – live the Paschal Mystery and experience the Ascension in your life. I […]

EASTER SEASON – HOMILY WEEK 06 06 Mysterium Tremendum – Memorial: Justin Martyr (Acts 18:23 -28; Ps 47; Jn 16:23-28) *************************************************** Do you see yourself as walking in the “Way of the Lord?” Actually, we are the descendants of those who did, called to live the Mysterium Tremendum, the Paschal Mystery of Jesus as the […]

HOMILY EASTER SEASON – WEEK 06 04 United in Hope (Acts 18:1-8; Ps 98; Jn 16:16-20) *************************************** Just in case you might have missed it, the Gospel today, for a fourth time this week, begins with the same sentence from John 13 about Jesus going back to the Father. It is as if the liturgists […]