HOMILY EASTER SEASON WEEK 05 04 – Year II Abiding in Love (Acts 15.7-21; Ps 96; Jn 15.9-11) ********************************************** When was the last time you told someone you loved them? When was the last time someone said they loved you? The answer to that last question is actually today – just now, in the gospel, […]

HOMILY EASTER SEASON WEEK 05 03 – Year II Abiding in Jesus and Bearing Fruit: Optional Memorial of St. John I (Acts 15:1-6; Ps 122; Jn 15:1-8) *************************************************** In the Domano Retreat centre in the Diocese of Prince George, there is a vine covering most of a wall that both clings to and reaches out. […]

HOMILY EASTER SEASON WEEK 05 02 – Year II Elements of Discipleship: Relationship, Persecution and Proclamation – (Acts 14:19-28; Ps 145; John 14:27-31a) ******************************************************** The readings today offer us three elements of discipleship as followers of Jesus: relationship, persecution and proclamation. The gospel places us back at the Last Supper just before Jesus goes to […]

HOMILY EASTER SEASON WEEK 05 01 – Year II Experiencing God Through Intimacy (Acts 14.5-18; Ps 115; Jn 14.21-26) *********************************************** When someone is on their deathbed, and sharing his or her last thoughts and words with us – we pay attention. The gospel today asks us to pay attention to the words of Jesus before […]

HOMILY EASTER SUNDAY 5-C Radical Newness (Acts 14:21b-27; Psalm 145; Rev 21:1-5a; John 13:1, 31-33a, 34-35) **************************************************************** Here is a trivia question for you: What line in today’s readings is found in one of Mel Gibson’s movies? A clue to the answer lies in the fact that radical newness almost leaps from the pages of […]

HOMILY – FEAST OF ST MATTHIAS, APOSTLE Chosen to Love and Choosing to Love (Acts 1:15-17, 20-26; Ps 113; Jn 15:6-17) *********************************************** Two words leap out at us in today’s readings: “chosen” and “love.” Putting them together, we get the message from this feast day of St. Matthias that we are Chosen by Jesus to […]

HOMILY EASTER SEASON WEEK 04 05 – Year II Homecoming – A Place For Us All: Optional Memorial of Our Lady of Fatima (Acts 13:26-33; Ps 2; Jn 14:1-6) ******************************************************* A Place For Us is a song in the opera West Side Story that resonates with the gospel today in which we are assured Jesus […]

HOMILY EASTER SEASON WEEK 04 04 – Year II Faith Expressed in Loving Service (Acts 13:13-25; Ps 89; Jn 13:16-20) *************************************************** “The one who ate my bread has lifted his heel against me. I tell you this now before it occurs, so that when it does occur you may believe that I am he.” The […]

HOMILY EASTER SEASON WEEK 04 03 – Year II Following Jesus More Closely (Acts 12:24-13:5; Ps 67; Jn 12:44-50) ********************************************* The song Day By Day: To see thee more clearly, Love thee more dearly Follow thee more nearly, Day by day The Gospel Acclamation provides us with a strong message: follow Jesus and have the […]

HOMILY EASTER SEASON WEEK 04 02 – Year II Called to Kerygma and Didache (Acts 11:19-26; Ps 87; Jn 10:22-30) ******************************************************** Do the words Kergyma and Didache resonate with you? These two words capture the dynamic of the activity of the early church and invite us to do the same today: proclaim, and teach about, […]