HOMILY EASTER SEASON WEEK 02 05 – Year II Teach, Proclaim and Live: Optional Memorial of St. Fidelis of Sigmaringen (Acts 5:34-42; Ps 27; Jn 6:1-15) ***************************************************** Do you see yourself as a teacher and proclaimer of faith? The readings today invite us to imitate the early apostles in teaching about, and proclaiming, Jesus as […]

HOMILY EASTER SEASON WEEK 02 04 – Year II Transformative Faith Transforming Life: Optional Memorial of St. Adalbert (Acts 5:27-33; Ps 34; Jn 3:31-36) ***************************************************** We are invited by today’s readings for Thursday of the second week of Easter to allow our faith in the Risen Lord, fill us with love and transform us into […]

HOMILY EASTER SEASON WEEK 02 03 – Year II Jesus Christ: Love, Light and Life (Acts 5:17-26; Ps 34; Jn 3:16-21) ************************************************** “God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him may not perish but may have eternal life.” Today’s liturgy for Wednesday of the second […]

HOMILY EASTER SEASON WEEK 02 02 Returning To Our Roots (Acts 4:32-37; Ps 93; Jn 3:7-15) ***************************************** Faith and Fellowship are two words expressing the essence of today’s liturgy. On this Tuesday of the second week of the Easter season, we are invited to deepen our faith in Jesus as crucified Messiah and Risen Lord, […]

HOMILY EASTER SEASON WEEK 02 01 – Year II On Being Spirit-filled, Healing Witnesses (Acts 4:23-31; Ps 2; Jn 3:1-8) ******************************************** A young lady brought her fiancé to church for mass. He was full of questions which she tried to answer, such as what is a holy water font; why genuflection; what were the statues, […]

HOMILY EASTER SUNDAY 02 – Year A Divine Mercy Sunday (Acts 2:42-47; Ps 118; 1 Pt 1:3-9; Jn 20:19-31) *************************************************** Divine Mercy Sunday celebrates the merciful love of God shining through the Easter Triduum and the whole Easter mystery. The feast recovers an ancient liturgical tradition, reflected in a teaching attributed to St. Augustine about […]

HOMILY SATURDAY of EASTER WEEK Missionary Disciples Proclaiming Good News (Acts 4:13-21; Ps 118; Mk 16:9-15) ******************************************************** Two themes continue to dominate the readings after Easter: faith in the Risen Lord, and the commission to go and proclaim the Good News. These two themes synchronize precisely with two dominant themes of the papacy of Pope […]

HOMILY – FRIDAY of EASTER WEEK Grace Like a Spider’s Thread: Optional Memorial – St. Kateri Tekakwitha (Acts 4:1-12; Ps 118; Jn 21:1-14) ************************************** Pope Francis states that to be a missionary disciple is to first have a personal encounter with Jesus, and then to share that encounter with others. The Gospel today recounts the […]

HOMILY THURSDAY of EASTER WEEK On Being Missionary Disciples (Acts 3:11-26; Ps 8; Lk 24:35-48) ********************************************** Pope Francis has repeatedly stated that he wants a church of missionary disciples. The gospel for today could serve as a manual for how to be missionary disciples: faith; repentance; forgiveness; redemptive suffering; understanding the bible, and witnessing. First, […]

HOMILY WEDNESDAY of EASTER WEEK The Resurrection: Believe, Experience and Share (Acts 3:1-10; Ps 105; Lk 24:13-35) *********************************************** After the celebration of a Triduum and participating in an addictions awareness workshop, a participant shared she had become aware for the first time that Jesus was truly alive and present in her life. He was now […]