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 […]

HOMILY EASTER SEASON – WEEK 06 03 Grounded in Love; Evangelizing with Faith Optional Memorial: Blessed Joseph Gérard OMI (Acts 17:15, 22-18.1; Ps 148; Jn 16:12-15) ************************************************* Did anything about the Gospel proclamation today strike you as unusual? For the third time this week, the gospel begins with the statement: “When Jesus knew that his […]

EASTER WEEKDAY 06 02 Servants of the Word (Acts 16:22-34; Ps 138: Jn 16:5-11) *************************************** “Jesus knew that his hour had come to depart from this world, and to go to the Father.” This statement provides the background for the message of the readings for us today: grounded in the love of Jesus and the […]

HOMILY EASTER SEASON – WEEK 06 01 Bearing Witness to the Truth (Acts 16.11-15; Ps 149; Jn 15.26-16.4) ************************************************* “When Jesus knew that his hour had come to depart from this world and go to the Father.” Perhaps you have noticed this sentence has consistently opened the gospel for over a week now during this […]

HOMILY EASTER SEASON SUNDAY 6 C Bonded Together in Intimate Love (Acts 15:1-2, 22-29; Psalm 67; Rev 21:10-14, 22-23; John 14:23-29) ****************************************************************** In the movie, Of God and Men, a community of Trappist monks in Algeria are caught between the army and the rebels because they offer medical assistance to both sides without discrimination. As […]

HOMILY EASTER SEASON – WEEK 05 06 Participating in a Divine Paradigm Shift (Acts 16:1-10; Ps 100; Jn 15:18-21) ************************************************* Have you ever experienced a paradigm shift? The readings today invite us to join the early disciples in their paradigm shift from a monotheistic to trinitarian image of God. A paradigm shift is a radical […]

HOMILY EASTER SEASON – WEEK 05 05 About Our Identity and Activity (Acts 15:22-31; Ps 57; Jn 15:12-17) ************************************************ Have you ever heard people say they believed in God but not in an institution? That they believed in Jesus but did not want to have anything to do with the church? That they were spiritual […]