EASTER VIGIL – YEAR C Easter is Not a Spectator Sport (Romans 6:3-11; Psalm 118; Luke 24:1-12) ******************************************* Truly, tonight we have feasted on God’s Holy Word. Each year during the Easter vigil we are invited to listen attentively to the same seven readings from the Old Testament. These readings never change, nor does the […]
Category: Easter
Good Friday-the Cross-New Life
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 […]
Holy Thursday-Priesthood-Eucharist-Service
HOLY THURSDAY HOMILY Freedom to Serve (Ex 12:1-8, 11-14; 1 Cor 11:23-26; Jn 13:1-15) ******************************************* This celebration tonight begins the three great liturgical days of the year – what we call the Easter Triduum. This feast tonight, Holy Thursday, and indeed every Eucharist, has one message – love one another as Jesus has loved us. […]
HOMILY PENTECOST YEAR B
Live by the Spirit in the Kingdom (Acts 2:1-11; Gal 5:16-25 (Optional); Jn 15:26-27; 16:12-15) *************************************************** Some kids were burying their pet cat that had died. One of them said that they should say a prayer first. Another said that his dad was a minister and he knew how to pray and proceeded to say, […]
HOMILY EASTER SEASON WEEK 07 06 – Yr II
Make Every Situation your Cathedral (Acts 28:16-20,30-31; Ps11; Jn 21:20-25) ********************************************** Imagine spending years in prison or under house arrest, as Paul did. Or imagine languishing in harsh conditions – including nine years in solitary confinement – as did Vietnam Cardinal Nguyen Van Thuan (1982-2002) did. Now imagine that despite your restrictions, you continue to […]
HOMILY EASTER SEASON WEEK 07 03 – Yr II
Be Contemplatives in Action (Acts 20:28-38; Ps 68;Jn 17:11b-19) ********************************** Some see Richard Rohr as a modern-day prophet, whose career spans founding the New Jerusalem community, recording a ground breaking Great Themes of Scripture, delving into Male and Female Spirituality, an expert on the Enneagram and finally founding a Center for Action and Contemplation in […]
HOMILY EASTER SEASON WEEK 07 02 – Yr II
Live Calvary in Slow Motion (Acts 20:17-27; Ps 68; Jn17:1-11a) ********************************** When someone is dying, we pay special attention to his or her last words. In the readings today, both Jesus and St. Paul are saying farewell – Jesus to his apostles, and Paul to the elders of Ephesus. In a sense, both are giving […]
HOMILY – FEAST OF ST MATTHIAS
Chosen to Love (Acts 1:15-17, 20-26; Ps 113; Jn 15:6-17) ****************************************** Two words almost 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 to Love. In the first reading, the apostles feel the necessity to choose […]
HOMILY ASCENSION OF THE LORD – YEAR B
Living and Sharing our Faith (Acts 1:1-11; Ps 47; Eph 1:17-23; Mk 16:15-20) ********************************************** CH _ _ CH – What’s missing? The answer is U R! If you are not worshipping with the faith community on Sunday, it is incomplete. St. Paul closes off the second reading with a key line – we are the […]
HOMILY EASTER SEASON WEEK 06 06 – Yr II
On Being Missionary Disciples (Acts 18:23-28; Ps 47; Jn 16:23-28) ************************************ God is good – all the time! All the time – God is good! That saying, popular with foreign-born priests, underlines the message from today’s readings: God is good, so believe in Him, love Him and be a missionary disciple spreading that good news. […]
