HOMILY EASTER SEASON WEEK 03 05 – Year II Saul’s Transformative Vision Quest (Acts 9:1-20; Ps 117; Jn 6:52-59) ******************************************** From 1983 to 1988, the Oblate Lebret Task Force organized a series of four-day fasts at late elder Mike Steinhauer’s home in Saddle Lake (onihcikiskwapiwin). We went without food or water for about 72 hours. […]

HOMILY EASTER SEASON WEEK 03 04 – Year II On Being Missionary Disciples: Optional Memorial of Blessed Marie-Anne Blondin (Acts 8:26-40; Ps 66; Jn 6:44-51) ********************************************* Do you see yourself as a missionary disciple? That is what Pope Francis challenges us to be constantly. In today’s first reading, Philip can serve as a model for […]

HOMILHY EASTER SEASON WEEK 03 03 – Year II Our Deepest Yearning: Memorial of St. Kateri Tekakwitha (Acts 8:1-8; Ps 66; Jn 6:35-40) **************************************** Karl Rahner famously stated: “In the torment of the insufficiency of everything attainable, we finally learn that here in this life all symphonies must remain unfinished.” That raises the question, “What […]

HOMILY EASTER SEASON WEEK 03 02 – Year II Living Without Blinders  (Acts 7:51-8:1a; Ps 31; Jn 6:30-35) ************************************************** Carol, a friend whom I have known for years, shared something with me recently that I did not know and had not noticed about her – she has been living without sight in her left eye […]

HOMILY EASTER SEASON WEEK 03 01 – Year II Living the New Paradigm of Eternal Life (Acts 6:8-15; Ps 119; Jn 6:22-29) ********************************************* Sister of Charity Elaine Biolo once offered a course on faith and culture at Newman Theological College in which she explained how the sociological term “new paradigm” applies to our faith. She […]

HOMILY EASTER SUNDAY 3 B Believe, Repent and Proclaim (Acts 3:13-15; 17-19; Ps 4; 1 Jn 2:1-5; Lk 24:35-48) ****************************************** An elderly lady was mailing a bible and when asked by the clerk if there was anything breakable in the package, responded, “Only the10 Commandments.” The gospel today notes interestingly that Jesus “opened the minds […]

HOMILY EASTER SEASON WEEK 02 06 Balancing Grace and Glory, Prayer and Ministry: Optional Memorial of St. Martin I (Acts 6:1-6; Ps 33; Jn 6:16-21 ************************************************* The New Interpreters Bible commentary on the gospel offers us the idea of balancing grace and glory in our lives, as Jesus did. The first reading adds the dimension […]

AAHOMILY EASTER SEASON WEEK 02 05 – Year II Teach, Proclaim and Live (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 the Messiah. To teach and proclaim Jesus […]

HOMILY EASTER SEASON WEEK 02 04 – Year II Transformative Faith Transforming Life: Optional Memorial of St. Stanislaus (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 […]