HOMILY WEEK 27 01 – Year II A Church of Good Samaritans – Loving as Jesus Loved: Memorial of Our Lady of the Rosary (Gal 1:6-12; Ps 11; Lk 10:25-37) *************************************************** As participants in a course at the Tantur Ecumenical Centre in Jerusalem, we attended a Sabbath service, then were invited to share a Sabbath […]

HOMILY SUNDAY 27 B The Foundation of Marriage and Family Life Gen 2:7-8, 18-24; Psalm 128; Heb 2:9-11; Mark 10:2-16) ********************************************************* “What’s it like to be your own boss?” A businessman was asked. “I don’t know,” he replied.  “The police won’t let me park in front of my office. Tax collectors tell me how to […]

HOMILY WEEK 26 06 – Year II Humble Faith, Repentance and Awe: Optional Memorial of St. Faustina Kowalska (Job 42:1-17; Ps 119; Luke 10:17-24) ************************************************ “When you are dead, you do not know that you are dead – all of the pain is felt by others left behind. The same thing happens when you are […]

HOMILY WEEK 26 05 – Year II Discipleship as Humble, Repentant Faith: Memorial of St. Francis of Assisi (Job 38:12-40:5; Ps 139; Lk 10:13-16) ************************************* Have you ever thought of what it must have been like for Jesus to have seventy disciples following him? Who did all the cooking? Where did they stay? As disciples […]

HOMILY WEEKDAY 26 04 – Year II Discipleship: A Test of Faith (Job 19:21-27; Ps 27; Lk 10:1-12) ***************************************************** A priest, who was addressing his sermon on Jesus especially to the kids in the congregation, started by describing an imaginary special person who was very kind, good, loved all people and helped everybody, etc. As […]

HOMILY WEEK 26 06 – Year I Believing in Angels: Memorial of the Holy Guardian Angels (Exodus 23:20-23; Ps 91; Mt 18:1-5, 10) ****************************************** A young boy asked his parents to be alone with his new-born baby sister. The parents listened in and heard him say to his little sister, “Quick, tell me what God […]

HOMILY WEEK 26 02 – Year II Called to Redemptive Suffering: Memorial of St. Thérèse of the Child Jesus (Job 3:1-23; Ps 88; Lk 9:51-56) ************************************ One of the most striking teachings of Jesus is to take up our cross and follow him. All the readings today focus on suffering. And all call us into […]

HOMILY WEEK 26 01 – Year II Qualities of a Strong Faith: Memorial of St. Jerome (Job 1:6-22; Ps 17; Lk 9:46-50) *************************************************** “In all of this, Job did not sin or charge God with wrongdoing.”  That conclusion to the first reading today sets the stage for the readings and the message they convey – […]

HOMILY SUNDAY 26 – B The Kingdom Priorities of Holiness and Justice (Num 11:16-17, 25-29; Psalm 19; James 5:1-6; Mark 9:38-43, 45, 47-48) ************************************************************ “If your hand causes you to sin, cut it off. If your eye causes you to sin, pluck it out.” These are harsh words spoken by Jesus in today’s gospel. What […]

HOMILY WEEK 25 06 – Year II Radical Discipleship and Redemptive Suffering: Optional Memorial of St. Lawrence Ruiz and Companions (Eccles 11:9-12:8; Ps 90; Lk 9:43-45) ******************************************************* Blending reflections from The Word Among Us and Bishop Robert Barron with today’s readings provides us with a strong invitation to be radical disciples of Jesus following him […]