Category: Ordinary Time

St. Augustine

HOMILY WEEK 21 03 – Year II Attitudes of Genuine Faith and Sincere Love: Memorial of St. Augustine (2 Th 3:6-10, 16-18; Ps 128; Mt 23:27-32) ****************************************** “The last act is the greatest treason. To do the right deed for the wrong reason.” That statement, by T.S. Eliot, in his play Murder in the Cathedral, relates […]

St. Monica

HOMILY WEEK 21 02 – Year II Standing Firm and Holding Fast: Memorial of St. Monica (2 Thes 2:1-3,14-17; Ps 96; Mt 23:23-26) **************************************** There is a legend about St. Francis who when asked what he would do if Jesus was coming that day, replied that he would keep on hoeing in the garden. In […]

HOMILY WEEK 21 01 – Year II Love to Affirm; Courage to Correct; Faith to Praise (2 Thes 1:1-5, 11-12; Ps 96; Mt 23:13-22) ****************************************************** As worshippers leave the Holy Family Cathedral in Orange, CA, they are artistically reminded to Be Doers of the Word by a mural done in tiles above the entrance to […]

St. Bartholomew

HOMILY WEEK 21 03 – Year I Called to Unite Heaven and Earth: Feast of St. Bartholomew (Rev 21:9b-14; Ps 145; Jn 1:45-51) ******************************************** A somewhat forgetful preacher at a wedding was an ardent fisherman.  He asked the groom, “Do you promise to love, honour, and cherish this woman?” “I do,” said the groom meekly. […]

Pope St. Pius X

HOMILY WEEK 20 03 – Year II On Being Good Shepherds in the Kingdom of God: Memorial of St. Pius X (Ezk 34:1-11; Ps 23; Mt 20:1-16) ************************************************ Did you know that by our baptism, we are shepherd-kings, called to help shepherd God’s people? The readings today challenge us to deeper caring and greater openness […]

St. John Eudes

HOMILY WEEK 20 01 – Year II Trusting Surrender: Optional Memorial of St. John Eudes (Ezk 24:15-24; Dt 32; Mt 19:16-22) ****************************************************** “Made a decision to turn our lives and our wills over to the care of God as we understood God.” That simple statement (Step 3 of the 12 Step program), I submit, captures […]

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