HOMILY WEEK 03 06 – Year II With Jesus in Our Boats (2 Sam 12:1-17; Ps 51; Mk 4:35-41) ******************************************** Have you ever prayed with your emotions? Have faith in Jesus and in the power of prayer. Today’s familiar account of Jesus calming the storm highlights the fear and lack of faith of the disciples, […]

HOMILY WEEK 03 05 – Year II Faith Like A Mustard Seed: Memorial of St John Bosco (2 Sam 11:1-17; Ps 51; Mk 4:26-34) ************************************* The Gospel for today features the parable of the mustard seed. Bishop Robert Barron starts us off with this reflection: How does God tend to work? From the very small […]

HOMILY WEEK 03 03 – Year II Stories of Unconditional Love: (2 Sam 7:1-17; Ps 89; Mk 4:1-20) ********************************************************** Today’s liturgy offers us two stories of unconditional love to ponder: a covenant relationship, and the prodigality of God’s Word, both inviting us to be open to the Word of God and live it out in […]

HOMILY WEEK 03 02 – Year II Doing God’s Will – Key to Joy: Memorial of St. Thomas Aquinas (2 Sam 6:12-19; Ps 24; Mk 3:31-35) ************************************ “Why do you Catholics worship Mary when Jesus pushed her away the time she came to see him with his family?” The readings today and the memorial of […]

HOMILY WEEK 03 01 – Year II Letting Jesus Be Our King: Optional Memorial of St. Angela Merici (2 Sam 5:1-10; Ps 89; Mk 3:22-30) ************************************ “All the elders of Israel came to David at Hebron, and King David made a covenant with them.” The readings today, by their stark contrast, invite us to be […]

HOMILY SUNDAY 03 – YEAR A Sunday of the Word of God: Repent, Believe, and Follow Jesus into the Kingdom (Isaiah 9:1-4; Psalm 27; 1 Cor 1:10-13; 17-18; Mt 4:12-23) ******************************************************** An elderly lady was mailing a bible at the post office. When the clerk asked her if there was anything breakable in the package, […]

HOMILY WEEK 02 05 – Year II Sent to Proclaim Mercy and Heal: Memorial of St. Francis de Sales (1 Sam 24:2-21; Ps 57; Mk 3:13-19) ***************************************** Do you see yourself as an apostle? The readings today call us to an apostolic mission of proclaiming the Good News of God’s mercy, and to a healing […]

HOMILY WEEK 02 04 – Year II Friendship in the Lord and Healing in His Name (1 Sam 18:6 – 19:7; Ps 56; Mk 3:7-12) ************************************************ “True friends are like diamonds, precious and rare; False friends are like Autumn leaves, found everywhere.” That saying, seen on a poster at a treatment centre, touches on the […]

HOMILY WEEK 02 03 – Year II Balancing Mercy and Faith, Law and Love:  Memorial, St Vincent (1 Sm 1732-51; Ps 144; Mk 3:1-6) ****************************************************** Why was Goliath so surprised when David struck him with a stone from his sling? Such a thing had never entered his head before! The readings today, on this memorial […]

HOMILY WEEK 02 02 – Year II Placing our Faith in Christ as Kyrios-Lord: Memorial of St. Agnes (1 Sm 16:1-13; Ps 89; Mk 2:23-28) *************************************** The late Serge LeClerc, former gang leader who had a conversion experience while incarcerated, became a motivational speaker. In one of his talks, he shared how he was always […]