HOMILY WEEK 02 01 – Year II Understanding Three Spiritual Themes: Optional Memorial – St. Fabian (1 Sam 5:16-23; Ps 50; Mk 2:18-22) ********************************************** Three significant themes run through the readings today, inviting us to pay attention to them, learn from them and let them strengthen our faith in Jesus as the center of our […]

HOMILY SUNDAY 2-A Called to be Saints: New Life through Forgiveness and Healing (Isaiah 49:3, 5-6; Psalm 40; 1Cor 1:1-3; John 1:29-34) ************************************************************** One of the most well-known and popular hymns written by Carey Landry is the hymn entitled Lay Your Hands. The chorus in that hymn captures succinctly the two-fold mission of Jesus as […]

HOMILY WEEK 01 06 – Year II The Call of Levi – Gratuitous Grace (1 Sm 9:1-10; Ps 21; Mk 2:13-17) ************************************************************ The Word Among Us offers this reflection for today’s liturgy: “Why does he eat with tax collectors and sinners?” Today begins the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity, and today’s Gospel is a […]

HOMILY WEEK 01 05 – Year II New Life through Faith, Forgiveness and Healing Memorial: St. Anthony, Abbot (1 Sm 8:4-22; Ps 89; Mk 2:1-12) ******************************************************* There is a saying, “People get the government they deserve.” That saying applies to the readings and memorial liturgy today. We are invited to place our faith in Jesus, […]

HOMILY WEEK 01 04 – Year II Humble Faith and Trust (1 Sam 4:1-11; Ps 44; Mk 1:40-45) ************************************* Have you ever wondered, “Where is God?” when something bad happened to you? The readings today provide us with a simple, clear and important message: Be humble and trust in God at all times and in […]

HOMILY WEEK 01 03 – YEAR II Living in Balance (1 Sam 3: Ps 40; Mk 1:29-39) ************************************** “I delight to do your will, O my God; your law is within my heart.” This sentence from Psalm 40 of today’s readings captures the message of the liturgy for us today – to balance prayer and […]

HOMILY WEEK 01 02 – Year II Spiraling Out of Control and into Healing (1 Sam 1:9-20; 1 Sam 2; Mk 1:21-28) **************************************** How would you take the air out of a glass? Would you use a vacuum pump? Or simply fill the glass with water, and the air would be pushed out. In a […]

HOMILY WEEK 01 01 – Year II Call and Response: Optional Memorial of St. Hilary (1 Sam 1:1-8; Ps 116; Mk 1:14-20) ************************************** According to Bishop Robert Barron, today’s Gospel reports Jesus’ first sermon. After his Baptism and temptation, Jesus begins to preach in Galilee. The first words out of his mouth serve as a […]

HOMILY WEEK 34 06 – Year I Missionary Disciples – Feast of St. Andrew (Rm 10:9-18; Ps 18; Mt 4:18-22) ***************************************** Can you remember and identify a time when you felt called by God? As part of a missionary Church, all of us are called to a vocation, a special role given to us by […]

HOMILY WEEK 34 05 – Year I  Serving Jesus our King and Obeying His Word (Dan 7:1-14; Dan 3:75-81; Lk 21:29-33) *************************************************** Did you know that Prince Harry is 5th in line to the throne? Someday he might be king of England and Meghan would be queen! Perhaps not that surprising as apparently, according to […]