HOMILY WEEK 31 05 – Year I Joyfully Proclaiming the Good News (Rm 15:14-21; Ps 98; Lk 16:1-8) **************************************************** Have you ever wondered what your life would be like without faith in Jesus Christ? Honest and open encounters with a Muslim woman and a Hindu computer programmer left me appreciating St. Paul’s goal to constantly […]
Category: Ordinary Time
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HOMILY WEEK 31 04 – Year I Saints and Sinners All (Rm 14:7-12; Ps 27; Lk 15:1-10) ************************************ “This man welcomes sinners and eats with them” (Luke 15:2). “I am a sinner” (Pope Francis). Every coin has two sides. These statements, one about Jesus in the gospel, the other uttered by Pope Francis, provide a […]
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HOMILY WEEK 31 03 -Year I The Commandments of Jesus (Rm 13:8-10; Ps 112; Lk 14:25-33) *********************************** Isn’t it interesting how love and hate both figure in today’s readings? First, we are to love one another, and then in the gospel we are to hate our families! In the end, the message is simple: we […]
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HOMILY WEEK 31 02 – Year I Living as Members of the Body of Christ (Rm 12:5-16a; Ps 131; Lk 14:15-24) ************************************************** Years ago, I took the Community Addictions Training (CAT) course offered by Nechi Institute in St. Albert. Reflecting the Indigenous nature of the institute, the course was 80 percent right-brain activity and only […]
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HOMILY WEEK 31 01 – YEAR I God’s Great Gift of Mercy: Memorial of St. Charles Borromeo (Rm 11:29-36; Ps 69; Lk 14:12-14) *************************************** Have you ever received an unexpected gift that touched you deeply, and even had an effect on your life? The liturgy today invites us to reflect on gift-giving – God’s gifts […]
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HOMILY SUNDAY 31-C Zacchaeus – Son of Abraham (Wisdom 11:23-12:2; Psalm 145; 2 Thes 1:11-2:2; Luke 19:1-10) ********************************************************* What were the first words the Jesus preached? “Repent; believe, the kingdom of heaven is near.” Do this and salvation will be yours. Zacchaeus lived those first words of Jesus. He was a tax collector unsatisfied with […]
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HOMILY – ALL SOUL’S DAY Living the Paschal Mystery (Job 19:1, 23-27; Ps 103; 1Cor 15:20-23; Jn 12:23-26) ***************************************************** “Life is a mystery to be lived, not a problem to be solved.” Both the readings and today’s commemoration of All Souls Day invite us to follow Jesus in living the Paschal Mystery. Jesus, in the […]
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SOLEMNITY: ALL SAINTS DAY Living In the Reign as Servants and Children of God (Rev 7:2-4, 9-14; Ps 24; 1 Jn 3:1-3; Mt 5:1-12) ******************************************************** “It is heaven all the way to heaven.” This statement from St. Catherine of Sienna, and the All Saints Liturgy today, invite us to live in the reign of God […]
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HOMILY WEEK 30 04 – Year I A Tale of Two Kingdoms (Rm 3:21-30; Ps 130; Lk 11:47-54) ********************************************* The Dominus Flevit Church overlooking Jerusalem commemorates the incident in today’s gospel when Jesus wept over the rejection of his message by especially the religious leaders of his day, in collusion with the political rules symbolized […]
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HOMILY WEEK 30 03 – Year I Humble Faith, Lively Hope and Genuine Love (Rm 8:26-30; Ps 13; Lk 13:22-30) ****************************************** Two questions arise out of the readings today for us to consider: one, do we really believe St. Paul when he claims that “all things work together for good for those who love God”? […]