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 all circumstances. To better understand the first […]
Category: Ordinary Time
HOMILY WEEK 01 02 – Yr II
Spiraling Out of Control (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 similar way, the readings today invite us to come to […]
HOMILY BAPTISM OF THE LORD – Year B
A New Covenant of Unconditional Love (Isaiah 55:1-11; Ps 29; Mk 1:7-11) ******************************************************** Have you ever felt insecure, unsure of yourself in some situations, perhaps even doubting if you are loved or really lovable? Today’s feast of the Baptism of the Lord invites us to appreciate not only our baptism, but also our identity as […]
HOMILY WEEK 34 05 – Yr I
Serving Jesus our King (Dan 7:1-14; Dan 3:75-81; Lk 21:29-33) ****************************************** Did you know that Prince Harry, about to be married, is 5th in line to the throne? Someday he might be king of England and Meghan Markle would be queen! Perhaps not that surprising, as the media has just pointed out that she is […]
HOMILY WEEK 34 03 – Yr I
Bless and Praise God Forever (Dan 5:1-6, 13-14, 16-17, 23-28; Dan 3; Lk 21:12-19) ************************************************* Last century, there was a great ecclesiological debate in the Vatican to decide which was the greatest male religious order in the world. They were all gathered – Jesuits, Dominicans, Franciscans, Redemptorists, Oblates of Mary Immaculate (OMI), etc. The Holy […]
HOMILY WEEK 34 02 – Yr I
(Dan 2:3, 9-30, 31-45; Dan 3; Lk 21:5-11) ******************************************* Did you know that Meghan Markle was the most googled woman in the world as of her engagement to Prince Harry? And that it seems there is worldwide interest in the prospect of a royal wedding in the spring? Yet all that pales in comparison to […]
HOMILY WEEK 34 01 – Yr I
Glory and Praise (Dan 1:1-20; Dn 3:52-56; Lk 21:1-4) **************************************** When Bad Things Happen to Good People is a book written by Rabbi Kuschner, appropriate for the readings today that invite us to trust God totally in good times and bad. The psalm response from the Book of Daniel puts it succinctly: Glorify and praise […]
HOMILY SUNDAY 34 – YEAR A
Christ the King (Ezekiel 34:11-12, 15-17; Psalm 23; 1 Cor 15:20-26, 28; Matthew 25:31-46) ****************************************************************** Marie-Louise Ternier-Gommers, soon to be ordained, once wrote a reflection on today’s gospel in the Living With Christ. In it she asked an interesting question: “What would our communities look like if we let the ones most in need determine […]
HOMILY WEEK 33 – 05 – Yr I
Living Temples of the Word (1 Macc 4:36-37; 52-59; Ps29; Luke 19:45-48) ******************************************** When was the last time you were spellbound by someone’s words? Today’s liturgy extends a double invitation to us: not just to be “spellbound” by the words of Jesus, but to actually be a temple of the Word. Both readings focus on […]
HOMILY WEEK 33 04 – Yr I
The Many Visitations of Jesus (1 Macc 2:15-29; Ps 50; Lk 19:41-44) ************************************* When I was a young Oblate in my first mission of Beauval, Fr. Jim Fiori OMI and Sr. René Buliard SMS, drove down from Île-à-la-Crosse for a visit one evening. The two Grey Nuns Sr. Simard and Sr. Gamache, and I shared […]
