HOMILY WEEK 10 06 – Year II Trust in God and Live in the Truth (1 Kg 19:16-21; Ps 16; Mt 5:33-37) ************************************* “You are my inheritance, O Lord” Today’s psalm and readings invite us to place our complete trust in God and to live in the truth. In a tense game of poker, the […]

HOMILY WEEK 10 05 – Year II Shining like Bright Stars with the Word of Life (1 Kg 19:9-16; Ps 27; Mt 5:27-32) ******************************************** “Shine on the world like bright stars; you are offering it the word of life.” That gospel acclamation, and the readings today, invite us to deepen our faith in Jesus and […]

HOMILY WEEK 10 04 – Year II Entering the Reign of God: Optional Memorial of St. Anthony of Padua (1 Kg 18:41-46; Ps 65; Mt 5:20-26) ************************************** “For I tell you, unless your righteousness exceeds that of the scribes and Pharisees, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.” Today’s reading and memorial invite us […]

HOMILY WEEK 10 03 – Year II Living in the Reign with Faith and Love (1 Kg 18:20-39; Ps 16; Mt 5:17-19) **************************************************** Years ago, I was inspired to offer a retreat entitled Living in the Reign. The readings today invite us to live in the Reign of God with the faith of Elijah and […]

MEMORIAL – ST BARNABAS Returning to our Roots of Faith (Acts 11:21-26, 13:1-3; Ps 98; Mt 10:7-13) *************************************** The readings today, and this memorial of St. Barnabas, brings to mind a four-year renewal process we developed in our Archdiocese of Keewatin-The Pas years ago that was designed to involve everyone in the archdiocese. Based on […]

HOMILY WEEK 10 01 – Year II The Beatitudes – Keys to the Kingdom (1 Kg 17:1-6; Ps 121; Mt 5:1-12) ***************************************** Many years ago, Marge Denis produced a slide series in the NWT entitled The Beatitude People. That is what we are called to be by Jesus – a Beatitude People – a people […]

HOMILY WEEK 10 06 – Year I Memorial of the Immaculate Heart of Mary (Is 61:9-11; 1 Sm 2; Lk 2:41-51) ********************************************** “Without God, we cannot. Without us, God will not.” That statement by St. Augustine fits today’s memorial of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, who models for us a life of deep faith lived […]

SOLEMNITY OF THE SACRED HEART OF JESUS – Year B Seeing Into the Heart of God Hosea 11:1-9; Is 12; Eph 3:8-19; Jn 19:31-37) **************************************************** Today, we celebrate the solemnity of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, a devotion rooted in John’s Gospel, where blood and water flowed from Jesus’ side at his crucifixion. Gazing at […]

HOMILY WEEK 09 04 – Year II Love and Do What You Will: Optional Memorial of St. Norbert (2 Tim 2:8-15; Ps 25; Mk 12:28-34) ****************************************** How well are you able to love yourself? Are you struggling with low self-worth? Do you realize you might daily be breaking one of the commandments of Jesus? The […]

HOMILY WEEK 09 03 – Year II Rekindling the Flame of the Holy Spirit: Memorial of St. Boniface (2 Tim 1:1-12; Ps 123; Mk 12:18-27) *********************************** Most of us, I would think, have had the experience of sitting by a campfire until it burned down to some glowing embers. We then got up to fan […]