HOMILY WEEKDAY 26 03 – Year II Following Jesus into the Kingdom: Optional Memorial of Saints Lawrence Ruiz and Companions (Job 9:1-16; Ps 88; Lk 9:57-62) ************************************************* The kingdom of God, discipleship, priorities, sacrifice, witness, redemptive suffering and prayer are a sequence of themes making up the readings today. The kingdom of God is the […]

HOMILY WEEK 26 02 – Year II Called to Redemptive Suffering: Memorial of St Vincent de Paul (Job 3:1-23; Ps 88; Lk 9:51-56) ************************************ One of the most striking teachings of Jesus is to take up our cross and follow him. All the readings today focus on suffering. And all call us into redemptive suffering […]

HOMILY WEEK 26 01 – Year II Qualities of a Strong Faith: Feast of St. Jean de Brébeuf, St. Isaac Jogues and Companions (Job 1:6-22; Ps 17; Lk 9:46-50) *************************************************** “In all of this, Job did not sin or charge God with wrongdoing.” That conclusion to the first reading today sets the stage for the […]

HOMILY WEEK 25 06 – Year II Radical Discipleship and Redemptive Suffering: Optional Memorial of Blessed Émilie Tavernier-Gamelin (Eccles 11:9-12:8; Ps 90; Lk 9:43-45) ******************************************************* Blending reflections from The Word Among Us and Bishop Robert Barron with today’s readings provides us with a strong invitation to be radical disciples of Jesus following him into a […]

HOMILY WEEK 25 05 – Year II The Messiah of God: Memorial of St. Pius of Pietrelcina (Padre Pio) (Ecclesiastes 3; Ps 144; Lk 9:18-22) *********************************************** In today’s gospel, Jesus poses a question about his identity in the peoples’ eyes to his disciples, and then asks them who they think he is. Peter replies with […]

HOMILY WEEK 25 04 – Week II An Intimate Faith in Jesus (Eccles 1:2-11; Ps 90; Lk 9:7-9) ******************************************** The late Serge LeClerc, former gang leader turned motivational speaker, stressed in one of his talks how he was always looking for identity in his career of crime. He also mentioned how he discovered he could […]

HOMILY WEEK 25 01 – Year II Unity, Community and a Spirituality of Letting Go: Feast of St. Matthew (Eph 4:1-7, 11-13; Ps 19; Mt 9:9-13) *********************************************** How have you responded to the words of Jesus, “Come, follow me,” addressed to you? The readings today, on this feast of St. Matthew, offers us three interrelated […]

HOMILY WEEK 25 02 – Year II Like a Stream in God’s Hand: Memorial of the Korean Martyrs – Saints Andrew Kim Tae-gön, Paul Chöng Ha-san and Companions (Prov 21:1-6, 10-13; Ps 119; Lk 8:19-21) ********************************************************** The Grand Canyon is two hundred, seventy-seven miles long, up to eighteen miles wide, and over a mile deep. […]

HOMILY SUNDAY 25 – C The Dishonest Steward – “What are your Priorities? (Amos 8:4-7; Psalm 113; 1 Timothy 2:1-7; Luke 16:1-13) ******************************************************* The Portugese have a saying: “What is important to us, we find time and money for.” Where do you spend your time and money? What are your priorities? Use material things to […]