HOMILY WEEK 27 03 – Year I An Extreme Faith Makeover: Optional Memorial of Blessed Marie Rose Durocher (Jonah 4:1-11; Ps 86; Lk 11:1-4) ********************************************* “Extreme Makeover” shows on TV that involve the transformation of plain looking persons or run-down houses into a stunning display of poise and beauty all end with a “big reveal” […]

HOMILY WEEK 27 02 – Year I Genuine Repentance and Mature Prayer: Optional Memorial of St. Faustina Kowalska (Jonah 3:1-10; Ps 129; Lk 10:38-42) ************************************************ Usually the liturgists who choose the readings for the Eucharist try to find a link or connection between the reading and the gospel. Not so today – the readings provide […]

HOMILY WEEK 27 01 – Year I An Attitude of Faithful Obedience and Compassionate Caring: Memorial of St Francis (Jonah 1:1-2:1, 10; Jonah 2; Lk 10:25-37) ************************************************************* The readings today, for this memorial of St Francis of Assisi, invites us to check out attitude towards God’s infinite mercy and how well we live out our […]

HOMILY SUNDAY 27 B (Homily 01) God’s Wildest Dream Gen 2:7-8, 18-24; Psalm 128; Heb 2:9-11; Mark 10:2-16) ********************************************************* A little boy opened the big family Bible and leafed through the pages. When he saw an old leaf pressed in between the pages, he called out to his mother, “Mom, look what I found.” When […]

HOMILY WEEK 26 06 – Year I Believing in Angels: Memorial of the Holy Guardian Angels (Exodus 23:20-23; Ps 91; Mt 18:1-5, 10) ****************************************** A young boy asked his parents to be alone with his newly born baby sister. The parents listened in and heard him say to his little sister, “Quick, tell me what […]

HOMILY WEEK 26 05 – Year I Listen and Repent: Memorial of St. Thérèse of the Child Jesus (Bar 1:15-22; Ps 79; Lk 10:13-16) ************************************************** “Made a searching and fearless moral inventory” and “Admitted to God, ourselves and another human being, the exact nature of our wrongs” These two sentences are Step 4 and Step […]

WEEKDAY 26 04 – Year I A Six-Pack for Discipleship: Memorial of St. Jerome (Nehemiah 8:1-12; Ps 19; Lk 10:1-12) **************************************************** Was there ever a moment when a passage of scripture brought tears to your eyes? That was the experience of the exiles who returned to Jerusalem and assembled around the priest Ezra to hear […]

HOMILY WEEK 26 03 – Year I Known and Loved – Like Nathanael: Feast of Saints Michael, Gabriel and Raphael (Rev 12:7-12; Ps 138; Jn 1:47-51) ******************************************************* Have you ever wondered what it must have been like to be one of the apostles and meet Jesus in person? Today’s feast of the Archangels and the […]

HOMILY WEEKDAY 26 02 – Year I Attraction, Not Promotion: Optional Memorial of St. Lawrence Ruiz & Companions (Zech 8:20-23; Ps 87; Lk 9:51-56) ****************************************** While I was in the Holy Land taking a course at Tantur Ecumenical Institute, we were privileged to visit a Samaritan community and a Samaritan priest. He was adamant they […]

HOMILY WEEK 26 01 – Year I Love, and Live the Word of God with Humble Faith and Childlike Simplicity: Memorial of St. Vincent de Paul (Zech 8:1-8; Ps 102; Lk 9:46-50) ************************************************************** Have you ever heard God speaking to you? Would you like to have a more intimate relationship with God? Then love, and […]