HOMILY WEEK 10 02 – Year I On Being Salt and Light (Adapted from The Word Among Us) (2 Cor 1:18-22; Ps 119; Mt 5:13-16) ************************************** There’s nothing particularly interesting or special about a container of salt or a package of lightbulbs in your pantry. But think how indispensable they are. Today’s liturgy invites us […]

HOMILY WEEK 10 01 – Year I The Beatitudes – Our Way of Being (2 Cor 1:1-7; Ps 34; Mt 5:1-12) *************************************** Do you know your “Way of Being”? The liturgy today invites us to live the Beatitudes always, in both pleasant and painful times. A core teaching of the Returning To Spirit Process is […]

HOMILY CORPUS CHRISTI – B The Eucharist – an Experience of God’s Mercy (Ex 24:3-8; Heb 9:11-15; Mk 14:1-16, 22-26) *********************************************** Have you ever made a promise, only to break it? Have you ever resolved to change some behavior or attitude in your life, only to realize that you were powerless to do so? If […]

HOMILY WEEK 09 06 – Year I Almsgivers in the Spirit: Memorial of St. Boniface (Tob 12:1-20; Tob 13:2-6; Mk 12:38-44) ****************************************** “Prayer with fasting is good, but better than both is almsgiving with righteousness.” That sentence from the Book of Tobit literally leaps out at the reader, demanding our attention. It also provides an […]

HOMILY WEEK 09 05 – Year I Trusting In God At All Times From The Word Among Us (Tobit 11:5-15; Ps 146; Mk 12:35-37) *************************************** “That day there was joy for all the Jews who lived in Nineveh”  Tobit faced trial after trial. By the end of this story, however, his circumstances had flipped. Not […]

HOMILY WEEK 09 04 – Year I Living the Great Commandment: Memorial of St. Charles Lwanga and companions (Tobit 4; Psalm 128; Mark 12:28-34) ************************************************* How does one enter the reign of God? The answer is simple – keep the Great Commandment that Jesus gave us to love God, others and ourselves. Dr. Glasser, originator […]

HOMILY WEEK 09 02 – Year I Giving Ourselves Back to God: Memorial of St. Justin Martyr (Tob 2:9-14, 3:1; Ps 112; Mk 12:13-17) *************************************** Christine Archibald, the Canadian victim of a terrorist attack in London, had a heart for the poor and worked at a homeless shelter. The hashtag #ChrissySentMe inspired people around the […]

HOMILY – VISITATION OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY In Imitation of Mary, Mirror of the Church   (Zeph 3:14-18/Rm 12:9-16; Is 12; Lk 1:39-56) *************************************************** In his book, Mary – Mirror of the Church, former papal preacher Ranaiero Cantalamessa, OFM Cap., offers beautiful insights into role of Mary in the Church. In his writings, Cantalamessa […]

TRINITY SUNDAY Year B Make Disciples of All Nations (Deuteronomy 4:32-34, 39-40; Romans 8:14-17; Matthew 28:16-20) ************************************************************ A teacher was trying to teach her class the creed by having assigned students recite the different parts at the start of each class. It worked well for a few days, then one day there was silence when […]

HOMILY WEEK 08 06 – Year I True Wisdom – Prayer, Perseverance and Gratitude: Optional Memorial of St. Pope Paul VI (Sirach 51:12-20; Ps19; Mk 11:27–33) ************************************************ “I sought wisdom openly in my prayer” (Sirach 51:13). Today’s first reading especially encourages us to pray for wisdom; to persevere in seeking wisdom, and to be grateful […]