HOMILY THURSDAY AFTER ASH WEDNESDAY Making a Divine Paradigm Shift (Dt 30:15-20; Ps 1; Lk 9:22-25) ***************************************************** Sr. Elaine Biollo, in a class on Culture & Spirituality, spoke about the reality of a paradigm shift in our lives. When digital technology was developed, apparently it was offered first to the Swiss watchmakers, who refused it […]
Category: Homilies
Ash Wednesday-Fasting-Prayer-Almsgiving
ASH WEDNESDAY – Years ABC Lent – a Time of Repentance and Healing (Joel 2:12-18; Psalm 51; 2Cor 5:20-6:2; Matthew 6:1-6, 16-18) ********************************************************* A dishonest painter hired to paint a church building thinned his paint with water. As long as it didn’t rain, he would be okay, he thought. That night there was a rainstorm. […]
Faith-The Flood-Paradigm Shift
HOMILY WEEK 06 02 – Year I A Paradigm Shift of Faith (Gen 6:5-10; Ps 29; Mk 8:14-21) **************************************************** Have you ever experienced a paradigm shift? A paradigm shift is a movement away from one way of seeing reality, thinking or acting, to an entirely new way of seeing reality, thinking or acting. For those […]
Sin-Envy-Gratitude-Cain and Abel
HOMILY WEEK 06 01 – Year I Mastering Sin and Fostering an Attitude of Gratitude (Gen 4:1-25; Ps 50; Mk 8:11-13) ***************************************************** “Sin is lurking at the door; its desire is for you, but you must master it.” (Genesis 4:7) The readings today invite us to turn to God for the spiritual help and healing […]
Faith-Freedom-Healing-Leprosy
HOMILY SUNDAY 06 – B Living in Faith and Freedom (Leviticus 13:1-2, 45-46; Psalm 32; 1 Cor 10:23-11.1; Mark 1:40-45) **************************************************************** Some years ago, there was an item in the news about a nurse who was very upset towards the government. She had returned from tending to those suffering from Ebola in Africa, and although […]
Faith-Love-Adam and Eve
HOMILY WEEK 05 06 – Year I Responding to Love with Love (Gn 3:9-24; Ps 90; Mk 8:1-10) ************************************** Many years ago, the Beatles sang a song, “All You Need Is Love.” That song resonates with the readings for today, which remind us of the depth of God’s love for us, and our call to […]
Faith-Sin-Guilt-Forgiveness-Healing
HOMILY WEEK 05 05 – Year I Shame and Fear – Speak and Hear (Gen 3:1-8; Ps 32; Mk 7:31-37) **************************************** What would you entitle a homily based on these readings? Many possible titles came to my mind: “A Not-so Original Sin; Sin and Sinfulness; Forgiveness and Healing; The Solution to Sin,” etc. What I […]
Faith-Love-Our Lady of Lourdes
HOMILY WEEK 05 04 – Year I The Two Dimensions of Faith and Love: Optional Memorial of Our Lady of Lourdes (Gen 2:18-25; Ps 128; Mk 7:24-30) ********************************************* What are the names of the two girlfriends that a priest or bishop can have? The answer is Karen and Sharon. Caring and Sharing! Those two names […]
Faith-Sin-Sinfulness-St. Scholastica
HOMILY WEEK 05 03 – Year I The Reality of Sin: Memorial of St. Scholastica (Gen 2:4-17; Ps 104; Mk 7:14-23) ************************************** A French preacher told his congregation that he was going to preach about hell – what the hell it is, where the hell it is, and how the hell to get there! Understanding […]
Faith-Creation-Spirituality
HOMILY WEEK 05 02 – Year I A Spirituality of Human Incompleteness (Gen 1:20-2:4; Ps 8; Mk 7) ******************************************* A child was paging through a large family bible when he came across a large Maple leaf his mother was drying in its pages. He ran to her excitedly to proclaim that he had found Adam’s […]
