HOMILY WEEK 03 05 – Year I Faith and Love Make all the Difference (Heb 10:32-39; Ps 37; Mk 4:26-34) *************************************** The late Brother Anton Zisper OMI had a unique sense of humor. His comment about a set of identical twins was, “They really look alike, one more so than the other!” The readings today […]

HOMILY WEEKDAY 03 04 – Year I A Provocative New Way Memorial: St. Thomas Aquinas (Heb 10:19-25; Ps  24; Mk 4:21-25) ********************************************** Are you considered a provocative person? Today’s readings invite us to be provocative – to provoke one another to humble honesty, love and good works as part of a new and living way. […]

HOMILY WEEK 03 03 – Year I Soul Gardening: Living Word and Covenant Relationship: Optional Memorial of St. Angela Merici (Heb 10:11-18; Ps 110; Mk 4:1-20) ******************************************************** Gardening can, and should be, a spiritual experience. The liturgy today invites us to attend to the garden of our soul, where the living Word of God can […]

HOMILY WEEK 03 02 – Year I Fearless Faith:  Memorial of Saints Timothy and Titus (2 Tim 1:1-8; Ps 96; Lk 10:1-9) *************************************** From seventy disciples to two disciples, the readings today focus on the importance of the gift of faith and the difference it makes in our lives. Ultimately, we are invited to re-kindle […]

SUNDAY 03 – YEAR B Change Your Belief System (Jonah 3:1-5, 10; Psalm 25; 1 Corinthians 7:29-31; Mark 1:14-20) ************************************************************ John Cardinal Newman once said, “To live is to change; to have lived well is to have changed much.” The best way to experience the Kingdom of God is through faith and repentance. Jonah, in […]

HOMILY WEEK 02 06 – Year I Living in the Freedom of the Children of God (Heb 9:2-14; Ps 47; Mk 3:20-21) **************************************************** Amanda wrapped up an emotional talk at a Search weekend for youth by turning to towards me sitting close by, tears in her eyes, and asked a plaintive question, “I wonder if […]

HOMILY WEEK 02 05 – Year I Religion of the Heart: Optional Memorial of St. Vincent of Saragossa (Heb 8:6-13; Ps 85; Mk 3:13-19) ************************************************** “I will put my laws in their minds, and write them on their hearts, and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.” That sentence, and the […]

HOMILY WEEK 02 04 – Year I Living in an Intimate Covenant Relationship with God: Memorial of St. Agnes (Heb 7:25-8:6; Ps40; Mk 3:7-12) ****************************************************** A young man shared a dilemma with a friend. He was in love with two young women. One was a wonderful baker, and the other a wonderful poet, and he […]

HOMILY WEEK 02 03 – Year I Towards a More Peaceful, Pure Faith: Optional Memorial of St. Fabian (Heb 7:1-3,15-17; Ps 110; Mk 3:1-6) *********************************************** Which of the following statements resonates most deeply with you: Law and legalism, or love and relationships? The readings today invite us to deepen our faith in Jesus as Son […]