HOMILY WEEK 07 02 – Year II Humble, Childlike, Trusting Faith: Optional Memorial of St. Eugene de Mazenod (James 4:1-10; Ps 55; Mk 9:30-37) ************************************** “Humble yourself before the Lord, and he will exalt you.” This admonition from St. James in the first reading is the key to understanding the readings of today’s liturgy, and […]
Category: Homilies
Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of the Church
HOMILY WEEK 07 01 – Year II Memorial of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of the Church (Gen 3:9-15,20/Acts 1:12-14; Judith 13:18-20; Jn 19:25-27) *********************************************************** Take a moment to think of your mother. What thoughts come to mind, and what feelings flood your heart? Hopefully gratitude, warmth, tenderness, affection for her virtues, and compassion for […]
Pentecost
HOMILY PENTECOST YEAR B Live by the Spirit in the Kingdom (Acts 2:1-11; Gal 5:16-25 (Optional); Jn 15:26-27; 16:12-15) *************************************************** Some kids were burying their pet cat that had died. One of them said that they should say a prayer first. Another said that his dad was a minister and he knew how to pray […]
Pope St. John I
HOMILY EASTER SEASON WEEK 07 06 – Year II Following Jesus into the Kingdom of God: Optional Memorial of Pope St. John I (Acts 28:16-20,30-31; Ps11; Jn 21:20-25) **************************************************** Imagine spending years in prison or under house arrest, as Paul did. Or imagine languishing in harsh conditions – including nine years in solitary confinement – […]
Servant Leadership
HOMILY EASTER SEASON WEEK 07 05 – Year II Servant Leadership Based on Love and Forgiveness: (Acts 24:27, 25:13-21; Ps 103; Jn 21:15-19) ************************************************** In the early years of my ministry in northern Saskatchewan, a brother priest and I went by boat from Île-à-la Crosse to Patuanak to visit Bishop Dumouchel OMI, who loved to […]
Unity and Ecumenism
HOMILY EASTER SEASON WEEK 07 04 – Year II Unity in Christ (Acts 22:30; 23:6-11; Ps 16; Jn 17:20-26) ************************************************* “So that they may be one, as we are one, I in them and you in me.” That statement by Jesus, again in the context of the Farewell Discourse at the Last Supper, invites us […]
Action and Contemplation
HOMILY EASTER SEASON WEEK 07 03 – Year II Balancing Action and Contemplation (Acts 20:28-38; Ps 68;Jn 17:11b-19) ***************************************** Some see Franciscan Fr. Richard Rohr as a modern-day prophet, whose career spans founding the New Jerusalem charismatic community, recording a ground-breaking Great Themes of Scripture, delving into Male and Female Spirituality, becoming an expert on […]
St. Matthias
HOMILY – FEAST OF ST MATTHIAS, APOSTLE Chosen to Love – Choosing to Love (Acts 1:15-17, 20-26; Ps 113; Jn 15:6-17) *********************************************** Two words leap out at us in today’s readings: “chosen” and “love.” Putting them together, we get the message from this feast day of St. Matthias that we are Chosen by Jesus to […]
Our Lady of Fatima
HOMILY EASTER SEASON WEEK 07 01 – Year II Firing Up Our Baptism: Optional Memorial of Our Lady of Fatima (Acts 19:1-8; Ps 68; Jn 16:29-33) **************************************************** St. Thomas Aquinas once said, “God is sheer joy, and sheer joy demands company.” That saying is appropriate for us today. The readings, and this mission, invite us […]
Ascension
ASCENSION OF THE LORD – B Living and Sharing our Faith (Acts 1:1-11; Ps 47; Eph 1:17-23; Mk 16:15-20) ********************************************** CH _ _ CH – What’s missing? The answer is U R! If you are not worshipping with the faith community on Sunday, it is incomplete. St. Paul closes off the second reading with a […]
