Know the Way, Go the Way, Show the Way (Jude 17-25; Ps 63; Mk 11:27-33) ************************************** The Christopher Leadership Course for youth includes the saying, “Know the Way, Go the Way and Show the Way” in one of its warm-ups. In a way, that saying could be seen as embodying the message from today’s readings, […]
Category: Homilies
HOMILY WEEK 08 05 – Yr II
Bearing Fruit Faithfully: Memorial – Justin Martyr (1 Pt 4:7-13; Ps 96; Mk 11:11-25) **************************************************** Last fall my garden disappointed me – the potatoes were scabby, the carrots small and the strawberries few and certainly not everbearing. I have no idea why – I just know I was disappointed and can identify with the response […]
HOMILY WEEK 08 02 – Yr II
Setting All Our Hope on the Grace of Christ (1 Pt 1:10-16; Ps 98; Mk 10:28-31) ********************************************** One Sunday at the scholasticate at Battleford where I began the study of theology, Fr. Kedl, one of our professors, gave an eloquent homily. Fr. Huber, one of the elder Oblate priests in the congregation, was a type […]
HOMILY WEEK 08 01 – Yr II
Humble Faith, Living Hope and Eternal Joy (1 Pt 1:3-9; Ps 111; Mk 10:17-27) ********************************************** Have you ever seen yourself as the rich young man in today’s gospel? The readings today invite us to grow in humble faith leading us to greater hope and the enjoyment of eternal life to be shared with others. Back […]
HOMILY WEEK 07 06 – Yr II
The Sacrament of Childlikeness – Memorial: St. Philip Neri (Jm 5:13-20; Ps141; Mk10:13-16) ***************************************************** A set of parents finally managed to convince their precocious son that Jesus was really risen from the dead. As that truth settled on him, a gleam appeared in his eye and he headed straight for the door with a determined […]
HOMILY WEEK 07 05 – Yr II
Faith, Healing and Intimacy (James 5:9-12; Ps 103; Mk 10:1-12) ******************************** A Sunday school teacher said to her children, “We have been learning how powerful kings and queens were in Bible times. But, there is a higher power. Can anybody tell me what it is?”A small hand shot up immediately and the owner blurted out, […]
HOMILY WEEK 07 04 – Yr II
Faith, Love and Justice (James 5:1-6; Ps 49; Mk 9:41-50) *********************************** Today’s readings present a challenge to us with their harsh language, both by James in the first reading and Jesus in the gospel. Combined with the psalm, however, they invite us to be grounded in God’s forgiveness and healing first, then offer up our […]
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 and proceeded to say, […]
HOMILY EASTER SEASON WEEK 07 06 – Yr II
Make Every Situation your Cathedral (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 – as did Vietnam Cardinal Nguyen Van Thuan (1982-2002) did. Now imagine that despite your restrictions, you continue to […]
HOMILY EASTER SEASON WEEK 07 03 – Yr II
Be Contemplatives in Action (Acts 20:28-38; Ps 68;Jn 17:11b-19) ********************************** Some see Richard Rohr as a modern-day prophet, whose career spans founding the New Jerusalem community, recording a ground breaking Great Themes of Scripture, delving into Male and Female Spirituality, an expert on the Enneagram and finally founding a Center for Action and Contemplation in […]
