Being Elijah for Others (Sirach 48:1-11; Ps 80; Mt 17:10-13) ************************************** Do you see yourself as a prophet? The readings today invite us to be Elijah and John the Baptist for others. Both the first reading from Sirach and the gospel focus on Elijah. Elijah was the great prophet of the Old Testament, well deserving […]
Category: Homilies
HOMILY ADVENT WEEK 02 01 – Yr II
Tee Pee Spirituality Healing (Is 35:1-10; Ps 85; Lk 5:17-26) ************************************ A man told a psychiatrist that he suffered from nightmares – sometimes he dreamt he was a tee pee, other times he was a wigwam. When he asked what his problem was, the psychiatrist replied simply that he was too tense! Did you know […]
HOMILY ADVENT SUNDAY 2-A
Repentance – Key to the Kingdom (Isaiah 40:1-5, 9-11; Psalm 85; 2 Peter 3:6-15; Mark 1:1-8) **************************************************************** A dishonest painter thinned the paint with water and painted a church. As long as it didn’t rain right away he would be okay, he thought. That night there was a big storm. He ran to the Church […]
HOMILY ADVENT WEEK 01 06 – Yr II
Modern Day Isaiah’s Offering Hope and Healing (Is 30:19-26; Ps 147; Mt 9:35 – 10:8) ************************************************ Are you shocked at the number of drug-related deaths due to the opioid crisis in our society today? Could that be an indication of a deeper spiritual malaise, a lost-ness of the soul? Jesus, in the readings today, mandates […]
HOMILY SOLEMNITY OF THE IMMACULATE CONCEPTION
Balancing Devotion with Imitation (Gen 3:9-20; Ps 98; Eph 1:3-12; Lk 1:26-38) ********************************************************** A husband asked his wife why she had purchased an expensive dress after she had told him she was only going window shopping. She replied that she did go window shopping and that when she saw that beautiful dress in the window, […]
HOMILY ADVENT WEEK 01 04 – Yr II
Doing the Will of God – Memorial, St Ambrose (Isaiah 26:1-6; Ps 118; Mt 7:21, 24-27) *************************************************** “Only the ones who do the will of my Father in heaven will enter the kingdom of God.” Jesus could not be clearer or more direct than this teaching: “Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will […]
HOMILY ADVENT YEAR II – Week 01 01
Walking in the Ways of the Lord (Is 2:1-5; Ps 122; Mt 8:5-13) *************************************** Walk a new path is the title of a book I wrote on addictions awareness and the 12 Step program. It connects with the message from Isaiah today, encouraging us to go up to the mountain of the Lord, that God […]
HOMILY ADVENT SUNDAY 01 – B
Waiting with Faith (Isaiah 63:16-17, 64:1, 3-8; Psalm 80; 1 Corinthians 1:3-9; Mark 13:33-37) ***************************************************************** Two young boys were praying their night prayers, one silently and one very loud, shouting what he wanted for Christmas. The quiet child rebuked him, telling him that God was not deaf. The second boy replied that God wasn’t, but […]
HOMILY WEEK 34 05 – Yr I
Serving Jesus our King (Dan 7:1-14; Dan 3:75-81; Lk 21:29-33) ****************************************** Did you know that Prince Harry, about to be married, is 5th in line to the throne? Someday he might be king of England and Meghan Markle would be queen! Perhaps not that surprising, as the media has just pointed out that she is […]
HOMILY WEEK 34 03 – Yr I
Bless and Praise God Forever (Dan 5:1-6, 13-14, 16-17, 23-28; Dan 3; Lk 21:12-19) ************************************************* Last century, there was a great ecclesiological debate in the Vatican to decide which was the greatest male religious order in the world. They were all gathered – Jesuits, Dominicans, Franciscans, Redemptorists, Oblates of Mary Immaculate (OMI), etc. The Holy […]
