HOMILY SUNDAY 23 – A Forgiveness and Love – Heart of the Church (Ezekiel 33:7-9; Psalm 95; Romans 13:8-10; Mt 18:15-20) ************************************************************* Can you sum up the Bible in one sentence? St. Paul, in the second reading, does it for us. The commandments, he tells us, are summed up in this one word: “Love your […]
Category: Homilies
St Peter Claver
HOMILY WEEK 22 06 – Year I Secure in Faith, Reaching Out in Love: Optional Memorial of St. Peter Claver (Col 1:21-23; Ps 54; Lk 6:1-5) ********************************************** Have you seen the movie, March of the Penguins? If not, I would encourage you to do so. That movie, along with the readings today, encourage us to […]
Nativity of Mary
FEAST of the NATIVITY OF MARY – WEEK 22 04 – Year I Trust and Transformation (Rm 8:28-30/Micah 5:2-5; Ps 13; Mt 1:1-23) ********************************************* Have you had to make a difficult decision lately and felt very alone? Have you ever wondered where was God in a particular painful situation? The readings on this feast of […]
Faith
HOMILY WEEK 22 04 – Year I Our Life in Christ: (Col 1:9-14; Ps 98; Lk 5:1-11) ***************************************** “Since we heard of your life in Christ.” Has anyone ever said that to you? Those words of St. Paul to the Colossians in the first reading today are a strong reminder to us that we are […]
Servants of the Word
HOMILY WEEK 22 03 – Year I Faithful Ministers of Christ (Col 1:1-8; Ps 52; Lk 4:38-44) ********************************************** Have you ever thought of taking Epaphras as your model for a life of faith? In the first reading, St. Paul holds him up as a beloved fellow servant and faithful minister of Christ. That means that […]
Healing
HOMILY WEEK 22 02 – Year I Living with Christ as Children of the Light (1 Thess 5:1-11; Ps 27; Lk 4:31-37) *********************************************** Are you familiar with the term “paradigm shift”? It refers to an idea or event that radically affects the way we see and deal with reality – almost forcing us to refocus […]
Labor Day
HOMILY for LABOR DAY Walking in Harmony with all of God’s Creation: Optional Memorial of Blessed Dina Bélanger (Gen 1:26-2:3; Ps 90; Mt 25:14-30) ************************************** The first reading from Genesis provided for this Labor Day fittingly portrays God at work at creating the universe. “Let us make man in our image” could indicate […]
The Cross
HOMILY SUNDAY 22 – A “Passio” and the Cross (Jeremiah 20:7-9; Psalm 63; Romans 12:1-2; Matthew 16:21-27) ********************************************************** “If anyone wants to be a follower of mine, let him take up his cross and follow me.” What a strange invitation from someone who is looking for followers. Certainly, it is not coming from someone […]
Blessed André Grasset
HOMILY WEEK 21 06 – Year I Just Love: Optional Memorial of Blessed André Grasset (1 Th 4:9-11; Ps 98; Mt 25:14-30) ************************************************ A customer placed an exquisite greeting card on the store counter and reached for his wallet. Pushing the keys on the cash register, the clerk said, “That will be $4 please.” “$4,” […]
Living Faith
HOMILY WEEK 21 05 – Year I Living with Lamps Lit (1 Thess 4:1-8; Ps 97; Mt 25:1-13) ************************************* Recently, after years of burning messy candles, I noticed an oil lamp sitting on a side table in our chapel where I previously lived. I filled it with oil, held a match to it and voila! […]
