HOMILY ADVENT WEEK 01 06 – Year I Wounded Healers Building Up the Kingdom of God: Memorial of St. Francis Xavier (Is 30:19-26; Ps 147; Mt 9:35 – 10:8) ************************************************* Are we seeking the God of consolation, or the consolations of God? That question, sometimes asked of those in spiritual direction, along with the readings […]
Category: Homilies
Faith-Healing
HOMILY ADVENT WEEK 01 05 – Year I Waiting for the Lord, Our Light and Salvation (Is 29:17-24; Ps 27; Mt 9:27-31) ************************************* The Responsorial psalm for today’s liturgy provides us with a clear message: Wait for the Lord, our light and salvation. In the first reading, the prophet Isaiah predicts a wonderful future for […]
HOMILY ADVENT WEEK 01 04 – Year I Building Our Lives on Rock: ((Is 26:1-6; Ps 118; Mt 7:24-27) ************************************* At the Western Wall in Jerusalem, our guide pointed out that the massive stones we saw were really just a retaining wall to support the platform on which the temple was built. What a solid […]
Evangelization-St. Andrew
HOMILY ADVENT 01 02 – Year II Feast of St Andrew: Kerygma and Didache (Rm 10:9-18; Ps 19; Mt 4:18-22) *************************************************** “If you confess with your lips that Jesus is Lord, and believe in your hearts that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.” This message of Paul to the Romans succinctly […]
Jesus Christ
HOMILY ADVENT WEEK 01 02 – Year I Jesus – Shoot from the Stump of Jesse (Is 11:1-10; Ps 72; Lk 10:21-24) ******************************************* There is a bumper sticker that reads, “If you want peace, work for justice.” The powerful readings for day two of this first week of Advent inspired me to adapt that saying […]
Will of God
ADVENT YEAR A – Week 01 01 Walking in the Ways of the Lord (Is 4:2-6; 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 […]
Christ- Advent
HOMILY ADVENT SUNDAY 01 – A Put on Christ and be Ready (Isaiah 2:1-5; Psalm 122; Romans 13:11-14; Matthew 24:37-44) ********************************************************** Perhaps you have seen a billboard that reads, complete with pointing finger “Are you ready for Jesus’ return?” This Advent, put on Christ, and be ready to meet Jesus in the most unexpected places. […]
HOMILY WEEK 34 06 – Year II On Being Alert and Ready through Prayer, Hope and Trust (Rev 22:1-7; Ps 95; Lk 21:34-36) ******************************************************* Stop, drop and roll! Over the years, children were taught these three words to help them remember what to do in the event of a fire. They were to stop running […]
Faith-St. Catherine of Alexandria
HOMILY WEEK 34 05 – Year II Experiencing the Newness of the Kingdom of God: Optional Memorial of St. Catherine of Alexandria, Virgin and Martyr (Rev 20:1-21:2; Ps 84; Lk 21:29-33) ********************************************** There is a scene in Mel Gibson’s movie Passion of the Christ in which Jesus, bloodied and battered from his torture and carrying […]
Martyrdom-St Andrew Dung-Lac and Companions
HOMILY WEEK 34 04 – Year II Invited to the Wedding Feast of the Lamb: Memorial of Saint Andrew Dung-Lac, Priest and Companions (Rev 18:1-23, 19:1-3; Ps 100; Lk 21:20-28) *********************************************** On the last day of our stay in Jerusalem, our group of pilgrims went to the Western Wall. It happened to be a Thursday […]
