HOMILY SUN 27-C Faith that Hopes, Serves and Loves (Habakkuk 1:2-3; 2:2-4; Psalm 95; 2 Tim 1:6-8; 13-14; Luke 17:5-10) ************************************************************* So, did Mother Theresa have strong faith, or weak faith? Pray for a strong faith that keeps on hoping, loving and serving, no matter what. After the death of Mother Theresa of Calcutta, a […]

HOMILY WEEK 26 06 – Year II Humble Faith, Repentance and Awe: Memorial of St. Thérèse of the Child Jesus (Job 42:1-17; Ps 119; Luke 10:17-24) ************************************************ “When you are dead, you do not know that you are dead – all of the pain is felt by others left behind. The same thing happens when […]

HOMILY WEEK 26 05 – Year II Discipleship as Humble, Repentant Faith: Memorial of St. Jerome (Job 38:12-40:5; Ps 139; Lk 10:13-16) ************************************* Have you ever thought of what it must have been like for Jesus to have seventy disciples following him? Who did all the cooking? Where did they stay? As disciples of Jesus […]

HOMILY WEEK 26 04 – Year II Known and Loved – Like Nathanael: Feast of Saints Michael, Gabriel and Raphael (Rev 12:7-12; Ps 138; Jn 1:47-51) ******************************************************* One person once said his wife was like an angel. When asked how so, he replied, “She’s up in the air and always harping!” Have you ever wondered […]

HOMILY WEEKDAY 26 03 – Year II Following Jesus into the Kingdom: Optional Memorial of Saints Lawrence Ruiz and Companions (Job 9:1-16; Ps 88; Lk 9:57-62) ************************************************* The kingdom of God, discipleship, priorities, sacrifice, witness, redemptive suffering and prayer are a sequence of themes making up the readings today. The kingdom of God is the […]

HOMILY WEEK 26 02 – Year II Called to Redemptive Suffering: Memorial of St Vincent de Paul (Job 3:1-23; Ps 88; Lk 9:51-56) ************************************ One of the most striking teachings of Jesus is to take up our cross and follow him. All the readings today focus on suffering. And all call us into redemptive suffering […]

HOMILY WEEK 26 01 – Year II Qualities of a Strong Faith: Feast of St. Jean de Brébeuf, St. Isaac Jogues and Companions (Job 1:6-22; Ps 17; Lk 9:46-50) *************************************************** “In all of this, Job did not sin or charge God with wrongdoing.” That conclusion to the first reading today sets the stage for the […]

HOMILY WEEK 25 06 – Year II Radical Discipleship and Redemptive Suffering: Optional Memorial of Blessed Émilie Tavernier-Gamelin (Eccles 11:9-12:8; Ps 90; Lk 9:43-45) ******************************************************* Blending reflections from The Word Among Us and Bishop Robert Barron with today’s readings provides us with a strong invitation to be radical disciples of Jesus following him into a […]

HOMILY WEEK 25 05 – Year II The Messiah of God: Memorial of St. Pius of Pietrelcina (Padre Pio) (Ecclesiastes 3; Ps 144; Lk 9:18-22) *********************************************** In today’s gospel, Jesus poses a question about his identity in the peoples’ eyes to his disciples, and then asks them who they think he is. Peter replies with […]

HOMILY WEEK 25 04 – Week II An Intimate Faith in Jesus (Eccles 1:2-11; Ps 90; Lk 9:7-9) ******************************************** The late Serge LeClerc, former gang leader turned motivational speaker, stressed in one of his talks how he was always looking for identity in his career of crime. He also mentioned how he discovered he could […]