HOMILY EASTER SEASON WEEK 04 04 – Year II Faith Expressed in Loving Service (Acts 13:13-25; Ps 89; Jn 13:16-20) *************************************************** “The one who ate my bread has lifted his heel against me. I tell you this now before it occurs, so that when it does occur you may believe that I am he.” The […]
Category: Homilies
Faith-Jesus-Light
HOMILY EASTER SEASON WEEK 04 03 – Year II Following Jesus More Closely (Acts 12:24-13:5; Ps 67; Jn 12:44-50) ********************************************* The song Day By Day: To see thee more clearly, Love thee more dearly Follow thee more nearly, Day by day The Gospel Acclamation provides us with a strong message: follow Jesus and have the […]
Kergyma-Didache-Paul & Barnabas
HOMILY EASTER SEASON WEEK 04 02 – Year II Called to Kerygma and Didache (Acts 11:19-26; Ps 87; Jn 10:22-30) ******************************************************** Do the words Kergyma and Didache resonate with you? These two words capture the dynamic of the activity of the early church and invite us to do the same today: proclaim, and teach about, […]
Jesus-Good Shepherd
HOMILY EASTER SEASON WEEK 04 01 – Year II Jesus as Good Shepherd and Gate to Eternal Life (Acts 11:1-18; Ps 42 & 43;Jn 10:1-10) *************************************************** Today’s readings invite us to place our faith in Jesus as the Good Shepherd and experience him as the Gate of salvation. The New Interpreter’s Bible claims the images […]
Vocation-Good Shepherd
HOMILY SUNDAY 4 – C The Greatest Vocation – Good Shepherd Sunday (Acts 3:14, 43-52; Palm 100; Rev 7:9, 14b-17; Jn 10:27-30) *********************************************************** How would you like to give life to others? Believe in the Good News of Jesus, and bring salvation and eternal life to others. These are such simple words, yet they hold […]
Faith-New life-Healing
HOMILY EASTER SEASON WEEK 03 06 – Year II Getting in God’s Wheelbarrow: (Acts 9:31-43; Ps 116; Jn 6:53, 60-69) *********************************************** A man asked his friends if they believed he could push a wheelbarrow on a high wire over Niagara Falls. When they replied they did not, he told them to watch, and he did […]
St Paul-St François de Laval
HOMILY EASTER SEASON WEEK 03 05 – Year II Saul’s Transformative Vision Quest: Memorial – St François de Laval (Acts 9:1-20; Ps 117; Jn 6:52-59) ******************************************** From 1983 to 1988, the Oblate Lebret Task Force organized a series of four-day fasts at late elder Mike Steinhauer’s home in Saddle Lake (onihcikiskwapiwin). We went without food […]
Faith-Philip-Ethiopian
HOMILY EASTER SEASON WEEK 03 04 – Year II On Being Missionary Disciples (Acts 8:26-40; Ps 66; Jn 6:44-51) ********************************************* Do you see yourself as a missionary disciple? That is what Pope Francis challenges us to be constantly. In today’s first reading, Philip can serve as a model for us. His missionary activity presents four […]
Faith-Longing-Blessed Marie-Léonie Paradis
HOMILY EASTER SEASON WEEK 03 03 Our Deepest Yearning: Optional Memorial of Blessed Marie-Léonie Paradis (Acts 8:1-8; Ps 66; Jn 6:35-40) **************************************** Karl Rahner famously stated: “In the torment of the insufficiency of everything attainable, we finally learn that here in this life all symphonies must remain unfinished.” That raises the question, “What is your […]
Paschal Mystery-Sts Philip and James
HOMILY EASTER SEASON WEEK 05 01 – Year I Living and Praying the Paschal Mystery: Feast of Saints Philip and James (1 Cor 15:1-8; Ps 19; Jn 14:6-14) ******************************************** Today’s first reading begins with St. Paul reminding his readers of the Good News that he proclaimed to them in which they were “standing,” and by […]
