HOMILY SUNDAY 02 – YEAR C Marriage and a New Creation (Isaiah 62:1-5; Psalm 96; 1 Corinthians 12:4-11; John 2:1-12) ********************************************************* One year, on December 30th, a wedding took place in the northern Manitoba community of Lac Brochet. A young couple decided it was time for them to make a lifelong commitment before God in […]
Torah and Temple – or Partner with Christ
HOMILY WEEK 01 04 – Year ITorah and Temple, or Partners of Christ(Heb 3:7-14; Ps 95; Mk 1:40-45)************************************************* Have you ever felt guilty for not picking up a hitchhiker? Or not reaching out to a person seemingly lost in a parking lot? Today’s liturgy invites us to go far beyond the rubrics of the Torah […]
Torah and Temple, or Partners with Christ
HOMILY WEEK 01 04 – Year ITorah and Temple, or Partners of Christ(Heb 3:7-14; Ps 95; Mk 1:40-45)************************************************* Have you ever felt guilty for not picking up a hitchhiker? Or not reaching out to a person seemingly lost in a parking lot? Today’s liturgy invites us to go far beyond the rubrics of the Torah […]
St. John Kanty
HOMILY ADVENT DECEMBER 23 – Year II An Infinite Horizon of Faith, Forgiveness and Healing: Optional Memorial of St. John Kanti (Mal 3:1-4; 4:5-6; Ps 25; Lk 1:57-66) ******************************************************** Bishop Olivier Tremblay, an Oblate who previously worked with university students in Eastern Canada, spoke at an Oblate symposium once. He noted that youth today lack […]
The Visitation
ADVENT SUNDAY 4 – C Living the Advent Wreath (Micah 5:2-5; Psalm 80; Hebrews 10:5-10; Luke 1:39-45) ************************************************** On this fourth Sunday of Advent, the advent wreath coincides with the readings as an invitation to live the deeper meaning of the wreath, that is, living lives full of faith, hope, love and joy. For some, […]
St. Peter Casisius
HOMILY ADVENT DECEMBER 21 – Year II Faith, Forgiveness, Healing and Joy: Optional Memorial of St. Peter Canisius (Zeph 3:14-18; Ps 33; Lk 1:39-45) ******************************************* “The Lord has taken away the judgements against you, he has turned away your enemies.” Those words, a repeat of the first reading from the third Sunday of Advent, along […]
Annunciation
ADVENT HOMILY DECEMBER 20 – Year II Prophecy Fulfilled – Mary’s Fiat – God is With Us (Is 7:10-8:10; Ps 24; Lk 1:26-38) ************************************************ How accurate do you think you would be in predicting events seven hundred years into the future? The readings today, about prophecy fulfilled in Mary, encourage us to be like her […]
Faith, Hope and Justice
ADVENT HOMILY DECEMBER 19th Humble Faith, Barrenness, Hope and Relational Justice (Judges 13:2-25; Ps 71; Lk 1:5-25) *********************************************** Have you ever experienced a time in your life when you were powerless, came up empty, felt like your hands were tied behind your back? The readings today give us hope that God can work marvels of […]
Jesus – a New Kind of King
HOMILY ADVENT DECEMBER 18th Prophecy Fulfilled: God is With Us (Jer 23:5-8; Ps 72; Mt 1:18-24) *********************************************** Do you have a friend whose word you can trust totally? Today’s readings can be a reminder of the rock-solid foundation of our faith, based on the fulfillment of all the Old Testament prophecies about Jesus Christ. In […]
HOMILY ADVENT DEC 17th The Blessing of Our Genealogies (Gen 49:8-10; Ps 72; Mt 1:1-17) *************************************** Are there any skeletons in your family’s closet? Today’s readings can help us relax and trust that God can work marvels even with a less than holy family tree. Today we read the opening lines of Matthew’s Gospel—the first […]
