HOMILY WEEK 10 06 – Year I Memorial of the Immaculate Heart of Mary (Is 61:9-11; 1 Sm 2; Lk 2:41-51) ********************************************** “Without God, we cannot. Without us, God will not.” That statement by St. Augustine fits today’s memorial of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, who models for us a life of deep faith lived […]

SOLEMNITY OF THE SACRED HEART OF JESUS – 2021 Seeing Into the Heart of God Hosea 11:1-9; Is 12; Eph 3:8-19; Jn 19:31-37) **************************************************** Today, we celebrate the solemnity of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, a devotion rooted in John’s Gospel, where blood and water flowed from Jesus’ side at his crucifixion. Gazing at the […]

HOMILY WEEK 10 04 – Year I Living A Transformative Faith (2 Cor 3:15-4:6; Ps 85; Mt 5:20-26) ****************************************** What do you make of Paul’s focus on “glory” in the first reading today? The message he is earnestly trying to communicate to the Corinthians, and to us, is to allow our faith in Jesus to […]

HOMILY WEEK 10 03 – Year I Ministers of a New Covenant: (2 Cor 3:4-11; Ps 99; Matt 5:17-19) ************************************** Would you like to be given new, very important role in your life? You already have one – just believe it and be ministers of a new covenant. Those who are married will perhaps understand […]

HOMILY WEEK 10 02 – Year I On Being Salt and Light (Adapted from The Word Among Us) (2 Cor 1:18-22; Ps 119; Mt 5:13-16) ************************************** There’s nothing particularly interesting or special about a container of salt or a package of lightbulbs in your pantry. But think how indispensable they are. Today’s liturgy invites us […]

HOMILY WEEK 10 01 – Year I The Beatitudes – Our Way of Being (2 Cor 1:1-7; Ps 34; Mt 5:1-12) *************************************** Do you know your “Way of Being”? The liturgy today invites us to live the Beatitudes always, in both pleasant and painful times. A core teaching of the Returning To Spirit Process is […]

HOMILY CORPUS CHRISTI – B The Eucharist – an Experience of God’s Mercy (Ex 24:3-8; Heb 9:11-15; Mk 14:1-16, 22-26) *********************************************** Have you ever made a promise, only to break it? Have you ever resolved to change some behavior or attitude in your life, only to realize that you were powerless to do so? If […]

HOMILY WEEK 09 06 – Year I Almsgivers in the Spirit: Memorial of St. Boniface (Tob 12:1-20; Tob 13:2-6; Mk 12:38-44) ****************************************** “Prayer with fasting is good, but better than both is almsgiving with righteousness.” That sentence from the Book of Tobit literally leaps out at the reader, demanding our attention. It also provides an […]

HOMILY WEEK 09 05 – Year I Trusting In God At All Times From The Word Among Us (Tobit 11:5-15; Ps 146; Mk 12:35-37) *************************************** “That day there was joy for all the Jews who lived in Nineveh”  Tobit faced trial after trial. By the end of this story, however, his circumstances had flipped. Not […]

HOMILY WEEK 09 04 – Year I Living the Great Commandment: Memorial of St. Charles Lwanga and companions (Tobit 4; Psalm 128; Mark 12:28-34) ************************************************* How does one enter the reign of God? The answer is simple – keep the Great Commandment that Jesus gave us to love God, others and ourselves. Dr. Glasser, originator […]