HOMILY WEEK 34 02 – Year II Carpe Diem: Optional Memorial of St. Andrew Dung-Lac and Companions (Rev 14:14-19; Ps 96; Lk 21:5-11) **************************************************** A message offered us by the movie Dead Poet’s Society is Carpe Diem – to grasp the day, to make the most of our time each day. Our liturgy today in […]

HOMILY WEEK 34 01 – Year II Giving All to Christ: Optional Memorial of St. Clement I (Rev 14:1-5; Ps 24; Lk 21:1-4) ************************************** The message of the gospel today is to put our complete faith in Christ; to surrender to him totally. It is interesting that in one translation, Jesus looked up and saw […]

HOMILY SUNDAY 34 – YEAR A Christ the King (Ezekiel 34:11-12, 15-17; Psalm 23; 1 Cor 15:20-26, 28; Matthew 25:31-46) ****************************************************************** Rev. Marie-Louise Ternier-Gommers once wrote a reflection on today’s gospel in the Living With Christ. In it she asked an interesting question: “What would our communities look like if we let the ones most […]

HOMILY WEEK 33 06 – Year II The Transfiguration and Resurrection Memorial: The Presentation of Mary (Rev 11:4-12; Ps 144; Lk 20:27-40) ********************************************** During a course on addiction’s awareness, I found out only one other participant and I, out of a group of twenty-three, actually believed in the resurrection. All the others were into reincarnation. […]

HOMILY WEEK 33 05 – Year II The Word of God and Fraternal Correction (Rev 10:8-11; Ps 119; Lk 19:45-48) **************************************** “My house shall be a house of prayer, but you have made it into a den of robbers.” That statement by Jesus in the gospel today invites us to pray more contemplatively with the […]

HOMILY WEEK 33 03 – Year II Jesus the Whistleblower and Servant Leader Dedication of the Basilicas of St. Peter and Paul (Rev 4:1-11; Ps 150; Lk 19:11-28) ************************************************ The reality of whistleblowing is very much present in our day. Julian Assange, founder of Wikileaks, is facing legal challenges. Some time back three women were […]

HOMILY WEEK 33 02 – Year II Faith, Repentance and Acceptance (Rev 3:1-22; Ps 15; Lk 19:1-10) ******************************************** Is your faith hot, cold or lukewarm? The readings today invite us to keep our relationship with God and Jesus fresh and strong through contemplative prayer, repentance for our sins, and learning not to judge others. In […]

HOMILY WEEK 33 01 – Year II Faith, Forgiveness and Healing: Optional Memorial of St. Margaret of Scotland (Rev 2:4; Ps 1:1-6; Lk 18:35-43) **************************************** “Lay your hands gently upon us, let your touch render your peace! Let them bring your forgiveness and healing; lay your hands, gently lay your hands.” Those words from the […]

HOMILY SUNDAY 33 – A Just Discipleship (Proverbs 3110-13, 16-18, 20, 26, 28-32; Psalm 128; 1 Thessalonians 5:1-6; Matthew 24:36; 25:14-30) ********************************************************** Oblate Brother Tom Novak was part of Just Theatre, a theatre group in Winnipeg that created plays exposing injustices toward especially the poor and immigrants, and sought to build a more just society. […]