HOMILY WEEK 32 06 – Year II On Faith and Caring Adapted from The Word Among Us (3 Jn 5-8; Ps 112; Lk 18:1-8) ***************************************************** Will not God then secure the rights of his chosen ones who call out to him day and night? The widow in the gospel was desperate. So, day after day, […]

HOMILY WEEK 32 05 – Year II Walking in the Truth (2 Jn 4-9; Ps 119; Lk 17:26-37) ********************************************** “To be close to God, be closer to people.” That quote, found in my father’s bible after he passed away, captures the message of the readings for us today – to have faith in Jesus and […]

HOMILY WEEK 32 04 – Year II Joyful, Just, Suffering Saints: Memorial of St. Josaphat (Phil 7-20; Ps 146; Lk 17:20-25) ************************************ What do you think? Can joy and suffering co-exist? The readings today invite us to live as joyful, just, suffering saints in the Kingdom of God. In his letter to Philemon, St. Paul […]

HOMILY WEEK 32 03 – Year II Grateful, Relational Praise as Inheritors of Eternal Life: Memorial of St. Martin fo Tours (Titus 3:1-7; Ps 23; Lk 17:11-19) ************************************************ Do you have an inheritance? How do you feel about either having one, or not having one? The readings today invite us to lead lives of grateful, […]

HOMILY WEEK 32 02 – Year II Gracefully Responding to Grace: Memorial of St. Leo the Great (Titus 2:1-8, 11-14; Ps 37; Lk 17:7-10) *************************************** “For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation to all.” This proclamation by St. Paul to Titus provides the context for today’s readings that are all about God’s salvation […]

WEEK 32 01 – Year II Temples of the Holy Spirit Feast: Dedication of the Lateran Basilica (1 Cor 3:9-17; Ps 46; Jn 2:13-22) ********************************************** The Basilica-Cathedral of St. John the Baptist in St. John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador is the metropolitan cathedral of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of St. John’s, Newfoundland and the mother church […]

HOMILY SUNDAY 32 – Year A Wisdom as Faith Expressed Through Love (Wisdom 6:12-16; Psalm 63; 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18; Matthew 25:1-13) ************************************************************* A young man was rather nervous about reading in Church, and instead of ending his reading with “The Word of the Lord” he stammered “The end of the world” to which the congregation […]

HOMILY WEEK 31 06 – Year II An Attitude of Gratitude (Phil 4:10-19; Ps 112; Lk 16:9-15) ******************************************************** “You cannot serve God and wealth.” That cryptic statement by Jesus in the gospel brings to mind the story of a hundred-dollar bill, a twenty-dollar bill and a Loonie having a serious conversation about life one day. […]

HOMILY WEEK 31 05 – Year II The Primacy of Relationships (Phil 3:17-21; 4:1; Ps 122; Lk 16:1-8) **************************************** Did you know that the most recent addiction in our world is being right? One party in a relationship is convinced she is right and the other wrong, while the other party is convinced he is […]

HOMILY WEEK 31 04 – Year II Transformative Faith in Jesus (Phil 3:3-8; Ps 105; Lk 15:1-10) ************************************* When now St. Pope John Paul II returned to Canada in 1987 in fulfillment of his promise to meet with the Indigenous peoples of the North, I was in the line-up of concelebrating priests and bishops who […]