HOMILY WEEK 28 05 – Year II Enjoying our Inheritance – Memorial of St. Marguerite d’Youville (Eph 1:11-14; Ps 33; Lk 12:1-7) ********************************************** Are you aware of what your inheritance will be? The readings today invite us into a deeper appreciation of our spiritual inheritance – the kingdom of God – and how we can […]
Faith-Love-St. Teresa of Jesus
HOMILY WEEK 28 04 – Year II Chosen and Loved to be Saints – Memorial of St. Teresa of Jesus (Eph 1:1-10; Ps 98; Lk 11:47-54) *************************************** Here are some one-liners that fit the readings today: Some people are kind, polite, and sweet-spirited-until you try to sit in their pews; Many folks want to serve […]
Faith-Conversion-Spiritual growth- St. Callistus I
HOMILY WEEK 28 03 – Year II Claiming our Inheritance and Called to Conversion – Optional Memorial of St. Callistus I ((Gal 5:18-22; Ps 1; Luke 11:42-46 ****************************************************** Have you heard the expression “The spiritual life is more a journey than a destination?” There is some truth to that statement. Today’s readings call us to […]
Faith-Love-Freedom
HOMILY WEEK 28 02 – Year II Genuine Faith Expressed Through Selfless Love (Gal 5:1-6; Ps 119; Lk 11:37-41) *************************************************** “For freedom Christ has set us free” and “Give for alms those things that are within.” These two quotes from the readings today focus our attention on this message: our faith in Christ, to be […]
Prayer-Praise-Thanksgiving
HOMILY WEEK 28 01 -Year II Confident Prayer and Grateful Praise Optional Mass – Thanksgiving Day 2020 (Col 3:12-17; Ps 113; Mt 7:7-12) ***************************************** “If the only prayer you say in your entire life is ‘thank you’, that would suffice.” That statement, written by Meister Eckhart, a 14th century mystic, and the readings provided for […]
Faith-Weddings-Kingdom of God
HOMILY SUN 28 – A Your Kingdom Come (Isaiah 25:6-10a; Psalm 23; Philippians 4:10-14, 19-20; Matthew 22:1-14) ***************************************************************** “May Your Kingdom Come, But Not Yet.” That is the title of Oblate theologian and spiritual writer Ron Rolheiser’s recent article in Catholic newspapers. It resonates very much with the situation in the readings today – resistance […]
Faith-Word of God
HOMILY WEEK 27 06 – Year II Hearing and Keeping the Word of God (Ga 3:22-29; Ps 105; Lk 11:27-28) ********************************************** In a way, all three readings today are about the Word of God. The first reading has a unique way of saying all of creation is under the bondage of original sin – “scripture […]
Faith-Healing-St. John Leonardi
HOMILY WEEK 27 05 – Year II Holding Nothing Back: Optional Memorial of St. John Leonardi (Gal 3:6-14; Ps 111; Lk 11:15-26) ******************************************* “After Jesus had cast out a demon…” This Gospel passage seems to refer to Mary Magdalene, out of whom Jesus had cast seven demons. Visionary Ann Catherine Emerich claims after Jesus had […]
Faith-Prayer-Works
HOMILY WEEK 27 04 – Year II Faith Expressed Through Prayer (Ga 3:1-5; Lk 1:69-75; Lk 11:5-13) *************************************** There is a saying, “Pray as if everything depended on God; work as if everything depended on you.” That saying resonates with the readings today, inviting us to place our faith in Jesus’ death and resurrection, and […]
Faith-Our Lady of the Rosary
HOMILY WEEK 27 03 – Year II The Freshness of Our Faith: Memorial of Our Lady of the Rosary (Ga 2:1-2,7-14; Ps 117; Lk 11:1-4) ***************************************** The movie Risen imparts to the viewer a glimpse of the freshness and hopeful newness the resurrection of Jesus brought to the early disciples, and to the whole world […]
