HOMILY WEEK 27 02 – Year II Respect for Life, Conversion and Contemplation: Optional Memorial of Blessed Marie-Rose Durocher (Gal 1:13-34; Ps 139; Lk 10:38-42) ******************************************** Today’s liturgy provides us with a triple-header, much like in the world of baseball. Three major themes emerge from the readings that invite us to respect all life, enter […]

HOMILY WEEK 27 01 – Year II A Church of Good Samaritans – Loving as Jesus Loved (Gal 1:6-12; Ps 11; Lk 10:25-37) *************************************************** As participants in a course at the Tantur Ecumenical Centre in Jerusalem, we attended a Sabbath service, then we were invited to share a Sabbath meal in the home of a […]

HOMILY SUNDAY 27-A The Vineyard Given to Others (Isaiah 5:1-7; Psalm 80; Philippians 4:6-9; Matthew 21:33-43 ***************************************************** How are you responding to God’s call to build up his kingdom here on earth? Cherish the greatest gift of all – the Kingdom of God. Live in it and never lose it. I once began a strawberry […]

HOMILY WEEK 26 06 – Year II Humble Faith, Repentance and Awe (Job 42:1-17; Ps 119; Luke 10:17-24) ************************************************ “When you are dead, you do not know that you are dead – all of the pain is felt by others left behind. The same thing happens when you are stupid.” That cryptic saying, and the […]

HOMILY WEEK 26 02 – Year II Believing in Angels: Memorial of the Guardian Angels (Exodus 23:20-23; Ps 91; Mt 18:1-5, 10) ****************************************** A young boy asked his parents to be alone with his newly born baby sister. The parents listened in and heard him say to his little sister, “Quick, tell me what God […]

HOMILY WEEKDAY 26 04 – Year II Discipleship: A Test of Faith, and Memorial of St Thérèse of the Child Jesus (Job 19:21-27; Ps 27; Lk 10:1-12) ***************************************************** A priest, who was addressing his sermon on Jesus especially to the kids in the congregation, started by describing an imaginary special person who was very kind, […]

HOMILY WEEKDAY 26 03 – Year II Following Jesus into the Kingdom (Job 9:1-16; Ps 88; Lk 9:57-62) ***************************************** The kingdom of God, discipleship, priorities, sacrifice, witness, redemptive suffering and prayer are a sequence of themes making up the readings today. The kingdom of God is the underlying reality of the gospel, revealing again the […]

HOMILY WEEK 26 02 – Year II Known and Loved – Like Nathanael: Feast of Saints Michael, Gabriel and Raphael (Rev 12:7-12; Ps 138; Jn 1:47-51) ******************************************************* Have you ever wondered what it must have been like to be one of the apostles and meet Jesus in person? Today’s feast of the Archangels and the […]

HOMILY WEEK 26 01 – Year II Qualities of a Strong Faith Optional Memorial of St. Lorenzo Ruiz and companions (Job 1:6-22; Ps 17; Lk 9:46-50) *************************************************** “In all of this, Job did not sin or charge God with wrongdoing.” That conclusion to the first reading today sets the stage for the readings and the […]

HOMILY SUNDAY 26 – A Faith, Repentance and God’s Will (Ezekiel 18:25-28; Psalm 25; Philippians 2:1-11; Matthew 21:28-32) ************************************************************* At the age of twelve, Frank was sent by his father to pick wild oats out of a quarter section of land sowed to oats. While his father probably thought it was a reasonable request to […]