HOMILY WEEK 26 05 –  Year I Listen and Repent: Memorial of St. Francis of Assisi (Bar 1:15-22; Ps 79; Lk 10:13-16) ************************************************** “Made a searching and fearless moral inventory” and “Admitted to God, ourselves and another human being, the exact nature of our wrongs” These two sentences are Step 4 and Step 5 of […]

WEEKDAY 26 04 – Year I A Six-Pack for Discipleship (Nehemiah 8:1-12; Ps 19; Lk 10:1-12) **************************************************** Was there ever a moment when a passage of scripture brought tears to your eyes? That was the experience of the exiles who returned to Jerusalem and assembled around the priest Ezra to hear the words of the […]

HOMILY WEEK 26 02 – Year I 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 02 – Year I Attraction, Not Promotion: Memorial of St. Thérèse of the Child Jesus – Virgin and Doctor of the Church (Zech 8:20-23; Ps 87; Lk 9:51-56) ****************************************** While I was in the Holy Land taking a course at Tantur Ecumenical Institute, we were privileged to visit a Samaritan community and […]

HOMILY WEEK 26 01 – Year I Loving and Living the Word with Humble Faith and Childlike Simplicity: Memorial of St. Jerome (Zech 8:1-8; Ps 102; Lk 9:46-50) ************************************************************** Have you ever heard God speaking to you? Would you like to have a more intimate relationship with God? Then love, and live the Word of […]

HOMILY SUNDAY 26 – C To Love is to Care (Amos 6:1, 4-7; Psalm 146; 1 Timothy 6:11-16; Luke 16:19-31) ************************************************************ “Alas for those who are at ease in Zion, who lie on beds of ivory, but are not grieved over the sin of Joseph.” “But are not grieved over the sin of Joseph.” This […]

HOMILY WEEK 25 06 – Year I The Paradox of Presence, Suffering and Persecution: Optional Memorial of St. Lorenzo Ruiz and Companions [Adapted from The Word Among Us] (Zech 2:1-11; Jer 31; Lk 9:43-45) *********************************************** Have you ever heard of a chancel lamp? It is that lantern or candle in a church that tells us […]

HOMILY WEEK 25 05 – Year I Living Out Our Identity in Christ: Memorial of St. Vincent de Paul (Haggai 2:1-9; Ps 43; Lk 9:18-22) ********************************************** Jesus and Moses were golfing one day, and it turns out Jesus was a great fan of Tiger Woods. If he hit a great shot, he would exclaim, “Yes […]

HOMILY WEEK 25 05 – Year I Taking up the Cross and Living Calvary in Slow Motion: Feast – Saints Jean Brébeuf and Isaac Jogues (Rev 7:9-17; Ps 124; 2 Cor 4:7-15; Lk 9:23-26) ********************************************************* The feast we celebrate today is a significant feast for the Canadian Church, evidenced by two readings plus the Gospel. […]

HOMILY WEEK 25 03 – Year I Missioned to Proclaim and to Heal: Optional Memorial of Saints Cosmas and Damian (Ezra 9:5-9; Tob 13:3-6; Lk 9:1-6) ***************************************************** Just recently I discovered a brother Oblate, the late Fr. John Monbourquette, had written a book entitled How to Discover Your Personal Mission – the Search for Meaning. […]