HOMILY 6th SUNDAY OF EASTER – B Loved by God, and Empowered by the Spirit to Live in Love (Acts 10:25-26, 34-35, 44-48; 1 Jn 4:7-10; Jn 15:9-17) ******************************************************** Recently, a mental health coordinator in another province asked me to conduct a workshop for her community workers on how to stay healthy and sane in […]

HOMILY EASTER WEEK 05 06 – Year II Steadfast Faith and Love: Optional Memorial of Blessed Marie-Léonie Paradis (Acts 16:1-10; Psalm 100; Jn 15:18-21) ******************************************************** In the gospel, Jesus warns us that just as he was misunderstood and persecuted, his followers will also be misunderstood and persecuted. We must pray for the faith to stay […]

  HOMILY FEAST of SAINTS PHILIP AND JAMES Through the Apostles to Jesus and the Father (1 Cor 15:1-8; Ps 18; Jn 14:6-14) ******************************************************** “It is just as important to feed people with the Word of God as it is to feed them with the Body and Blood of Jesus.”  That quote is from Catherine […]

HOMILY EASTER SEASON WEEK 05 04 – Year II Abiding in Love:Memorial of St. Athanasius (Acts 15.7-21; Ps 96; Jn 15.9-11) ********************************************** When was the last time you told somebody you loved them? When was the last time someone said they loved you? The answer to that last question is actually today – just now, […]

HOMILY EASTER SEASON WEEK 05 03 – Year II Abiding in Jesus and Bearing Fruit: Optional Memorial of St. Joseph the Worker (Acts 15:1-6; Ps 122; Jn 15:1-8) *************************************************** In the Domano Retreat centrr in the Diocese of Prince George, there is a vine covering most of a wall that both clings to and reaches […]

HOMILY EASTER SEASON WEEK 05 02 – Year II Elements of Discipleship: Relationship, Persecution and Proclamation – Memorial of St. Marie of the Incarnation (Acts 14:19-28; Ps 145; John 14:27-31a) ******************************************************** The readings today offer us three elements of discipleship as followers of Jesus: relationship, persecution and proclamation. The gospel places us back at the […]

HOMILY EASTER SEASON WEEK 05 01 – Year I Experiencing God Through Intimacy: Memorial of St. Catherine of Siena (Acts 14.5-18; Ps 115; Jn 14.21-26) *********************************************** When someone is on their deathbed, and sharing their last thoughts and words with us – we pay attention. The gospel today asks us to pay attention to the […]

SUNDAY EASTER 05 B Believe and Love (Acts 9:26-31; Psalm 22; 1 John 3:18-24; Jn 15:1-8) ************************************************************ On the wall of the chapel at the Domano Retreat Centre in Prince George, there is an impressive vine with a strong stem reaching up to the ceiling, and numerous branches reaching out in horizontally and vertically, clinging […]

HOMILY EASTER SEASON WEEK 04 06 – Year II The Prism of the Program (Acts 13:44-52; Ps 98; Jn 14:7-14) ************************************************* We can’t see light – we see by light. It takes a prism or a rainbow to refract light into the different colours that make up light, allowing us some glimpse into the beauty […]

HOMILY EASTER SEASON WEEK 04 05 – Year II Homecoming – A Place for Us All: Optional Memorial of Our Lady of Good Counsel (Acts 13:26-33; Ps 2; Jn 14:1-6) ******************************************************* A Place For Us is a song in the opera West Side Story that resonates with the gospel today in which we are assured […]