HOMILY WEEK 03 04 – Year I The Reign of God, Radical Discipleship and Redemptive Suffering: Memorial – Saints Timothy and Titus (2 Tim 1:1-8; Ps 96; Lk 10:1-9) ********************************************************* Two sentences connect the readings today on this memorial of Timothy and Titus. Paul, in the first reading to Timothy, invites him to join in […]
ST PAUL
FEAST – THE TRANSFORMATION OF ST PAUL (Acts 22:3-16/Acts 9:1-22; Psalm 117; Mark 16:15-18) ********************************************************** The readings for today’s feast of the Conversion of St. Paul, including both versions from Acts, focus on his encounter with Jesus and the Great Commission Jesus gave to his disciples. The message for us is to encounter Jesus as […]
St. Francis de Sales
HOMILY WEEK 03 03 – Year II Stories of Unconditional Love: Memorial – St. Francis de Sales (2 Sam 7:1-17; Ps 89; Mk 4:1-20) ********************************************************** Today’s liturgy offers us three stories of unconditional love to ponder: a covenant relationship, the prodigality of God’s Word, and the ministry of St. Frances de Sales. Like St. Frances, […]
HOMILY WEEK 03 02 – Year II Doing God’s Will – Key to Joy (2 Sam 6:12-19; Ps 24; Mk 3:31-35) ************************************ “Why do you Catholics worship Mary when Jesus pushed her away the time she came to see him with his family?” The readings today provide an answer to this query, and remind us […]
HOMILY WEEK 03 01 – Year II Letting Jesus Be Our King (2 Sam 5:1-10; Ps 89; Mk 3:22-30) ************************************ “All the elders of Israel came to David at Hebron, and King David made a covenant with them.” The readings today, by their stark contrast, invite us to be like the elders of Israel in […]
Grieving
HOMILY WEEK 02 06 – Year II Living in Balance: (2 Sam 1:1-27; Ps 80; Mk 3:20-21) *************************************** “Among yourselves, charity, charity, charity, and for others, zeal for souls.” Those are the words of St. Eugene de Mazenod, founder of the Oblates of Mary Immaculate, to the members of his congregation as he lay dying. […]
Apostles
HOMILY WEEK 02 05 – Year II Sent to Proclaim Mercy and Heal: (1 Sam 24:2-21; Ps 57; Mk 3:13-19) ***************************************** Do you see yourself as an apostle? The readings today call us to an apostolic mission of proclaiming the Good News of God’s mercy, and to a healing ministry. The gospel is all about […]
HOMILY WEEK 02 04 – Year II Friendship in the Lord and Healing in His Name: (1 Sam 18:6 – 19:7; Ps 56; Mk 3:7-12) ************************************************ “True friends are like diamonds, precious and rare; False friends are like Autumn leaves, found everywhere.” That saying, seen on a poster at a treatment centre, touches on the […]
St. Anthony
HOMILY WEEK 02 03 – Year II Balancing Mercy and Faith, Law and Love: Memorial of St. Anthony (1 Sm 17:32-51; Ps 144; Mk 3:1-6) ****************************************************** Why was Goliath so surprised when David struck him with a stone from his sling? Such a thing had never entered his head before! The readings today, on this […]
Faith
HOMILY WEEK 02 02 – Year II Placing our Faith in Christ as Kyrios-Lord (1 Sm 16:1-13; Ps 89; Mk 2:23-28) *************************************** The late Serge LeClerc, former gang leader who had a conversion experience while incarcerated, became a motivational speaker. In one of his talks, he shared how he was always looking for identity, and […]
