FEAST OF THE TRANSFIGURATION OF THE LORD Being Attentive to the Mystery (Dan 7:9-10/2 Pt 1:16-19, 13-14; Ps 97; Lk 9:28-36) ********************************************** “You will do well to be attentive to this as to a lamp shining in a dark place.” These words in the second reading from St. Peter, a witness to the transfiguration, invite […]
St Frédéric Jansoone
HOMILY WEEK 17 06 – Year I Jubilee, Justice and Hope: Optional Memorial of St Frédéric Jansoone (Lev 25:1-17; Ps 67; Mt 14:1-12) ************************************** Have you walked through a Holy Door during the Jubilee Year of Mercy? Although that Jubilee Year ended in November of 2016, we are invited, as followers of Jesus, to live […]
St. Jean Vianney
HOMILY WEEKDAY 17 05 – Year I The Power of Ritual and Faith – Memorial: St. John Mary Vianney (Lev 23:1-37; Ps 81; Mt 13:54-58) ********************************************** It is common to think love supports marriage. Often, however, it is the other way around – marital commitment will support love, especially in tough times. The readings today […]
Tabernacle
HOMILY WEEK 17 04 – Year I Living Tabernacles and Mutual Indwelling (Ex 40:16-38; Ps 84; Mt 13:47-52) ********************************************* The readings invite us to be tabernacles of God’s presence in the world as we dwell with God and God with us in Christ. When our pilgrim group was in the Holy Land, we were able […]
St. Alphonsus Ligouri
HOMILY WEEK 17 02 – Year I Living in the Kingdom: Memorial of St. Alphonsus Ligouri (Ex 33:7-11; 34;4-9, 28; Ps 103; Mt 13:36-43) ********************************************* After Word Youth Days in Toronto in 2003, Ken Yasinski, a gifted young man from St. Walburg, Sask. was inspired to begin offering a series of youth retreats he called […]
St Ignatius of Loyola
HOMILY WEEK 17 01 – Year I Living In The Reign: Memorial of St. Ignatius of Loyola (Exodus 32:15-24, 30-34; Ps 106; Mt 13:31-35) *********************************************** “Regnum Dei Intra Vos” – “The Kingdom of God is among you.” That is my motto as a bishop. Taken from Luke 17:21, it is the only place in the […]
Kingdom of God
HOMILY SUNDAY 17 – YEAR A Living In The Kingdom of God (1 Kings 3:5-12; Psalm 119; Romans 8:28-30; Matthew 13:44-52) ************************************************************* Imagine a hockey game without a net; a ball game without a home plate; a bingo game without cards; hunting moose where there are no moose to be found! Everyone needs a goal, […]
Saints Martha, Mary and Lazarus
HOMILY WEEK 16 06 – Year I Hospitality, Contemplation, and the Transformative Healing Journey: Memorial of Saints Martha, Mary and Lazarus (Jer 26:1-9; Ps 69; Jn 11:17-27) ***************************************** This memorial of Saints Martha, Mary and Lazarus was just recently added to the liturgical calendar by Pope Francis. St. Martha was already celebrated on Jan. 29 […]
Word of God
HOMILY WEEK 16 05 – Year I Hearing and Living the Word (Ex 20:1-17; Ps 19; Mt 13:18-23) ***************************************** Years ago, Fr. Richard Rohr founded the Centre for Action and Contemplation in Albuquerque, New Mexico. That prophetic move can be seen as a living out of the message of today’s readings – hearing the Word […]
Mystery of Faith
HOMILY WEEK 16 04 – Year I Missing the Mystery (Ex 19:1-20; Dan 3; Mt 13:10-17) ********************************** “Life is a mystery to be lived, not a problem to be solved.” Today’s gospel invites us to stop missing the mystery; to connect faith with our lives, and to deepen our understanding of the gift of faith […]
