by Abbot | May 7, 2025 | Homily
Scripture Readings: Acts of the Apostles 13:14, 43-52; Book of Revelation 7:9, 14-17; Gospel According to Saint John 10:27-30 Our Lord Jesus Christ, during his earthly ministry, knew very well how to speak to the people about his person and his mission, using simple...
by Abbot | May 5, 2025 | Homily
Scripture Readings: Acts of the Apostles 13:14, 43-52; Book of Revelation 7:9, 14-17; Gospel According to Saint John 10:27-30 Our Lord Jesus Christ, during his earthly ministry, knew very well how to speak to the people about his person and his mission, using simple...
by Abbot | Apr 29, 2025 | Homily
Scripture Readings: Acts of the Apostles 5:27-32, 40-41; Book of Revelation 5:11-14; Gospel According to Saint John 21:1-21 In this Sunday’s Gospel passage, Simon Peter tells several of the other apostles, “I am going fishing.” Peter and at least six other apostles...
by Abbot | Apr 26, 2025 | Homily
Scripture Readings: Acts of the Apostles 5:12-16; Book of Revelation 1: 9-17; Gospel According to Saint John 20:19-31 We continue our yearly celebration of the Passover of Christ, whose triumphant resurrection from the dead is our hope and joy. Today the Gospel...
by Abbot | Apr 18, 2025 | Homily
“It is finished,” are Christ’s words from the cross just before He “bowed his head and gave up His spirit” (John 19:30). What is finished? On Good Friday the old creation, of sin and separation from God, has ended, is finished, and a new...
by Abbot | Apr 14, 2025 | Homily
Scripture Readings: Book of Exodus 12:1-8,11-14; Saint Paul’s First Letter to the Corinthians 11:22-26; Gospel According to Saint John 13:1-15 Each Holy Thursday the Church recounts the evening when Jesus celebrated the Last Supper with his closest disciples. At that...
by Abbot | Apr 7, 2025 | Homily
Scripture Readings: Book of the Prophet Isaiah 50:4-7; Letter of Saint Paul to the Philippians 2:6-11; Gospel According to Saint Luke 22:12-23:56 Palm Sunday Mass normally begins outside the church building with a recounting of the triumphal entry of Jesus into...
by Abbot | Mar 30, 2025 | Homily
Scripture Readings: Book of the Prophet Isaiah 43:16-21; Saint Paul’s Letter to the Philippians 3:8-14; Gospel According the Saint John 8:1-11 Holy Week is drawing nigh. In fact, just a week from today is Palm Sunday and the following Sunday is Easter. Maybe for many...
by Abbot | Mar 24, 2025 | Homily
Scripture Readings: Book of Joshua 5: 9,10-12; Saint Paul’s Second Letter to the Corinthians 5:17-21; Gospel According to Luke15:1-3,11-32 The story is told of a catechism class studying the Parable the Prodigal Son. After emphasizing the wrong attitude of the older...
by Abbot | Mar 17, 2025 | Homily
Scripture Readings: Book of Exodus 3:1-8; 13-15; Saint Paul’s First Letter to the Corinthians 10:1-6, 10-12; Gospel According to Saint Luke 13:1-9 Each year the first two Sunday’s of Lent are linked with specific events in the life of Christ: the temptations he...
by Abbot | Mar 10, 2025 | Homily
Scripture Readings: Book of Genesis 15:5-12, 17-18; Letter of Saint Paul to the Philippians 3:17-4:1; Gospel According to Saint Luke 9:28-36 I like to call the first Sunday of Lent, “Christ in the Desert Sunday,” for its emphasis on the mystery of our Lord’s...
by Abbot | Mar 7, 2025 | Homily
Scripture Readings: Book of Deuteronomy 26:4-10; Saint Paul’s Letter to the Romans 10:8-13; Gospel According to Saint Luke 4:1-13 Each year Holy Mother Church gives us this season of Lent to renew our intention of living more completely for Christ. Lent is a...
by Abbot | Mar 3, 2025 | Homily
Scripture Readings: Book of the Prophet Joel 2:12-18; Second Corinthians 5:20-6:2; Gospel According to Matthew 6:1-6, 16-18. The readings for Mass today set the tone for the entire season of Lent which we now begin. Keep in mind the word “Lent” comes from the same...
by Abbot | Feb 28, 2025 | Homily
Book of Sirach 27:4-7; Saint Paul’s First Letter to the Corinthians 15:54-58; Gospel According to Saint Luke 6:39-45 Have you ever counted how many times in the course of the day you interact with others, even with the same person? I certainly have never counted, but...
by Abbot | Feb 19, 2025 | Homily
Scripture Readings: First Book of Samuel 26: 2, 7-9, 12-13, 22-23; First Letter of Saint Paul to the Corinthians 15:45-49; Gospel According to Saint Luke 6:27-38 The Gospel text for this Sunday contains very practical advice for all who follow Christ: first and...
by Abbot | Feb 10, 2025 | Homily
Scripture Readings: Book of the Prophet Jeremiah 17:5-8; First Letter of Saint Paul to the Corinthians 15:12, 16-20; Gospel According to Saint Luke 6:17, 20-26 What is usually called the “Sermon on the Mount” in Saint Matthew’s Gospel, is generally referred to as the...
by Abbot | Feb 3, 2025 | Homily
Scripture Readings: Book of the Prophet Isaiah 6:1-2,3-8; Saint Paul’s First Letter to the Corinthians 15:1-11; Gospel According to Saint Luke 5:1-11 Today’s Gospel passage recounts the miraculous catch of fish by Jesus’ first disciples. The successful catch is the...
by Abbot | Jan 27, 2025 | Homily
Scripture Readings: Book of the Prophet Jeremiah 1:4-5,17-19; First Corinthians 12:31-13:13; Gospel According to Saint Luke 4:21-30 This Sunday’s first Mass reading is the important call of Jeremiah the prophet, some six hundred years before the birth of Christ....
by Abbot | Jan 20, 2025 | Homily
Scripture Readings: Nehemiah 8:2-6, 8-10; First Corinthians 12:12-30; Gospel According to Saint Luke: 1:1-4, 4:14-21 In the course of the Liturgical Year we are given in the liturgy (the Holy Eucharist and the Divine Office) many occasions to discover or be reminded...
by Abbot | Jan 13, 2025 | Homily
Scripture Readings: Book of the Prophet Isaiah 62:1-5; First Letter of Saint Paul to the Corinthians 12:4-11; Gospel According to Saint John 2:1-11 We have now completed the Advent and Christmas seasons of the Church’s yearly liturgical calendar and have returned to...
by Abbot | Jan 6, 2025 | Homily
Scripture Readings: Book of the Prophet Isaiah 42:1-4, 6-7; Acts of the Apostles 10:34-38; Gospel According to Saint Luke 3:15-16, 21-22 The Christmas season comes to an end with the Sunday of the Baptism of the Lord. We still have a glimpse of the season when we...
by Abbot | Jan 3, 2025 | Homily
Scripture Readings: Book of the Prophet Isaiah 60:1-6; Letter of Saint Paul to the Ephesians 3:2-3a, 5-6; Gospel According to Saint Matthew 2:1-12 The Solemnity of the Epiphany, literally the “manifestation” or “showing” of the Lord Jesus Christ to the nations, is...
by Abbot | Dec 30, 2024 | Homily
Scripture Readings: Book of Numbers 6:22-27; Saint Paul’s Letter to the Galatians 4:4-7; Gospel According to Saint Luke 2:16-21 The shepherds who “went in haste to Bethlehem,” as directed by the angel, can be understood as the whole human race seeking Jesus. The quick...
by Abbot | Dec 29, 2024 | Homily
Readings: Book of Sirach 3:2-6, 12-14; Saint Paul’s Letter to the Colossians 3:12-21; Gospel According to Saint Luke 2:41-52 In our Catholic Liturgical Calendar, the Sunday within the Octave of Christmas is always dedicated to the mystery of the Holy Family of...
by Abbot | Dec 23, 2024 | Homily
Christmas has come! Our hearts greatly rejoice! Our Redeemer is born! Glory to God in the highest and on earth peace to people of good will. It has been said: if there ever was a doubt, the Christmas story settles it forever—God really does love us! That just about...
