Homilies

Scripture Readings: Book of the Prophet Isaiah 49: 3,5-6; Saint Paul’s First Letter to the Corinthians 1:1-3; Gospel According to Saint John 1:29-34 Probably many or maybe even most of us like to have someone travel with us when we make a long journey. It helps to...

Scripture Readings: Book of the Prophet Isaiah 42:1-4, 6-7; Acts of the Apostles 10:34-38; Gospel According to Saint Matthew 3:13-17 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...

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...

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...

Readings: Book of Sirach 3:2-6, 12-14; Saint Paul’s Letter to the Colossians 3:12-21; Gospel According to Saint Matthew 2:13-15, 19-23 In our Catholic Liturgical Calendar, the Sunday within the Octave of Christmas is always dedicated to the mystery of the Holy Family...

Scripture Readings: Book of the Prophet Isaiah 7:10-14; Saint Paul’s Letter to the Romans 1:1-7; Gospel According to Saint Matthew 1:18-25 It is still Adventide, with only a matter of days remaining before we celebrate the Nativity of the Lord on December 25th. We...

Scripture Readings: Book of the Prophet Isaiah 35:1-6, 10; Letter of Saint James 5:7-10; Gospel According to Saint Matthew 11:2-11 We are now very close to celebrating the Solemnity of the Lord’s Nativity, Christmas Day, on December 25th. The Lord is very near and is...

Scripture Readings: Book of the Prophet Isaiah 11:1-10; Saint Paul’s Letter to the Romans 15:4-9; Gospel According to Saint Matthew 3:1-12 A fundamental emphasis of the Season of Advent each year is to welcome Jesus, who came in time, who will come at the end of time,...

Scripture Readings: Book of the Prophet Isaiah 11:1-10; Saint Paul’s Letter to the Romans 15:4-9; Gospel According to Saint Matthew 3:1-12 On this First Sunday of Advent, we can focus some on the fact that in order to recognize God’s gift of salvation, we need an...

While Thanksgiving Day is a national, we could even say, secular, holiday, filled with parades and fancy meals, it is also a day for us Christians and Catholics to stop, look and listen with the ear of the heart to what our God is saying to us. First, we can say that...

In the Liturgical Calendar of the Catholic Church, this Sunday we celebrate the last Sunday of Ordinary Time, dedicated to Christ the King. Next Sunday a new Liturgical Year begins with the First Sunday of Advent, leading up to Christmas and the celebrations...

Readings: Book of the Prophet Malachi 3:19-20; Saint Paul’s Second Letter to the Thessalonians 3:7-12; Gospel According to Saint Luke 21:5-19 As we come to the end of the Liturgical Year, the Church is directing us to meditate on the final times, the end of our life,...

Scripture Readings: Book of the Prophet Ezequiel 47:1-2, 8-9, 12; Saint Paul’s First Letter to the Corinthians 3:9c-11, 16-17; Gospel According to Saint John 2:13-22 Every year on November 9th, on whatever day of the week it falls, the Church recounts the dedication,...

This year All Souls Day fall on a Sunday. Always following the festive day of All Saints on November 1st, in our Catholic Liturgical calendar the Commemoration of the Faithful Departed (All Souls) on November 2nd has a particular character or structure. All Souls Day...

Book of Sirach 35:12-14, 16-18; Second Letter of Saint Paul to Timothy 4:6-8; 16-18;  Gospel According to Saint Luke 18:9-14 Jesus’ famous parable of the Pharisee and the tax collector praying in the temple might seem like an exaggeration or a parody, even something...

Readings: Book of Exodus 17:8-13; Second Letter of Saint Paul to Timothy 3:14-4:2; Gospel According to Saint Luke 18:1-8 Our ancestors in the faith, the children of Israel, went forth from slavery in Egypt accompanied by the patriarch Moses. Their destination was the...

Readings: Second Book of Kings 5:14-17; Second Letter of Paul to Timothy 2:8:13; Gospel According to Saint Luke 17:11-19 Throughout the Gospels we read that our Lord had the power of healing people. Sometimes the faith of the one or more persons who want to be cured...

Scripture Readings: Habakkuk 1:2-3; 2:2-4; Saint Paul’s Second Letter to Timothy1:6-8.13-14; Gospel According to Saint Luke 17:5-7 At first glance, today’s Gospel passage may seem to lack an obvious thematic unity. We may be tempted to ask: what is the point of the...

Scripture readings: Book of the Prophet Amos 6:1, 4-7; First Letter of Saint Paul to Timothy 6:11-16; Gospel According to Saint Luke 16:19-31 “A wise man is known by the fewness of his words,” as the saying goes. Saint Benedict cites it in his Holy Rule, which we...

Scripture Readings: Book of the Prophet Amos 8:4-7; First Letter of Saint Paul to Timothy 2:1-8; Gospel According to Saint Luke 16:1-13 Can bad example be a good lesson? Can we benefit from the misdeeds of others? What about people who expend so much energy and money...