Homilies
Sunday’s Readings: Acts of the Apostles 15:1-2, 22-29; Psalms 67:2-3, 5, 6, 8; Revelation 21:10-14, 22-23; John 14:23-29
……from your Pastor’s Desk – In today’s Gospel, Jesus says to His disciples: “Whoever loves me will keep my word, and my Father will love him, and we will come to him and make our dwelling with him.” …
Sunday’s Readings: Acts of the Apostles 14:21-27; Psalms 145:8-9, 10-11, 12-13; Revelation 21:1-5a; John 13:31-33a, 34-35
……from your Pastor’s Desk – “I give you a new commandment: love one another. As I have loved you, so you also should love one another.” A theme of today’s Mass is Love – a subject that is so easy to write badly about, so hard to write well about. There exists a tendency in all of us to place love (and all the things that challenge us) at a distance. …
Sunday’s Readings: Acts of the Apostles 13:14, 43-52; Psalms 100:1-2, 3, 5; Revelation 7:9, 14b-17; John 10:27-30
……from your Pastor’s Desk – Jesus said: “My sheep hear my voice; I know them, and they follow me. I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish. …
Sunday’s Readings: Acts of the Apostles 5:27-32, 40b-41; Psalms 30:2, 4, 5-6, 11-12, 13; Revelation 5:11-14; John 21:1-19 OR 21:1-14
……from your Pastor’s Desk – Do You Love Me? – Jesus asks Peter a question in Sunday’s Gospel. How would you feel if he asked the same question of you? …
Sunday’s Readings: Acts of the Apostles 5:12-16; Psalms 118:2-4, 13-15, 22-24; Revelation 1:9-11a, 12-13, 17-19; John 20:19-31
……from your Pastor’s Desk – “Thinking Thomas” – No Doubt. – There is something to be said for doubt at times. It is a good thing to be able to doubt oneself, provided it doesn’t become an addiction that cripples us; to doubt one’s ideas, one’s principles, one’s work…. And to doubt much of what we hear. …
Sunday’s Readings: Acts of the Apostles 10:34a, 37-43; Psalms 118:1-2, 16-17, 22-23; Colossians 3:1-4 OR I Corinthians 5:6b-8; John 20:1-9
……from your Pastor’s Desk – HAPPY EASTER! A Happy Thought on a Happy Feast – Have you ever considered that this is the only time when people, even strangers, give a spiritually based greeting? Merry Christmas is often replaced by ‘Happy Holiday’s’ and ‘Happy Thanksgiving’ has become a secular salutation; but so far ‘Happy Easter’ stands firm in its acknowledgement of what we commemorate. …
Sunday’s Readings: Procession: Luke 19:28-40 Mass: Isaiah 50:4-7; Psalms 22:8-9, 17-18, 19-20, 23-24; Philippians 2:6-11; Luke 22:14—23:56 OR 23:1-49
……from your Pastor’s Desk – HOLY WEEK – This week we begin a time so sacred to us Catholics that it is called ‘Holy Week.’ …
Sunday’s Readings: Joshua 5:9a, 10-12; Psalms 34:2-3, 4-5, 6-7; 2 Corinthians 5:17-21; Luke 15:1-3, 11-32
……from your Pastor’s Desk – Woof! – Have you noticed the way dogs hang their heads and grovel when they are scolded, wheedling their way back into good graces? To us humans it looks as if they are saying “I’m really, really sorry for what I did, and please, please, please forgive me. To make up for it, I will do any base thing you want.” Poor dog. And poor prodigal son in this week’s Gospel. …