Ez 2:2-5 / PS 123:1-2, 2, 3-4 / 2 Cor 12: 7-10 / Mk 6:1-6 Yesterday we celebrated the 239th birthday of our great nation. As I celebrated with family and friends I could not help but be thankful that we live in a country founded on the principles of life, liberty and… Continue reading 14th Sunday of Ordinary Time Year B
Tag: Sunday Homily
Corpus Christi Year B
Corpus Christi Year B Cathedral Basilica of St. Louis Ex 24:3-8 / PS 116: 12-13, 15-16, 17-18 / Heb 9:11-15 / Mk14:12-16, 22-26 When we approach the altar to receive Holy Communion, what will we see? What will we be thinking? What will we be holding in our hearts? How we answer this… Continue reading Corpus Christi Year B
6th Sunday of Easter Year B / Mother’s Day
I come from a large family and even though my 5 brothers and 5 sisters are scattered throughout the country for school and work, we always try to make it a point to get together as often as possible. A little while back some of us were together and we noticed that it… Continue reading 6th Sunday of Easter Year B / Mother’s Day
5th Sunday of Easter Year B
Acts 9: 21- 36 / Ps 22: 26-27, 28, 30, 31-32 / 1 Jn 3:18-24 / Jn 15:1-8 The last conversation I had with my grandmother before she passed away was a simple one. My grandmother, who had very severe dementia, kept asking my brother and I “what do you want to be… Continue reading 5th Sunday of Easter Year B
4th Sunday of Easter / Good Shepherd Sunday Year B
Acts 4: 8 -12 / PS 118: 1, 8-9, 21-23, 26, 28, 29 / 1 Jn 3:1-2 / Jn 10: 11-18 If I asked you to pause for a moment and think about who God is, what image would pop into your mind? Perhaps some of us would have an image of God… Continue reading 4th Sunday of Easter / Good Shepherd Sunday Year B
Second Sunday of Easter / Divine Mercy Sunday
While Catholicism is by far the largest religion in the United States[1], the second largest religion in our country is sadly fallen away Catholics.[2] As I have watched many friends and loved ones walk out the door of our Catholic churches and into the Protestant mega churches I have tried to understand why.… Continue reading Second Sunday of Easter / Divine Mercy Sunday
Good Friday Stations of the Cross Homily
At this hour when Jesus was lead out to die we, as Catholics, gather to prayerfully journey with Him to the cross recalling His triumphant passion and death. Today’s ancient devotion of the Stations of the Cross finds us waiting at the foot of the cross, for Easter Sunday. Resting at the foot… Continue reading Good Friday Stations of the Cross Homily
5th Sunday of Lent Year B
Jer 31:31-34 / PS 51: 3-4, 12-13, 14-15 / Heb 5:7-9 / Jn 12:20-33 This season of preparation for Easter which we call Lent is quickly drawing to a close. In just one short week we will enter the holiest days of our Church’s year, Holy Week, when we will contemplate the Passion,… Continue reading 5th Sunday of Lent Year B
3rd Sunday on Lent Year B
Ex 20: 1-17 / Ps 19: 8, 9, 10, 11 / 1 Cor 1:22-25 / Jn 2:13 – 25 When I was younger, Church people used to always ask, WWJD, what would Jesus do. To be honest with you, I hate that question; it’s pointless. Why not ask, WDJD, what did Jesus do?… Continue reading 3rd Sunday on Lent Year B
2nd Sunday of Lent Year B
Gen 22:1-2, 9A, 10-13,15-18 / PS 116: 10, 15, 16-17, 18-19 / Rm 8:31b-34 / Mk9:2-10 In the summer of 2013, Archbishop Carlson sent myself and two of my classmates to the picturesque city of Villa de Leyva in the beautiful country of Colombia. The city, at the high elevation of 7,000 feet,… Continue reading 2nd Sunday of Lent Year B
Through The Cross To Light 