Homilies

Mass readings for the 5th Sunday of Easter:Acts 14.21b-27 Psalm 145.8-13 Revelation 21.1-5a John 13.1, 33-35 Jesus today speaks to us to calm our fears.…

Mass readings for the 4th Sunday of Easter (Good Shepherd):Acts 13.14, 43-52 Psalm 100.1-3, 5 Revelation 7.9, 14b-17 John 10.27-30 People are sheep. You’ve probably…

Mass readings for the 3rd Sunday of Easter:Acts 5.28-32, 40b-41 Psalm 30.1, 3-5, 10, 11a, 12b Revelation 5.11-14 John 21.1-19 The gospel passage today is…

Holy Thursday In reviewing past homilies for Holy Thursday, I found that in almost every one I remind us all that I am specifically to…

As I’ve said in prior years, the Church’s altering of the liturgical calendar to combine the once separate celebrations of Palm Sunday and Passion Sunday…

Mass readings for the 5th Sunday in Lent:Isaiah 43.16-21 Psalm 126.1-6 Philippians 3.8-14 John 8.1-11 In the latter weeks of Lent, we celebrate Scrutiny masses…

When we hear the story of the prodigal son, we need to recognize that as much as it centers on a loving father, a profligate…

Mass readings for the 3rd Sunday in Lent:Exodus 3.1-8a, 13-15 Psalm 103.1-4,6-8, 11 1 Corinthians 10.1-6, 10-12 Luke 1.1-9 It’s cryptic to us, this reference…

Mass readings for the 2nd Sunday of Lent:Genesis 15.5-12, 17-18 Psalm 27.1, 7-9, 13-14 Philippians 3.17-4.1 Luke 9.28b-36 The Transfiguration is an awesome revelation. Years…