Homilies
Year 2023
3rd Sunday of Easter
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7th Sunday in Ordinary Time
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Third Sunday in Ordinary Time
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The Epiphany
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The Epiphany
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7th Sunday in Ordinary Time
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5th Sunday in Lent
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Easter Vigil
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Year 2021
30th Sunday in Ordinary Time
My dear Holy Family family, when I preach a wedding, I often tell the bride and groom there may be times they will have to defend their spouse against their family, friends, and others. In today's Gospel, we hear about exactly this issue- the story of Bartimaeus, his friends, and those in the crowd with him.
27th Sunday in Ordinary Time
My dear Holy Family family: In the beginning, Adam found no suitable partner for himself in the Garden of Eden. God took a rib from the man and fashioned a woman. The significance of the rib - the middle of the body – is that both Adam and Eve were created equal. As husband and wife, they were the first family. The effects on marriage of our first family’s Original Sin was what Jesus was addressing in today’s Gospel when He talked about divorce.
25th Sunday in Ordinary Time
Today Jesus reveals Himself as the Divine Physician. We see in today’s Gospel Jesus dealing with life’s most difficult yet common problems - the problems of worry and anxiety. Let’s look at what we just read to see how this is so.
22nd Sunday in Ordinary Time
Today's readings are just as relevant for us today as the day they were
written. Let's do a quick dive into the background of these readings so we
can understand the context of what was written.
2nd Sunday in OT Year B
My dear Holy Family family, in today’s Gospel, Jesus shows us something really profound. He shows us how to address the many things that worry us so much these days.
First Sunday of Lent
God said to Noah and to his sons with him: “See, I am now establishing my covenant with you and your descendants after you and with every living creature that was with you.
Fifth Sunday of Lent
The days are coming, says the LORD, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and the house of Judah. It will not be like the covenant I made with their fathers.
Fourth Sunday of Easter
Jesus is at the gate of the sheepfold, welcoming us back in where we can lick our wounds, regain our health and learn from our mistakes.
Sixth Sunday of Easter
“Lord, are you at this time going to restore the kingdom to Israel?”
He answered them, “It is not for you to know the times or seasons
that the Father has established by his own authority.
12th Sunday in Ordinary Time
Father's Day
Year 2020
4th Sunday in Advent
When King David was settled in his palace, and the LORD had given him rest from his enemies on every side, he said to Nathan the prophet, “Here I am living in a house of cedar.
The Arrival of Advent
Welcome to the Holy Family introduction to the season of Advent. Let us begin as we always do in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit amen.
The Solemnity of our Lord, King of the Universe
Thus says the Lord GOD: I myself will look after and tend my sheep. As a shepherd tends his flock when he finds himself among his scattered sheep, so will I tend my sheep.
27th Sunday in Ordinary Time
Let me now sing of my friend, my friend's song concerning his vineyard. My friend had a vineyard on a fertile hillside; he spaded it, cleared it of stones.
25th Sunday in Ordinary Time
Seek the LORD while he may be found, call him while he is near. Let the scoundrel forsake his way, and the wicked his thoughts; let him turn to the LORD for mercy.
21st Sunday in Ordinary Time
In today’s Gospel, the very first sentence tells us that Jesus and his disciples went to the region of Caesarea Philippi. Why is the location of Jesus so important that it is called out?