5th Sunday of Easter, May 2, 2021
The vine and the branches is a wonderful image of God’s life and love and of how we are to remain rooted in Him in order to bear much fruit in our lives.
4th Sunday of Easter, April 25, 2021
Having just heard how Jesus describes himself as the Good Shepherd it should come as no surprise that today we celebrate Good Shepherd Sunday, and also World Day of Prayer for Vocations.
3rd Sunday of Easter, April 18, 2021
...the Good News of our salvation...seems too good to be true!
EASTER SUNDAY, April 4, 2021
How dead do you have to be...before there is no hope? ○ As we celebrate Easter...and focus on the power of the Resurrection…
Good Friday, April 2, 2021
When Jesus mounts the Cross… ○ Really...He’s taking His pulpit...for the last time... ■ and each word...would have cost Him tremendously
Sunday, March 28, 2021 Palm Sunday
Whenever we read sacred scripture there’s always an opportunity to see something new, to go deeper in our faith, because the wealth of treasure that the Lord has for us there. it’s truly inexhaustible!
Sunday, March 14, 2021
Today is “Laetare Sunday”... the Latin word for “rejoice.”
○ We are halfway through our Lenten journey…
■ that leads us towards the Passion, Death and Resurrection of Jesus…
Sunday, March 7, 2021
3rd Sunday of Lent
A business man traveled to India…in order to purchase...exotic carpets and furniture. ○ He was determined...to bring back to his shop… ■ only the best and the hardest things he could find.
Sunday, February 21, 2021
1st Sunday of Lent
Jesus’ first words in the Gospel of Mark...are a bit mysterious: ○ “This is the time of fulfillment.” ■ What does He mean by that?
Ash Wednesday, February 17, 2021
Does anyone feel like...they’ve already been living Lent...for an entire year?
○ So we may be tempted…
Sunday, February 14, 2021
6th Sunday in Ordinary Time
It was a moment that Linda Maliani would never forget.
○ While giving Alyssa...her two-year old daughter a bath…
■ she noticed a lump...on the back of her neck.
Sunday, February 7, 2021
5th Sunday in Ordinary Time
In today’s Gospel...we find Jesus at the end of a very long day.
Sunday, January 31, 2021
4th Sunday in Ordinary Time
Does anyone want to hear the Lord more clearly in their life?
○ I think most of us would say yes.
Baptism of the Lord
Jesus already knew…that He was the Father’s “Beloved Son.” ○ So the Voice that we hear… ■ is for our benefit...not for His...
Epiphany of Our Lord
And that's what the Magi…
○ are much more gently...reminding us of today:
■ that Christ's Kingdom...the Church…
■ is an everlasting...universal Kingdom.
○ And it's membership...it’s open to everyone…
■ but not just anyone...
Christmas 2020
He is Emmanuel. He is with us.
○ And Jesus wants to draw even closer in 2021..
■ in our joys and sorrows…
■ our agonies or ecstasies…
■ and everything in between.
○ In that we can place our hope!
December 20, 2020
4th Sunday of Advent
What was announced to Mary in our Gospel…
○ is the revelation…
■ of all that the prophets had spoken of…down through the centuries.
...
○ Mary takes us by the hand…
■ and helps us to see how the Lord wants to work in us.
December 13, 2020
3rd Sunday of Advent
So God created us not just to be happy…
○ but to live with a deep, abiding joy…
■ that nothing can ever take away.
December 7, 2020
2nd Sunday of Advent
But what really stood out for me this week...was an image in our first reading.
○ It says that the “the glory of the LORD shall be revealed”
■ And that “all people shall see it together”
November 29, 2020
1st Sunday of Advent
I guess the bottom line…is that this Advent… ○ we need to expect the unexpected…come Christmas.
November 22, 2020
Feast of Christ the King
Jesus...and His Kingship...are very different! ○ Though He is Almighty and can do whatever He wills… ■ He chooses to associate with the poor...the meek...the humble... ■ just look at the conditions in which He chose to be born.
November 15, 2020
33rd Sunday in Ordinary Time
we’ve just got one life to live... ○ so don’t bury it out of fear...but be courageous...and go all in.
November 8, 2020
32nd Sunday on Ordinary Time
Foolishness is a matter of priorities…of having the wrong priorities.
○ But wisdom...is a matter of putting first things first.
November 1, 2020
All Saints Day
We begin every November with this great feast...the Solemnity of All Saints.
October 18, 2020
29th Sunday in Ordinary Time
● If there’s anything we should’ve learned through this process... ○ it’s that the grace we receive in these sacraments… ■ or in our devotional prayer… ■ that’s something worth fighting for…
October 11, 2020
28th Sunday in Ordinary Time
And our God...He is so simple.
○ It’s actually...so easy to do His will.
○ We’re the ones...who make it complicated.
September 27, 2020
26th Sunday in Ordinary Time
Really...we need to be fearlessly and courageously honest with God...and ourselves....
September 20, 2020
25th Sunday in Ordinary Time
You see...when it comes to God’s mercy...there’s no limit...we cannot drain it….nor reach the bottom of its depths...but it does have a season.
September 13, 2020
24th Sunday in Ordinary Time
Mercy is something…that goes against our fallen nature. o We tend to automatically… play favorites…hold grudges…demand our rights… and care so much more about our own hopes…plans…and problems… than we do about anyone else’s.
September 6, 2020
23rd Sunday in Ordinary Time
And the third part of Ezekiel… ■ well that’s where our reading starts today... ■ and this part is all about how… ● even though the situation is really bad… ● there’s still great hope… ● if they follow God’s plan.
August 30, 2020
22nd Sunday in Ordinary Time
In our first reading today...the Prophet Jeremiah...is sure letting the Lord have it! ○ You duped me O Lord…you tricked me into being a prophet.
August 16, 2020
20th Sunday in Ordinary Time
The psalm asks the Lord...to show His compassion...to all the nations. ■ That means the Gentiles... ■ and bring salvation even to them.
August 9, 2020
19th Sunday in Ordinary Time
How do we find God...in the midst of the storms and struggles of our lives?
August 2, 2020
18th Sunday in Ordinary Time
Despite his obvious physical limitations… ○ Tony was also born with a great gift for music. ○ So he developed a unique way to share that gift with others. ○ He played with his feet!
July 26, 2020
17th Sunday in Ordinary Time
The LORD appeared to Solomon in a dream at night.
God said, “Ask something of me and I will give it to you.”
July 5, 2020
14th Sunday in Ordinary Time
● Meekness is indeed good. ○ It is a Catholic virtue...it’s even a Beatitude! ○ It’s what allows us to remain true to ourselves...in the midst of adversity… ■ rather than being taken over...by that affliction. ○ In other words… ■ it’s what keeps us rooted in the Lord… ■ in the midst of spiritual battle… ■ in fighting off various temptations.
June 28, 2020
13th Sunday in Ordinary Time
I remember my aunt…
○ asking me about this specific passage in our Gospel…
■ shortly after I converted.
○ She said: “You guys don’t still believe that do you?”
■ She was referring to us Catholics.
■ And I didn't have much of an answer.
June 14, 2020
Feast of the Body and Blood of our Lord, Jesus
"...this year...I want to share the story of a 10 year old girl…
○ because it’s a miraculous story of faith.
○ One that helps to remind us that this Sacrament…
■ really is worth fighting for...."
June 7, 2020
Trinity Sunday
God is teaching Moses…
● how to join...in the joyful praise…
● that’s always going on in the Trinity.
May 24, 2020
Ascension of Our Lord
For 40 days...the disciples have had a chance…
to recover from the scandal of the Cross...
○ and come to believe in the power of the resurrection...
○ as they’ve spent that time...with the risen Lord.
May 17, 2020
6th Sunday of Easter
The season of Easter is quickly drawing to a close.
○ It ends with Pentecost...which is only two weeks away.
○ But our first reading is already giving us a preview.
○ It focuses...on different aspects...of the Holy Spirit’s work among us
May 10, 2020
5th Sunday of Easter
Ever since the beginning of time…
○we have sought to construct buildings...
○ that would bridge the gap…
■ between the temporal and eternal...
■ between the earthly and heavenly planes.
May 3, 2020
4th Sunday of Easter
As I sat with that image - of sheep going in and out through the gate, through Jesus,
○ the Lord took me to a scene from a movie I haven’t seen in years:
■ Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
April 26, 2020
3rd Sunday of Easter Homily Notes
“Walk it off.”
○ Anyone who has been involved in sports…
■ as a participant or spectator…
■ has heard these very familiar words.
April 12, 2020
Easter Sunday 2020
“Where sin abounds, grace abounds all the more.”
April 5, 2020
Palm Sunday Homily
Where Christ goes…so goes the Church…
○ so goes all of us…who truly desire to
follow after Him
March 29, 2020
Encouragement to be DOMESTIC CHURCHES
March 22, 2020
"Today’s readings are all about seeing and sight.
And the most important thing to see is Jesus Christ..."
March 15, 2020