homiletics
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Three Necessary Things
“Three things are necessary for the salvation of man: –St. Thomas Aquinas Continue reading
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Lay hold of eternal life
Let’s unpack today’s readings by starting with St. Paul’s letter to Timothy. Lay hold of eternal life, to which you were called when you made the noble confession in the presence of many witnesses. 1 Tm 6:12 Timothy was called to sacred ministry as a bishop following St. Paul, but this short instruction applies to… Continue reading
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Fancy Dinners
Last Sunday, we read how Jesus was asked if only a few people would be saved, and Fr. Neil used that Scripture to remind us that hell is real, and it is a real possibility for everyone. This week we move forward a chapter in the gospel of Luke, and we get a parable on… Continue reading
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Lord Teach Us to Pray
In the gospel that we read today from Luke, we are given the scene where the disciples ask Jesus to teach them how to pray, and he gives them the Our Father. This is one of the first prayers we learn as Christians. And we recite it daily and even many times in the course… Continue reading
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Our Bodies are Not Our Own
Today is the 13th Sunday in Ordinary time, and this year it is also about the halfway point between the Feast of the Ascension and the Feast of the Assumption. Both of those events involve a body going to Heaven. Today, I would like us to think about the importance of our bodies in God’s… Continue reading
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A Bride adorned for her Bridegroom
Then I, John, saw a new heaven and a new earth. The former heaven and the former earth had passed away, and the sea was no more. I also saw the holy city, a new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. I heard a loud… Continue reading
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Divine Mercy
Today is the Second Sunday of Easter, and it is the end of the Octave of Easter. For the past eight days (last Sunday through today), we have been celebrating Easter Day every day. There are more than forty days of Easter left on the calendar, but the Octave is completed today. Today is also… Continue reading
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Sixth Word Good Friday 2022
There was a jar filled with common wine. They stuck a sponge soaked in this wine on some hyssop and raised it to his lips. When Jesus took the wine, he said: “It is finished.” John 19:29-30 When Jesus says it is finished, we might ask ourselves exactly what is finished? He is about to… Continue reading
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Rejoice and Be Converted
Today is the fourth Sunday in Lent which is frequently known by the Latin word that opens the entrance antiphon. And that word is laetare. Laetare means rejoice. And as we enter the church on this fourth Sunday in Lent we are met with the command to rejoice. And on this Rejoice Sunday we are… Continue reading
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Hungry to Know Our Dignity
The talk will revolve around the parable of the Prodigal Son and St. Pope John Paul II’s 1980 encyclical on the Mercy of God known by its Latin title, “Dives in Misericordia.” Because one is never sure of the depth of an audience’s familiarity with the Bible, let me give you a very brief synopsis… Continue reading
Bound in Love 