Micah 5:1-4; Hebrews 10:5-10; Luke 1:39-45 In haste. In haste. People are in haste at this time of the year as Dcn. Brian told us last week. People are in haste to get to shopping malls, and many are worn out by the holiday shopping and preparations. In this Gospel passage Mary was in haste. […]
Esta homilía es de Dcn. Brian, y te lo estoy leyendo en su nombre. En el Evangelio de Lucas de hoy, Jesús nos da algunos consejos prácticos sobre cómo ser una mejor persona. Jesús le dice a la gente que comparta sus excesosde ropa, deje de cobrar más impuestos de los necesarios, no acuse falsamente […]
Zephaniah 3:14-18 Philippians 4:4-7 Isaiah 12:2-6 Luke3:10-18 Are you ready for Christmas? It’s only a week away! Yes….I saw your eyes roll and the look of stress on your faces! It’s seems like that is the response I get from many adults. Christmas seems to be a time that brings us more stress and anxiety […]
Baruch 5:1-9; Phil 1:4-6, 8-11; Luke 3: 1-6 Advent leads us to “discern what is of value,” St. Paul says, so that we “may advance secure in the glory of God,” St. Paul says in Philippians and to us today. Who doesn’t want to be secure and gain what is valuable? We all know this, […]
Tonight we celebrate Mary conceived without sin in the womb of St. Anne. She was, in deed the fruit of the sexual union of St. Joachim and St. Anne, yet she was conceived i.e. with no sin, not subject to the lower desires of nature [concupiscence] that weigh us down. There were no obstacles to God’s […]
Jer 23:1-6; Eph 2:13-18; Mk 6:30-34 We see in sacred scripture that Jesus often went off to deserted places to pray to hear his father speaking to him. He listens within. When he returns from those places, he is ready to begin a new phase of his public life, with an expanded sense of his […]
Wis 1:13-15; 2:23-24; 2 Cor 8:7,9,13-15; Mk 5:21-43 This week I was remembering visiting a church in another diocese when I was on vacation. I was turning into the church driveway, I couldn’t help but notice a large electronic sign board, flashing a message in multi colors. It said: “Pray 4 Nick.” I also noticed […]
Birth of John the Baptist We are in the days of the summer solstice. Today we celebrate the Birth of Saint John the Baptist. The Church Christianized the summer solstice as it did the winter solstice, making it Christmas. Six months from today is Christmas. The Solemnity of the Birth of John the Baptist is […]
Solemnity of Corpus Christi Ex 24:3-8; Heb 9:11-15; Mk 14:12-16, 22-26 Blood, blood, blood. These are bloody readings. The image of blood runs all through them, from Exodus in the Old Testament to Hebrews and Mark in the New Testament, from animal sacrifice to the blood sacrifice of Christ, for the forgiveness of sins. It […]
Is 52:13-53: 12; Heb 4:14-16; 5:7-9; John 13:1-19: 42 We faithful are confronted with the death of the Lord today. Do we believe that there is life beyond death, beyond the grave? Who will save us from ourselves? This is the dramatic question presented to us by this Friday we call Good. Why do we […]