Category: Weekday Homilies

Homily, 11-25-24; Monday of the 34th Week in Ordinary Time: “Who can ascend the mountain of the LORD? or who may stand in his holy place? He whose hands are sinless, whose heart is clean, who desires not what is vain.” These are words we hear in our responsorial psalm today. Indeed who can ascend… Continue reading Sinless Hands, Clean Hearts

Homily, 11-18-14; Monday of the 33rd Week in Ordinary Time: We can reflect on how well rooted are we in our faith? Our responsorial psalm says that he who delights in the law of the LORD and meditates on his law day and night, is like a tree planted near running water. It will stand… Continue reading Stay Rooted in Your Faith

Homily, 11-11-24; Memorial of Memorial of St. Martin of Tours: In the lengthy introduction to his letter to Titus, St. Paul refers to himself as a slave of God. He is a slave because he is trying to be totally obedient to Jesus Christ who sent him out to be an apostle to the Gentiles.… Continue reading Slavery to Truth

Homily, 11-4-24; Memorial of St. Charles Borromeo: Yesterday, in his homily, Fr. Hurley touched on some of the difference between the three different levels of ordination: deacon, priest, and bishop. In the current Church, the levels are very distinct and the requirements for ordination to them are very rigorous. But it wasn’t always so. Today… Continue reading Fighting Distractions in Prayer

Homily, 10-28-24; Feast of Simon and Jude, Apostles: Home sweet home, or as Scott Hahn declares in the title of his book: Rome Sweet Home. The Church is our home here on earth built on the foundation of the apostles, including Jude and Simon the Zealot that we honor today. Jesus is the cornerstone who… Continue reading Finding our Way Home

Homily-10-21-24; Monday of the 29th Week in Ordinary Time: “For by grace you have been saved through faith, and this is not from you; it is the gift of God; it is not from works, so no one may boast.” We are here today because we have faith in Jesus. But we are reminded by… Continue reading Saved by Grace

Homily, 9-30-24; Monday of the 26th Week in Ordinary Time: “Naked I came forth from my mother’s womb, and naked shall I go back again. The LORD gave and the LORD has taken away; blessed be the name of the LORD!” Job received many blessings from the Lord, and so have I. That’s why when… Continue reading The Lord Gives, and the Lord can Take Away

Homily, 9-22-24; Monday of the 25th Week in Ordinary Time: Our first reading today from Proverbs reminded me of our reading from St. James we heard a week ago on Sunday. In that reading, St. James writes: “If a brother or sister has nothing to wear and has no food for the day, and one… Continue reading Now is an Acceptable Time for Charity

Homily 9-9-24; Monday of the 23rd Week in Ordinary Time: In our first reading today, we have the case of a man living with his father’s wife, his step mother. It is an incestuous relationship, which was considered to be even more immoral than the practices of the pagans. And yet the community in Corinth… Continue reading Excommunication as a Medicinal Penalty

Homily, 8-26-24; Monday of the 21st Week in Ordinary Time: Today we hear about two different struggling congregations. We have the Jewish community suffering under the teachings of the hypocritical scribes and Pharisees. And we have the Thessalonians suffering persecution for following the teachings of Paul and Silvanus and Timothy. Both are suffering, but they… Continue reading Being a Catholic is a Struggle