Homilies

Homily on the Lord’s Ascension – 2021 Acts 1:1-11 Eph 1:17-23 Mk 16:15-20 “where the Head has gone before in glory, the Body is called to follow in hope”   Dearly beloved, it is a great day for us to gather and celebrate our Lord’s Ascension into the heavens.  Allow me to begin by quoting from the sacramentary on the […]

Homily for the 6th Sunday of Easter Acts 10:25-26, 34-35, 44-48  1 Jn 4:7-10   Jn 15:9-17 “God First Loved Us”   Dearly beloved, today is the day the Lord has made, we will be glad and rejoice in it. Happy Mother’s Day to all mothers in our community.  This day should bring great joy to

Homily for the 4th Sunday of Easter (Good Shepherd Sunday) Acts 4:8-12 1 Jn 3:1-2 Jn 10:11-18 “You will never be alone”   Dearly Beloved, welcome to the fourth Sunday of Easter.  On this day, we are reminded that we are never alone, we have a shepherd; and not just a shepherd, but rather the

Homily for the 3rd Sunday of Easter Acts 3:13-15, 17-19 1 Jn 2:1-5a  Lk 24:35-48 “In our Darkest moments, His peace will find us”   Dearly Beloved, welcome to this 3rd Sunday of Easter. This season of Easter offers us the opportunity to reflect on the meaning and implications of Christ rising from the dead;

Homily on the Divine Mercy Sunday – 2021 Acts 4:32-35   1 Jn 5:1-6  Jn 20:19-31 “Hold on! There is still hope.”   Dearly Beloved, Grace and peace from the resurrected Lord be with you. The joy of the resurrection still fills our hearts as we gather again to celebrate the Eucharist. On this second Sunday

Homily for the 5th Sunday of lent – 2020 Jer 31:31-34 ; Heb 5:7-9 ; Jn 12:20-33 “U” A grain of wheat must first fall and die to bring a good harvest”   Dearly beloved, as we celebrate the 5th Sunday of Lent, we are reminded of how close we are to our destination. Our destination

Homily on the 2nd Sunday of Lent Gn 22:1-2, 9a, 10-13, 15-18; Rom 8:31b-34; Mk 9:2-10 “This is my Beloved, listen to him”   Dearly Beloved, on the second Sunday of Lent, the Gospel reading proclaims the story of Jesus’ Transfiguration recorded in the three synoptic gospels — Matthew, Mark, and Luke. Again, in year

Gn 9:8-15; 1 Pt 3:18-22; Mk 1:12-15 God is with us in moments of temptation Dearly Beloved, I welcome you on this first Sunday of Lent.  On the first Sunday of Lent, the Gospel reading in each Lectionary cycle, is always about the temptation story of Jesus in the desert. This is one of the

Lv 13:1-2, 44-46; 1 Cor 10:31—11:1; Mk 1:40-45 “Christ enables us to serve one another” Dearly Beloved, I believe one of the silent killers in our current time has been isolation. Within this period of the pandemic, people are being increasingly isolated from one another for obvious reasons. I have encountered I have known personally

First Reading: Job 7: 1-4, 6-7 Responsorial Psalm: 147: 1-2, 3-4, 5-6 Second Reading: 1 Corinthians 9: 16-19, 22-23 Gospel = Mark 1: 29-39   As we pray, worship, work, and go to school during this pandemic and turbulent world we have all experienced joys, sorrows, challenges, suffering and surprises.  Things we must deal with