Homily for the Feast of the Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary For this morning’s Feast of the Visitation of Mary, our Gospel passage is what immediately follows the Annunciation, where the Angel Gabriel tells Mary that she is carrying the very Savior of the world in her womb. In that encounter she is also…
Homily for the Solemnity of the Ascension Traditionally, the Feast of the Ascension takes place forty days after Easter. But, out of convenience for the faithful, the Bishops of the United States (except in a few locations) have moved the feast to the following Sunday, which is why we celebrate it this weekend. The Ascension…
Homily for Friday of the 6th Week of Easter “Do not be afraid. Go on speaking, and do not be silent, for I am with you.” These are the words that the Lord offered to Paul in our First Reading this morning from the Acts of the Apostles. They were meant to be an encouragement…
Homily for the Memorial of St. Philip Neri “Amen, amen, I say to you, you will weep and mourn, while the world rejoices; you will grieve, but your grief will become joy.” Over the last couple of days now, we, as a country, have certainly been grieving with the news of yet another national tragedy.…
Homily for Tuesday of the 6th Week of Easter I’m not sure if this is everyone’s experience, but there are times when someone can be sharing something with me when I realize that at some point I stopped listening to what they were saying because I started thinking about a past experience of my own.…
Homily for Tuesday of the Fifth Week of Easter It is not always easy being a Christian. It’s not always a walk in the park following Jesus and being His disciple. Scripture reminds us of that so often. We see it this morning in our first reading from the Acts of the Apostles. Paul is…
Homily for the Memorial of Our Lady of Fatima As I mentioned at the beginning of Mass, today the Church celebrates the Feast of Our Lady of Fatima, remembering how our Blessed Mother appeared to three young children in Portugal from May 13 until October 13, 1917. This morning, I want to focus on the…
Homily for Thursday of the 4th Week of Easter It’s amazing to me how the Lord always seems to choose the right person to be His messenger at different moments. We see it time and again throughout Scripture, but I’m also sure that we’ve experienced it in our own lives as well. What we come…
Homily for Tuesday of the 4th Week of Easter One of the things I really love about John’s gospel is how rich it is in providing certain details about the events in the life of Jesus and how those details can direct our minds and hearts to a deeper meaning of Christ’s actions. Every word has…
Homily for the 4th Sunday of Easter, Good Shepherd Sunday First of all, I want to take this opportunity to, once again, wish all of our mothers, grandmothers, and spiritual mothers a very happy Mother’s Day. Thank you for always caring for us and supporting us in all that we do. I hope that this…
Fr. Tom Pringle 