Homily for the Day of Prayer for the Legal Protection of the Unborn Some 33 years ago, a 35-year-old mother of three with her fourth child on the way arrived at her doctor’s office for one of her prenatal visits. The pregnancy was going smoothly and she was looking forward to hearing an update on…
St. Agnes
Homily for the Memorial of St. Agnes, Virgin and Martyr If there was ever a saint that we could get some inspiration from, I think St. Agnes would be at the very top of my list. Her story is one of great faith in Jesus, but also a story of a young girl who knew…
Set Apart
Homily for Monday of the 2nd Week in Ordinary Time One week from today, I will celebrate my 6-month anniversary as a priest, which is kind of hard to believe. Some days I feel like I’m still learning new things about the priesthood while others make me feel like I’ve been a priest for 10…
Sanctification: Mission
Homily for the 2nd Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year B INTRODUCTION - Tonight we have the second part of our homily series Sanctification, which began last weekend. For those of you who were here this past Sunday, the first part of the series focused on how Jesus sanctified baptism, raising it from merely a ritual…
Meeting Us in Temptation
Homily for Saturday of the 1st Week in Ordinary Time This past weekend, we celebrated the close of the Christmas season with the Feast of the Baptism of the Lord. Throughout Christmas, we were constantly invited to think about how Jesus, as He stepped down from Heaven, took on our human flesh and became one…
Do Not Forget the Works of the Lord
Homily for Friday of the 1st Week in Ordinary Time This morning, I’m going to do something I don’t normally do in a homily – preach on the Responsorial Psalm. The Psalmist tells us, “Do not forget the works of the Lord.” The temptation for all of us, especially over the last several months –…
The Messianic Secret
Homily for Thursday of the 1st Week in Ordinary Time Throughout a lot of the passages that we read in the Gospel of Mark, we hear Jesus give this instruction to many of the people that He heals or people that have come to understand something about His mission: “See that you tell no one…
How Will We Respond?
Homily for Monday of the 1st Week in Ordinary Time Yesterday, we celebrated the Feast of the Baptism of the Lord. When Jesus emerged from the water, we heard how the heavens were opened, the Spirit of the Lord descended upon Jesus and the voice of the Father declared: “You are my beloved Son; with…
Sanctification: Baptism
Homily for the Feast of the Baptism of the Lord INTRODUCTION – Tonight we begin our next Life Night homily series called Sanctification. Over the next couple of weeks, we will dive more deeply into how the Lord works to lead us to a place of sanctification, how He calls us to live out the…
Jesus Desires to Heal Our Leprosy
Homily for Friday after Epiphany I know I’ve talked about The Chosen in a homily once before. For those who may not know it, it is the recent mini-series on the life and ministry of Jesus. In one of the episodes in the first season, the scene from today’s Gospel is portrayed (see video below)…
Fr. Tom Pringle 