Homily for the 30th Sunday in Ordinary Time INTRODUCTION - Over the last couple of weeks, we have been considering how we have been tasked as Christians with the responsibility of making the Kingdom of God present in our world today. So far, our Here as in Heaven series has brought us to moments of…
Homily for Friday of the 29th Week in Ordinary Time If we look at the signs of the times, the picture can seem pretty bleak right now. We live in a country that seems so divided along so many different lines. If you drive down the road of any neighborhood in America, you’ll see Trump…
Homily for Thursday of the 29th Week in Ordinary Time Throughout his time as Pope, John Paul II consistently told us to not be afraid to follow Christ; he challenged us to not be afraid to proclaim the Gospel in our words, our actions, and our thoughts. He continually called us to strive to share…
Homily for Tuesday of the 29th Week in Ordinary Time Every year, as we approach the end of the liturgical calendar, the Church begins to invite us to focus and reflect on the end times. As I said in my homily yesterday morning, Gospel passages like these are meant to shake us. They are meant…
Homily for the Memorial of Sts. John de Brebeuf, Isaac Joques, and Companions If our lives were demanded of us today, would we be prepared to meet the Lord? Will we have stored up only things for ourselves here on earth or will we have stored up treasure in Heaven? Scripture passages like this should…
Homily for the 29th Sunday in Ordinary Time INTRODUCTION - Tonight, we have the second part of our homily series Here as in Heaven, which began last weekend. For those of you who were here this past Sunday, you’ll remember that the first part of the series focused on how all of us are invited…
Homily for the Memorial of St. Teresa of Avila Throughout the history of the Church, every time there has been a period of persecution, uncertainty, or just downright confusion, the Lord has called forth heroic men and women who stand apart from the culture to become saints. Time and again that has been the case.…
Homily for Tuesday of the 28th Week in Ordinary Time In our readings today, we hear Jesus and St. Paul calling out the Pharisees and the early Christian community, respectively, for their inclination of being so focused on fulfilling the prescripts of the Jewish Law – in particular the ritual law – while missing the…
Homily for Monday of the 28th Week in Ordinary Time How many times have we been faced with making an important decision about something in our lives and turned to the Lord and asked: “Lord, if only you would give me a sign of what to do”? I’m pretty certain that most of us have…
Homily for the 28th Sunday in Ordinary Time INTRODUCTION - Tonight we begin our second Life Night homily series called Here as in Heaven. Over the next couple of weeks, we will dive more deeply into how the Lord is calling us to participate in the Kingdom of Heaven now and how each of us…
Fr. Tom Pringle 