When I was younger, I remember hearing this Gospel about the “dishonest steward” and thinking, “Wait! What’s happening here? Is Jesus really praising a crook?!” It almost sounds like He’s telling us to embrace a way of life where others are being taken advantage of and cheated. But as always, if we sit with this…
The theme of our readings for today somewhat connects to the theme that we heard in our readings at Mass this past Sunday. Remember, in the Gospel yesterday, the disciples were arguing amongst themselves about who was the greatest in their number. We know that Jesus came back and says: "If anyone wishes to be…
What does it mean to be truly great? I think that is the main question that our readings for this weekend call us to reflect on. When we look at the ways of the world, society and culture tells us that greatness comes from power, status, or self-promotion. Yet, Scripture and our faith gives us…
Homily for the Memorial of St. Andrew Kim Tae-gōn and Companions One of the most important aspects of Christian discipleship is striving to follow the will of God in all that we do. Yet, that isn’t always the easiest thing to accomplish. I think so many of us struggle to hear the voice of the…
Homily for Monday of the 25th Week in Ordinary Time The Gospel that we hear this morning happens to be one of my favorite passages in Sacred Scripture. It’s a reminder to us, as Christians, of how we are called to be lights in the midst of a world caught in darkness. As disciples of…
Homily for the Memorial of St. Vincent de Paul. Mass for the St. Vincent de Paul Society of Holy Name of Jesus Catholic Church, Indialantic. If there ever was a saint who embodied this Gospel passage today from Matthew, it was St. Vincent de Paul. St. Vincent understood the compassion and mercy that the Lord…
Homily for Friday of the 25th Week in Ordinary Time Over the last couple of days now, we have been reading through Luke 9. Throughout that chapter so far, the author of Luke has been revealing to us more about Jesus. You might recall, on Wednesday the Lord gave his disciples the mission to go…
Homily for Thursday of the 25th Week in Ordinary Time This morning I am going to do something that I haven't done yet...preach a short homily. I think this Gospel invites us to consider a question and I want us to be able to sit with that question for a minute or two. The Gospel…
Homily for the 25th Sunday in Ordinary Time Welcome and Introduction - Tonight we have the second part of our homily series, which began last weekend, on being Disciples of Mercy. For those of you who were here this past Sunday, the first part of the series focused on the responsibility that the Lord has…
Fr. Tom Pringle 