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…
Homily for Friday of the 27th Week in Ordinary Time Today’s Gospel is a reminder for all of us that spiritual warfare is real. If Jesus engaged in it, so should we. If you’ve ever been to confession with me, I often times cite this passage from Luke when I teach those seeking the Sacrament…
Homily for Tuesday of the 27th Week in Ordinary Time Sometimes I think we underestimate (or maybe undervalue is the better word) the power of the conversion of one person. Just think about what would have happened had Paul not had his conversion. He would not have become the greatest evangelist in the early Church,…
Homily for the Memorial of St. Faustina Kowalska Today the Church celebrates the Memorial of St. Faustina Kowalska, who many of us know was one of the greatest saints of mercy that the Church has ever seen. Throughout her life as a nun, Faustina had many miraculous visions of the Lord and within those visions…
Fr. Tom Pringle 