Homily for Saturday of the 26th Week in Ordinary Time Over the last several days now, there has been a consistent theme, a common thread in our Gospel readings about embracing this childlike nature in order to enter the Kingdom of Heaven. It has been there almost every day this week. As I was praying…
Homily for the Memorial of the Guardian Angels Our faith teaches us that there is a spiritual realm that surrounds each of us, a reality where the forces of Good and Evil are constantly battling to win over souls. It is the angels who fight to lead souls closer to God and demons who struggle…
Homily for the Memorial of St. Therese of Lisieux It has often been said that holy vocations come out of holy families. That certainly was the case with the family of St. Therese of Lisieux. St. Therese was 1 of 9 children born into an extremely Catholic family. Her parents, Louis and Zelie Martin, sought…
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 the 26th Sunday in Ordinary Time INTRODUCTION – Over the last couple of weeks now, we have been reflecting on what it means to be Disciples of Mercy. To be a Disciple of Mercy, we have to recognize that 1) we have been forgiven by God and are now called to bring that…
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 Feast of St. Matthew, Apostle and Evangelist During the height of the pandemic, I had the opportunity to watch a new miniseries called The Chosen, a series that portrays the life of Jesus. The first season was mostly about the calling of the Apostles and Jesus making the necessary preparations to begin…
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…
Homily for Mass with the Holy Name of Jesus Life Teen Core Team on Saturday of the 24th Week in Ordinary Time This morning, I would like to dive more deeply into one line from our Gospel. It was also the verse for the Gospel Canticle. It says this: “Blessed are they who have kept…
Fr. Tom Pringle 