Homily for Friday of the 11th Week in Ordinary Time Yesterday, I was scrolling through Instagram, which is something that I find myself doing too much of from time to time, and I saw this one video of a protestant pastor sharing something with a group of young people from his church that really struckContinue reading “Our Priorities”
Category Archives: Ordinary Time
Forgiven as We Forgive
Homily for Thursday of the 11th Week in Ordinary Time Forgiveness is always one of the most challenging things for us to offer to those who have hurt us. But the words of Jesus in our Gospel today show us just how important forgiveness is for us who claim to be Christians. If we doContinue reading “Forgiven as We Forgive”
Respond Out of Love
Homily for Monday of the 11th Week in Ordinary Time This Gospel should really challenge us because it calls us to go against what our human instincts tell us. Typically when someone hurts us in some way or hurts someone we love, we tend to want to get revenge. We want to hurt them inContinue reading “Respond Out of Love”
Salt and Light
Homily for Tuesday of the 10th Week in Ordinary Time In the Gospel that we’ve just heard, Jesus tells us that we are called to be salt and light in the world. In other words, we are called to make the world a better place; we are called to bring others to a deeper experienceContinue reading “Salt and Light”
The Beatitudes
Homily for Monday of the 10th Week in Ordinary Time In our Gospel this morning, we hear a part of the Sermon on the Mount, where Jesus is instructing his followers in what it means to be a true Christian disciple. Living the Beatitudes is the way for us to live discipleship to the fullest.Continue reading “The Beatitudes”
St. Boniface
Homily for the Memorial of St. Boniface I think many of us, looking at the state of affairs in our country and in many other places around the world, have seen, especially over the last several months, just how far removed we are from Christian values. All we have to do is look at theContinue reading “St. Boniface”
The Example of Tobiah
Homily for Friday of the 9th Week in Ordinary Time Over the last few days, we have been reading through the Book of Tobit for our first readings. They have been telling the tale of a family who has been on the receiving end of so much suffering and hardship. But more than that, theyContinue reading “The Example of Tobiah”
The Lord Delights in Us
Homily for Friday of the 8th Week in Ordinary Time This morning, I’m going to do something a little different with my homily, something I don’t do often enough…I’m going to preach on the Responsorial Psalm because it’s a message that I think all of us need to be reminded of from time to time.Continue reading “The Lord Delights in Us”
Sanctification: Purpose
Homily for the 3rd Sunday of Ordinary Time Introduction – Over the last couple of weeks now, we have been reflecting on this idea of sanctification. Our series began with the celebration of the Feast of the Baptism of the Lord. It was a day that we recalled Jesus’ baptism by John the Baptist inContinue reading “Sanctification: Purpose”
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 10Continue reading “Set Apart”
