Homily for Votive Mass of Mary, Queen and Mother of Mercy, Night of Merciful Love at Holy Name of Jesus Catholic Church Tonight as we gather for our Night of Merciful Love, we remember in a special way our Blessed Mother, more specifically as the Queen and Mother of Mercy. Mary is the Queen of…
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 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 Memorial of Our Lady of Sorrows A few weeks ago, I was visiting with my parents and at some point it was just my father and I sitting in the living room. My mother received an unexpected phone call from my sister and was worried something had happened to my 1-year-old nephew.…
Homily for the Memorial of the Holy Name of Mary Today the Church celebrates the Memorial of the Holy Name of Mary, a feast that has its origins in Spain in 1513. Pope Innocent XI decreed that it be observed by the entire Church in 1683 following a victory of the Polish army against the…
In the tradition of the Church, there are only two individuals besides the Lord Jesus who have their birthdays celebrated with a special feast: St. John the Baptist and the Blessed Mother (whose nativity we celebrate today). According to some of the apocryphal writings of the early Church, the story of the birth of Mary is actually quite beautiful.
Homily for the Memorial of St. Gregory the Great | Please click here for the readings. In the Gospel, we just heard this command from Jesus to put out into the deep and to become fishers of men. I think that it is appropriate that we read this Gospel today on the Feast of Pope…
Homily for the Memorial of the Passion of John the Baptist | Please click here for the readings. The Feast of Herod and the Beheading of the Baptist. Giovanni Baronzio God often chooses the people we least expect to bring about change, to bring about transformation, to bring us to a moment of conversion. For…
Homily for the Memorial of St. Augustine of Hippo | Please click here for the readings. Triunfo de San Agustín Yesterday, we celebrated the Memorial of St. Monica. If you haven’t heard the story of St. Monica, she prayed without ceasing for the conversion of her family members, most especially her son, Augustine, whose feast…
Fr. Tom Pringle 