Homily for Thursday of the Seventh Week of Easter If you have been to a funeral that I preside at, you’ll know that this Gospel is one that I often use for funerals. It is known as the High Priestly Prayer of Jesus which He prays while in the Garden of Gethsemane in the hoursContinue reading “Jesus is Our Hope”
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God’s Visitation Invites Us to Trust and Service
Homily for the Feast of the Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary For this morning’s Feast of the Visitation of Mary, our Gospel passage is what immediately follows the Annunciation, where the Angel Gabriel tells Mary that she is carrying the very Savior of the world in her womb. In that encounter she is alsoContinue reading “God’s Visitation Invites Us to Trust and Service”
Go On Speaking. Do Not Be Silent.
Homily for Friday of the 6th Week of Easter “Do not be afraid. Go on speaking, and do not be silent, for I am with you.” These are the words that the Lord offered to Paul in our First Reading this morning from the Acts of the Apostles. They were meant to be an encouragementContinue reading “Go On Speaking. Do Not Be Silent.”
Grief Will Become Joy
Homily for the Memorial of St. Philip Neri “Amen, amen, I say to you, you will weep and mourn, while the world rejoices; you will grieve, but your grief will become joy.” Over the last couple of days now, we, as a country, have certainly been grieving with the news of yet another national tragedy.Continue reading “Grief Will Become Joy”
The Advocate
Homily for Tuesday of the 6th Week of Easter I’m not sure if this is everyone’s experience, but there are times when someone can be sharing something with me when I realize that at some point I stopped listening to what they were saying because I started thinking about a past experience of my own.Continue reading “The Advocate”
Hardships Will Come.
Homily for Tuesday of the Fifth Week of Easter It is not always easy being a Christian. It’s not always a walk in the park following Jesus and being His disciple. Scripture reminds us of that so often. We see it this morning in our first reading from the Acts of the Apostles. Paul isContinue reading “Hardships Will Come.”
Our Lady of Fatima
Homily for the Memorial of Our Lady of Fatima As I mentioned at the beginning of Mass, today the Church celebrates the Feast of Our Lady of Fatima, remembering how our Blessed Mother appeared to three young children in Portugal from May 13 until October 13, 1917. This morning, I want to focus on theContinue reading “Our Lady of Fatima”
The Father Needs Us to Be His Messengers
Homily for Thursday of the 4th Week of Easter It’s amazing to me how the Lord always seems to choose the right person to be His messenger at different moments. We see it time and again throughout Scripture, but I’m also sure that we’ve experienced it in our own lives as well. What we comeContinue reading “The Father Needs Us to Be His Messengers”
It Was Winter
Homily for Tuesday of the 4th Week of Easter One of the things I really love about John’s gospel is how rich it is in providing certain details about the events in the life of Jesus and how those details can direct our minds and hearts to a deeper meaning of Christ’s actions. Every word hasContinue reading “It Was Winter”
Questioning Leads to Conversion
Homily for Friday of the Third Week of Easter As I mentioned earlier this week in one of my homilies for our morning Masses, over the last several days now, we have been reading through John 6, the Bread of Life Discourse. As Jesus has shared what will become his teaching on the Eucharist, weContinue reading “Questioning Leads to Conversion”
Fr. Tom Pringle 