Homily for Saturday after Ash Wednesday As I was preparing for this morning’s homily, I found myself really drawn to our Responsorial Psalm antiphon for today: “Teach me your way, O Lord, that I may walk in your truth.” This journey that we call life is not always an easy one to take and, so…
Homily for Thursday of the 6th Week in Ordinary Time In this morning’s Gospel, we see kind of the turning point in Mark’s account of Jesus’ public ministry. Throughout the Gospel thus far, we have seen that many have thought of Jesus as a miracle worker or as a prophet. Even some of those who…
Homily for Tuesday of the 5th Week in Ordinary Time Over the last couple of days, our first readings have been from the Creation narrative of the Book of Genesis. I don’t think it’s a coincidence that the Church reminds us of the story of creation as we approach the beginning of the Lenten season,…
Homily for Monday of the 5th Week in Ordinary Time Over the last week, our Gospels during our weekday Masses have been focusing on some pretty similar themes. The Church has been inviting us to consider our faith in Jesus. We have heard about the miracles that He had been performing in His public ministry.…
Homily for Friday of the 3rd Week in Ordinary Time As I was preparing for Mass this morning, I was really struck by this line from our first reading: “You need endurance to do the will of God and receive what he has promised.” Doing the will of God is not easy. In fact, throughout…
Homily for December 23 | Friday of the 4th Week of Advent Elizabeth, a woman who was once barren, has given birth to John. What an incredible miracle for the Lord to have blessed her in that way. And because of that, everyone in her family knew; everyone in the town knew; they were all…
Homily for December 22nd | Thursday of the 4th Week of Advent There is such a beautiful connection between the two women that we hear about in our readings this morning. Both women, Hannah and Mary, are overjoyed at the news of the birth of their sons and offer the Lord praise and fidelity. Remember,…
Homily for Friday of the 3rd Week of Advent In our Gospel this morning, Jesus is continuing to speak about John the Baptist, reminding the people how he was the messenger that pointed them to recognize that salvation was at hand. Jesus calls John “a burning and shining lamp.” But, John’s light was not his…
Homily for Thursday of the 3rd Week of Advent In our Gospel this morning Jesus poses a question to the crowd, asking them: “What did you go into the desert to see?” It’s actually a question that He asks them three separate times. I wonder if Jesus does that because He wants to not only…
Homily for Saturday of the 2nd Week of Advent We are now at the halfway point of our Advent season. Christmas is only two weeks away. This weekend would be a good time for us to reflect on how the Lord has been moving and acting in our lives over the past couple of weeks.…
Fr. Tom Pringle 