Category Archives: homilies

Here is my farewell homily to the people of Crucifixion Parish. Thank you, and God bless each of you!   13th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Cycle C Farewell Homily 1Kings 19:16b, 19-21; Gal 5:1, 13-18; Luke 9:51-62 June 25/26, 2022 … Continue reading →

Here is my homily for the weekend. God bless you! 5th Sunday of Easter, Cycle C May 14/15, 2022 Acts 14:21-27; Rev 21:1-5a; John 13:31-33a, 34-35 “It is necessary for us to undergo many hardships to enter the Kingdom of … Continue reading →

Here is my homily for this weekend. God bless you!  7th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Cycle C 1 Sm 26:2, 7-9, 12-13, 22-23; 1 Cor 15:45-49; Lk 6:27-38 February 19/20, 2022 Jesus seems to be really trying to drive home … Continue reading →

Here is  my homily for this weekend. God bless all of you! 6th Sunday of Ordinary Time, Cycle C Jer 17; 5-8; 1 Cor 15:12, 16-20; Lk 6:17, 20-26 February 12/13, 2022   Tap into your imagination for a few … Continue reading →

Here is my homily for the weekend. God bless you! Baptism of the Lord 2022 Isaiah 42: 1-4, 6-7; Acts 10:34-38;Luke 3: 15-16, 21-22 January 8/9, 2022   In the early years of the Church, whenever they spoke about Epiphany … Continue reading →

Here is my homily for Thanksgiving Day. Blessed are you! Thanksgiving Homily, 2021 Sir 50: 20-24; 1 Cor 1: 3-9; Lk 21: 20-28 For what am I most grateful? Health? Life itself? Good fortune? My wife and family? The gift … Continue reading →

Here is my homily for the weekend. May God bless you! The Solemnity of our Lord Jesus Christ the King Daniel 7:13-14; Rev 1:5-8; John 18:33b-37 November20/21, 2021   The one to whom you listen is the one whom you … Continue reading →

Here is my homily for the weekend.  God bless you! 30th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Cycle B October 24, 2021 Jeremiah 31:7-9; Hebrews 5:1-6; Mark 10:46-52     We all are Bartimaeus!  We all, in some way, can see ourselves … Continue reading →

Here is this week’s homily. God bless all! 23rd Sunday in Ordinary Time, Cycle B September 4/5, 2020 Isaiah 35:4-7a; James 2:1-5; Mark 7:31-37   Jesus is the fulfillment of all our hopes. Jesus is the one whom Isaiah identified … Continue reading →

Here is my homily for this weekend. God bless you all! 22nd Sunday in Ordinary Time, Cycle B Dt 4:1-2. 6-8; James 1:17-18, 21b-22,27 August 28/29, 2021 Jesus is rather clear in the Gospel that we have to get this … Continue reading →

Here is my homily for the weekend. God bless all! 17th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Cycle B July 25, 2021 2 Kings 4:42-44; Ephesians 4:1-6; John 6:1-15   I asked my wife what I should preach this weekend, given the … Continue reading →

Here is my homily for last week. God bless each of you! 12th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Cycle B Father’s Day June 19/20, 2021 Job 1:1, 8-11; 2 Cor. 5:14-17; Mark 4:7-16 I don’t know how many men here today … Continue reading →

Here is my homily for Trinity Sunday. God bless you! Trinity Sunday May 29/30, 2021 Deuteronomy 4:32-34, 39-40; Romans 8:14-17; Matthew 28:16-20   Trinity Sunday is often one of those Sundays some priests and deacons dread; by that I mean, … Continue reading →