Homilies

Saturday 7th Week in Ordinary Time So you might notice that as we go through our readings this week they begin taking a darker tone, but they are also filled with practical teachings.   The wisdom of Sirach, we almost get a recount of the Genesis story we heard a few weeks ago. The implications of […]

Readings of the day God’s will for each of us is to be happy. That is a simple fact.  We are told we should pray relax and discern God’s will for each of us. This allows us peace.  We always find peace in doing God’s will. In our reading Jesus points us towards something that

Our readings today pretty much cover all of salvation history. From the fall of mankind in the Garden of Eden to the Incarnation of our Lord Jesus Christ.  When I was younger, I thought the Immaculate Conception was specifically related to Jesus. And perhaps many have this perception also.  The fact of the matter is

Saturday 32nd Week of Ordinary Time – B                         (11/17/18) It is an odd time in which we live. Very reminiscent of the 18th century in France, we live in a culture that seems to not care too much about God.  Our culture seemingly has thrown him out of our schools our governmental facilities and in

Saturday – 29th Week Ordinary Time Well we hear about a couple of very interesting incidents in today’s Gospel, which we probably would like to know more. However, we simply don’t know anything besides this Gospel’s reference to the incident at the tower or the people slain by Pilate. From what we know of Pilate,