Category: Homiletics

  • HOMILY – Behold The Lamb Of God

    This is my homily from this past week and I publish it here today specifically because I was asked by a parishoner – “Where can I get a copy?” Okay – point taken Holy Spirit – I will be more judicious in posting these in the future. (Yeah, I know I’ve said it before but…

  • HOMILY – Christmas Eve (Vigil Mass) 2010 – The Church As Family

    Okay – I’ve been away for some time – apologies for that. I’m going to post this homily – and try and post mine on a more regular basis now (once you get to far behind it’s tough to try and catch up. Easiest thing to do is make a resolution to do better, and…

  • HOMILY – 17th sunday Ordinary Time, Cycle B – The Feeding of the 5000

    This is one I was particularly proud to present. I was affored the opputunity to refute the oh so common “Jesus just taught us all to share” hogwash that so often gets put out when this reading comes up. I leave it for all you readers to judge if I hit the mark. The readings…

  • HOMILY – Corpus Christi Sunday, 2009

    This was one I really enjoyed doing – it seemed to be a moment to refute the “it’s all about us” mentaility that seems so pervasive in so many places today (but thankfully NOT at my parish – they very much seem to hunger for these type of homilies if their comments to me are…

  • HOMILY – 3rd Sunday of EASTER – CYCLE “B”

    This is the first one I’ve posted BEFORE actually delivering it, a practice I don’t ususally do. This will be presented this coming Sunday April 26th, 2009 and the readings are Acts 3:13-15, 17-19; Ps 4:2, 4, 7-8, 9; 1 Jn 2:1-5a; Lk 24:35-48. It is also my son Thomas’ first communion this weekend, although…

  • HOMILY – Easter Sunday 2009 (Mass During the Day)

    This homily was delivered on Easter Sunday, April 12, 2009. The readings were Acts 10:34a, 37-43; Col 3:1-4 and the gospel was Jn 20:1-9. TODAY IS THE DAY – HE IS RISEN. HE IS RISEN AND HE IS HERE with us. So I want to ask each of you – why are YOU here? WHY…

  • HOMILY – 3rd Sunday In Lent – RCIA Scrutiny (Cycle A Readings)

    This homily was delievered March 15th 2009, using the Cycle A readings for the RCIA Scrutiny. The scrutiny was actually at one of the masses I did not preach but Father Johnfelt (rightfully so) that we should use the same readings at all the masses that weekend. the readins are Exodus 17:3-7; Rom 5:1-2, 5-8…

  • HOMILY – 5th Sunday Ordinary Time – Cycle B

    This homily was given February 7th and 8th, 2009. The readings were Job 7:1-4, 6-7; 1 Cor 9:16-19, 22-23; and the Gospel was Mk 1:29-39, the curing of Simon Peter’s mother in law. “In the interest of full disclosure, I must begin by pointing out that a great deal of this homily is inspired by…

  • HOMILY – 2nd Sunday In Ordinary Time – Cycle B

    This homily I gave on January 17th and 18th 2009. The readings were 1 Samuel 3:3b-10, 19 (where the Lord calls young Samuel at night); 1 Corinthians 6:13c-15a, 17-20; with the Gospel Jn 1:35-42, where Jesus calls his first disciples. This one was a bit more spiritually practical in approach, but I definitley did hit…

  • HOMILY – Christmas Vigil 2008

    This one was from the Christmas Vigil 2008, after I had just proclaimed the LONG VERSION of the geneaology of Jesus from the beginnning of St. Matthew’s Gospel. I thought this one was good – full of Christology, the Incarnation and lots of “Creator of the Universe” language. what worries me the most is that…