Some robbers came once to a hermitage and said, “We’ve come to take everything out of your cell”. The hermit said, “Take whatever you see, my sons.” So they took what they found in the cell, and went away. But they missed a little bag…
Homily for the 8 o’clock Mass, Sunday 5C, 10 February 2019, on Luke 5:1-11
Homily for Sunday 4C, 3 February 2019, 1 Corinthians 13
Homily for Mary Mother of God, 1 January 2019
Homily for the 8 o’clock Mass, Christmas Day, 25 December 2018
Homily for the 8 o’clock Mass, 23 December 2018, Advent 4C, Luke 1:42
Homily for Advent 3C, 16 December 2018, Philippians 4:4-7
It’s customary on Gaudete Sunday to speak about Christian joy. Rejoice in the Lord! says St. Paul. It’s wonderful for us to ponder this Apostolic imperative: so very remarkable, so challenging, so attractive! The joy of Christ; the joy of the Holy Spirit: it’s both our birth right as Christians to possess, and our duty to…