We rather rarely get to celebrate an Eighth Sunday of the Year. We do so this year because Easter is so late: April 21st. We only get a couple of days of our eighth week though, because Wednesday is Ash Wednesday, and we’re into the season of…
Homily for Sunday 7C, 24 February 2019, Luke 6:27-38
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…