Category Archive for ‘Homilies’

Today Catholic Christians celebrate the Fourth Sunday of Easter, also known as Good Shepherd Sunday.
In today’s Gospel selection we have from St. John, we hear Jesus say,

I am the good shepherd.  A good shepherd lays down his life

Today Catholic Christians Celebrate the Third Sunday of Easter.
In the Gospel selection from St. Luke, we read about Jesus engaging in Bible studies with two of his disciples.
The time was after Jesus’ resurrection from the dead, and Jesus appears to

Today Catholic Christians celebrate the Second Sunday of Easter.  Since the year 2000, this has also been known as Divine Mercy Sunday.
In two of today’s Scripture selections, those from the Psalm and Gospel, we hear about God’s mercy.

In the Psalm,

Today Catholic Christians celebrate the Feast of the Resurrection of Jesus -Easter.
On behalf of the staff, faculty, and all the ministers of our parish, I wish you and those you love a very Happy and Holy Easter and Easter Season!

In

Today Catholic Christians celebrate Palm Sunday of the Passion of the Lord – more commonly simply known as “Palm Sunday.”  This is the beginning of Holy Week, the most sacred week of the year for us Christians.
Holy Week begins on

Today Catholic Christians celebrate the Fifth Sunday of Lent.
On this day, we hear some sobering and profound words about the nature of human life from the Gospel of St. John.  Specifically, we hear Jesus say:
“The hour has come for the

Today Catholic Christians celebrate the Fourth Sunday of Lent.
On this day, we have some profound words of wisdom by St. Paul in his letter to the Ephesians about the concept of grace.  Paul says in part, “God, who is rich

This week, Catholic Christians celebrate the Third Sunday of Lent.
On this day, we read in the Book of Genesis how God delivered Ten Commandments to the Hebrew people.
One of the first things one notices in the reading is how many

Today Catholic Christians celebrate the Second Sunday of Lent.
On this day, we hear the story of the Transfiguration of Jesus in the Gospel of St. Mark.
In this story, we learn that Jesus led Peter, James, and John up a high

Today Catholic Christians celebrate the First Sunday of Lent.
Lent is a liturgical season that, for Catholic Christians, begins on Ash Wednesday and ends at the beginning of the Mass of the Lord’s Supper on Holy Thursday.
Like all liturgical seasons, Lent