Category Archive for ‘Homilies’

Today Catholic Christians celebrate the Eleventh Sunday in Ordinary Time.

On this day, we hear Jesus explaining what the “kingdom of God” is like by giving them two parables.  In the first parable, Jesus talks about a farmer scattering seed on

Today Catholic Christians celebrate the feast of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ, sometimes called “Corpus Christi.”
In today’s selection from the Gospel of Mark, we read,

While they were eating, he [Jesus] took the bread, said the

Today Catholic Christians celebrate the feast of the Most Holy Trinity.
Although the Bible does not use the word “trinity” to describe God, the Holy Trinity is a basic tenant of the Catholic Christian faith.
The doctrine of the Trinity holds that

Today Catholic Christians celebrate the feast of the Ascension of the Lord.
The story takes place after Jesus had risen from the dead and had appeared to his disciples many times.  As he was getting ready to ascend bodily into heaven,

Today Catholic Christians celebrate the Sixth Sunday of Easter.
On this day, the selection we have from the Acts of the Apostles begins with these words:  “When Peter entered, Cornelius met him and, falling at his feet, paid him homage.  Peter,

Today Catholic Christians celebrated the Fifth Sunday of Easter.
On this day, in the selection from the Gospel of John, we hear Jesus saying to his disciples:
“I am the true vine, and my Father is the vine grower.  He takes away

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!

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