Playlist: Winter 2024 / 2025
Additional Winter 2024 / 2-25 homilies.
Homily from the Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time. Love those who deserve it. And those who don’t. Jesus gives us a commandment that existed from the beginning: we are to love those who deserve it. This is justice. Jesus goes on to teach us and even greater love: mercy. Mass Readings from February 23, 2025: [...]
Homily from the Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time. We live in this life, but we live for the next life. Jesus turns our fears and our hopes upside down... because through the Resurrection, Jesus has turned the world upside down. Mass Readings from February 16, 2025: Jeremiah 17: 5-8 Psalms 1: 1-4 & 6 1 [...]
Homily from the Baptism of the Lord. You've been claimed at the lowest point. The Baptism of the Lord is a mystery. The mystery of how Christ comes into contact with the water... and it doe snot change Him; He changes it. This is the pattern from this moment on: Christ comes into contact with [...]
Homily from the Epiphany of the Lord. There is something powerful about optimism. Optimistic people are more likely to be risk takers and more likely to have a positive view of life. But optimistic people also have to have something stronger than mere “wishful thinking” to lean on when their own strength runs out. Mass [...]
Homily from the Solemnity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, the Mother of God. When we know God’s will, we must respond with “yes.” There are truly horrible and troubling things that can happen in each one of our lives. And yet, at every moment, we have the opportunity to respond in faith and love. Our [...]
Homily from the Feast of the Holy Family of Jesus, Mary, and Joseph. Make it your ambition to live a quiet life. In a world where so many people live their lives “on display,” the Holy Family shows us what it is to live a quiet (and meaningful) life. Mass Readings from December 29, 2024: [...]
