Homilies

Good morning. I suspect that there are times for all of us when life just seems like a burden. There’s too much to do, too much to worry about. We worry about our health or the health of a loved one, or the pressures from work or in school or classes. Life can sometimes be […]

The readings for today’s Mass can be found here. What is the Kingdom of Heaven like? It is like a wedding banquet a king threw for his son. Often it is helpful for us to use Scripture to interpret Scripture. So today I will try to weave together some of the various messages of Scripture […]

Today’s first reading and the Gospel are both parables. The parable in the first reading is from the Prophet Isaiah and the second is one of Jesus’ parables. And clearly Jesus has used the Isaiah parable to build his own. The parable we hear today from Jesus is the second of three parables. The first […]

Mass readings can be found here. Good morning. You know, when everything is said and done, there’s really only two moments in life that count: the present moment and the final moment. They’re the only two moments that really count at all. That’s almost exactly what Ezekiel is telling us this morning. When someone virtuous […]

In this homily, Abbot Placid explores the need for forgiveness, and quotes St. Dorotheos of Gaza’s advice to monastics on fraternal charity.

Our first reading, on this second Sunday of Advent, presents us one of the most well-known and beautiful passages of the Old Testament concerning the coming of the Messiah. What is described is the transformation of life that Christ will inaugurate. Christ will establish justice and right judgment for all human relationships and interactions, for […]