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Homilies
Oct
16
October 16, 2022
Twenty-Ninth Sunday of Ordinary Time October 16, 2022
FR. ELIAS CORREA-TORRES, O.S.B.
Some parables recorded in the gospels come to us with no interpretation provided at all, we are left to ponder what they might mean for us. Others come with an explanation, but given afterwards, sometimes to the disciples in secret. But in today’s parable of the persistent widow the meaning of the parable is explained […]
Sep
18
September 18, 2022
Twenty-Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time September 18, 2022
FR. DAVID BROWN, O.S.B.
Today’s gospel is a parable which occurs only in St. Luke’s Gospel. At first reading, the parable seems clear and straightforward, but it’s not. It raises all sorts of questions, and at least three major problems. The first problem is trying to decide where the parable ends, and where the moral lessons begin. The rich […]
Aug
21
August 21, 2022
Twenty-First Sunday of Ordinary Time August 21, 2022
FR. CHRISTOPHER KIRCHGESSNER, O.S.B.
It seems that at the most convention of devils there was serious concern about the number of people who were entering hell. The number had been falling for years. So the devils divided themselves into small groups to discuss how to solve this problem. A lot of ideas surfaced…some thought more use of social media […]
Aug
07
August 7, 2022
Nineteenth Sunday of Ordinary Time August 7, 2022
FR. DAVID BROWN, O.S.B.
Some years ago, I read a joke about a wealthy widower in a small town who had died. Before his death, he had invited his family to pick out what things in his house they would like to have after his death. One of his sons had chosen several pieces of large heavy furniture, so […]
Jul
12
July 12, 2020
Fifteenth Sunday of Ordinary Time July 12, 2020
FR. ELIAS CORREA-TORRES, O.S.B.
Today’s readings speak to us of God’s Word and transformation, the transformation that can be wrought in us by God’s word if we are open to it. This transformation is the goal of every Christian life. From St. Paul, we hear that all creation awaits with eager expectation this transformation, the revelation of the children […]
May
25
May 25, 2020
The Ascension of the Lord, May 24, 2020
It appears that this great feast of the Lord’s Ascension, the second of the great Easter Feasts, risks being overshadowed by the celebrations of the Resurrection at Easter and the coming Solemnity of Pentecost. Yet the Lord’s Ascension is an essential part in the completion of the salvation which the Son of God was sent […]
May
18
May 18, 2020
Sixth Sunday of Easter May 17, 2020
The gospel reading the Church gives us today seems very appropriate for this 6th Sunday of Easter, as we approach the celebration of Christ’s bodily Ascension into heaven and the coming of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost. For Christ today speaks about what life will be like for his disciples, once those events have passed. […]
Apr
27
April 27, 2020
Third Sunday of Easter April 26, 2020
The story of the journey to Emmaus, in today’s Easter gospel, brings with it echoes of life, because how often life itself is described as a journey. And of course, many things happen on the road to Emmaus to which we can relate as human beings, for they are quintessentially human experiences. First, Cleopas and […]
Feb
17
February 17, 2020
Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time February 16, 2020
In today’s gospel, Jesus speaks about the Law. By the Law, Jesus means the law of God with its prescripts and commandments that has been handed down to us. And whatever may be our own attitude when we hear or read about the Law, Jesus’ words today make it clear that He considers the Law […]
Jan
20
January 20, 2020
Second Sunday in Ordinary Time January 19, 2020
The reason why I came baptizing with water was that He might be made known. In today’s gospel, we hear St. John the Baptist state his mission – to make Jesus known. It is of course the mission of every Christian, to make Jesus known, and for good reason. When people know Jesus, they obtain […]
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