Fr. Kirby Longo's Homilies

Fr. Kirby's homily from the 32nd Sunday of Ordinary Time (2021)

Fr. Kirby's homily from the 31st Sunday in Ordinary Time (2021)

Fr. Kirby's homily from the 30th Sunday in Ordinary Time (2021)

A recent talk given by Fr. Kirby on the Second Vatican Council

Fr. Kirby's homily from the 29th Sunday in Ordinary Time (2021)

Fr. Kirby's homily from the 28th Sunday in Ordinary Time (2021)

A recent talk given by Fr. Kirby on the Second Vatican Council

A recent talk given by Fr. Kirby on the Second Vatican Council

A recent talk given by Fr. Kirby on the Second Vatican Council

Fr. Kirby's homily from the 25th Sunday in Ordinary Time

Fr. Kirby's homily from the 24th Sunday in Ordinary Time

A recent talk given by Fr. Kirby on the Second Vatican Council

A recent talk Fr. Kirby gave on the Second Vatican Council

Fr. Kirby's homily from the 22nd Sunday in Ordinary Time

Fr. Kirby's homily from the 21st Sunday in Ordinary Time

Fr. Kirby's homily from the Feast of the Assumption

Fr. Kirby's homily from the 19th Sunday in Ordinary Time

Fr. Kirby's homily from the 18th Sunday in Ordinary Time

Fr. Kirby's homily from the 16th Sunday in Ordinary Time

Sorry for the hiatus, folks. Homilies will be posted regularly again soon! 

It’s the night of the last supper, the first mass. It's also the night we commemorate the ordination of the apostles to the priesthood and their commission to “do this in memory of me.” So it’s a special feast day for all priests and a special night to contemplate my vocation. It is the tradition, then, to preach on the priesthood. I am, afterall, a priest for you. Also, there are certainly other...

We learn today that the things happening in silent monasteries, the things happening in your homes, the things happening on the streets of Missoula amongst our homeless are of much higher consequence in eternity than the endless power grasp we witness daily on the news. The home, the monastery and convent, the streets, that’s where the action is. 

In the beginning, some 13.8 billion years ago, our universe was empty. Perhaps we can’t even say empty because there was no time, no space, no matter; there was nothing. Then came that wonderful moment we have titled The Big Bang, when there appeared the whole of our universe contained in a concentrated ball of energy smaller than an atom. That ball exploded outward in every direction. This explos...

Our first reading today speaks of God’s wisdom, saying “She hastens to make herself known in anticipation of their desire; Whoever watches for her at dawn shall not be disappointed, for he shall find her sitting by his gate.” God yearns to know us, he sits by the gate awaiting us while we insist he is far away, that we must go on a great journey and hope against hope that we might find him.

Growing up, perhaps more than any other thing in the modern world, is the difference between us (me) and the saints. If we look at the beatitudes, we see a collection of simple and mysterious blessings. We see Jesus raising up very particular states of life as makarios. This is hard to translate but we generally say blessed or fortunate. The word suggests those who possess these beatitudes possess...