Sunday Homilies

Second Sunday of Advent, December 10, 2023 31.12.2023 8:28 ↓

I remember why December 3 did not get recorded.  My recording device had a dead battery.  -- Where are we to find comfort and joy?

Christ the King, November 26, 2023 31.12.2023 4:14 ↓

"The least" is not Jesus' concept.  It is something we have devised so we can tell ourselves to whom to pay attention.  Jesus confounds our strategies.

Thirty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time, November 19, 2023 31.12.2023 8:42 ↓

I cannot recall why I did not record November 12.  -- There is more to life than being industrious.

Thirty-first Sunday in Ordinary Time, November 5, 2023 31.12.2023 7:46 ↓

A focus on today's psalm, 131, about the peace which all profess to desire.

Twenty-second Sunday in Ordinary Time, September 3, 2023 14.11.2023 9:41 ↓

We must heed St. Paul's words: "Be transformed by the renewal of your mind."

Twenty-first Sunday in Ordinary Time, August 27, 2023 14.11.2023 7:22 ↓

Peter professes faith in Jesus ... having no idea what his adherence to Jesus will mean.

Twentieth Sunday in Ordinary Time, August 20, 2023 14.11.2023 7:43 ↓

I cannot recall why I have no recording for August 13.  -- I reflect on a discussion of the nature of interfaith friendship.  These words seem quite prescient as we consider the agony in Gaza/West Bank and Israel.

Transfiguration of the Lord, August 6, 2023 14.11.2023 8:00 ↓

We consider the feelings of Peter, James and John as they behold their Master transfigured.

Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time, July 30, 2023, again! 14.11.2023 10:26 ↓

It appears that I recorded myself twice this Sunday.

Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time, July 30, 2023 14.11.2023 10:29 ↓

I regret that next Sunday's feast of the Transfiguration keeps us from hearing "What can separate us?" (Romans 8.) So I have included what we otherwise would have heard the following Sunday!

Sixteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time, July 23, 2023 14.11.2023 7:19 ↓

Do you often rebuke temerity?  Are you frustrated by a lack of explanation of Jesus' parables?  Why does prayer seem to be so much like groaning?

Fifteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time, July 16, 2023 14.11.2023 8:18 ↓

I was on vacation on July 9.  -- We must open ourselves to the gift of insight, a way of seeing more deeply the meaning of life.

Thirteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time, July 2, 2023 14.11.2023 10:59 ↓

My best guess is that the deacon preached on June 25.  -- A return to Romans 6 and the core teaching on baptism.

Eleventh Sunday in Ordinary Time, June 18, 2023 13.11.2023 8:18 ↓

We read from Romans that our salvation is sheer gift.

The Body and Blood of Christ, June 11, 2023 13.11.2023 8:06 ↓

Reflections on the Eucharist in light of the death of a man who built an altar.

Fourth Sunday of Easter, April 30, 2023 10.06.2023 8:33 ↓

Even the First Letter of Peter contains imagery of sheep and shepherding.

Third Sunday of Easter, April 23, 2023 10.06.2023 6:13 ↓

The First Letter of Peter thinks about Jesus' death and resurrection as our "ransom" from eternal death.

Second Sunday of Easter (Divine Mercy), April 16, 2023 10.06.2023 7:57 ↓

We must take note of the First Letter of Peter, our second reading for the Sundays of Easter this year.  There are many statements of encouragement which make us feel more alive.

Easter Sunday, April 9, 2023 10.06.2023 9:52 ↓

Are we, in fact, ready for the gift of resurrection?

Fourth Sunday of Lent, March 19, 2023 06.04.2023 7:11 ↓

The ninth chapter of John's Gospel causes us to ask: Who is really blind?

Fifth Sunday of Lent, March 26, 2023 06.04.2023 5:45 ↓

The raising of Lazarus was a sign of the coming resurrection -- and also a provocation.

Third Sunday of Lent, March 12, 2023 06.04.2023 7:45 ↓

On the Second Sunday of Lent, the deacon preached.  -- We must be aware of our various thirsts.

First Sunday of Lent, February 26, 2023 01.03.2023 8:04 ↓

Considering distraction as a major element of temptation leading to sin.

Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time, February 19, 2023 01.03.2023 15:09 ↓

This homily ran a lot longer than usual, mainly because of late word of the homicide by firearm of an auxiliary bishop of Los Angeles.  The focus is mainly on our misunderstanding of what Jesus means when he says we are to be "perfect."

Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time, February 12, 2023 01.03.2023 8:16 ↓

A discussion of the reality of free will.