Praedicare: Catholic Homily Podcast

Homily for Thursday of the 4th week in Lent

Homily for Feast of the Annunciation 3/25/2020

Ezekiel 47:1-9, 12. The angel brought me, Ezekiel, back to the entrance of the temple of the LORD, and I saw water flowing out from beneath the threshold of the temple toward the east, for the façade of the temple was toward the east; the water flowed down from the right side of the temple, south of the altar. He led me outside by the north gate, and around to the outer gate facing the east, where...

John Henry Newman and Trusting in God...Homily Monday 4th week of Lent

The Light of Christ and the man born blind - a homily for Laetare Sunday 2020

GOSPEL Lk 18:9-14 Jesus addressed this parable to those who were convinced of their own righteousness and despised everyone else. “Two people went up to the temple area to pray; one was a Pharisee and the other was a tax collector. The Pharisee took up his position and spoke this prayer to himself, ‘O God, I thank you that I am not like the rest of humanity— greedy, dishonest, adulterous—or even l...

GOSPEL Mk 12:28-34 A reading from the holy Gospel according to Mark One of the scribes came to Jesus and asked him, “Which is the first of all the commandments?” Jesus replied, “The first is this: Hear, O Israel! The Lord our God is Lord alone! You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your mind, and with all your strength. The second is this: You shall lov...

Go to Joseph - Reflection Solemnity of St. Joseph

Reflection daily reading for Wednesday March 18th 2020 - Wednesday of the Third Week of Lent. DT. 4:1,5-9 and MT 5:17-19

What can the prayer of Azariah teach us about moving forward spiritually in the midst of the pandemic?

We should take the covid-19 pandemic seriously, but more serious still is the deadly contagion of sin. How can the woman at the well be an example of both the seriousness of the contagion of sin as well as the remedy provided by Christ?

What can The Marvel Cinematic Universe tell us about the Transfiguration?

Our readings offer a warning and a calling. They warn us of the dangers of being unprepared for the spiritual combat in the Christian life. And they call us to take up the spiritual weapons of prayer and fasting so as to join our Lord in battle against spiritual evil.

Homily for Ash Wednesday 2020

What can St Thomas Aquinas teach us about Christ’s command to be perfect? A homily for the 7th Sunday in Ordinary Time Year A

How can a modern misunderstanding of the gospels actually help us to understand the New Law Christ gives on the Sermon on the Mount as well as the purpose of God’s commandments in general? A Homily for the 6th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year A 2/15/2020

The Cross, the power and wisdom of God. A Homily for 5th Sunday in OT year A 2/9/2020

Why was it sinful for David to order a census 2 Samuel 24?

What can Martin Scorsese’s latest mobster film, The Irishman, teach us about the concept that Christ is the Lamb of God? A homily for the 2nd Sunday in Ordinary Time year A 1/19/2020

The Baptism of our Lord shows us the dignity and mission which flows out of our own Baptism. Just a note - typically the priests of the archdiocese don’t preach this weekend because we play Archbishop Naumann’s call to share homily. However I was covering a few masses for another priest this weekend who wanted to play the call to share homily when he returns.

What insights can TS Eliot’s poem The Journey of the Magi give us about the Feast of the Epiphany?

What can Bethlehem and the Eucharist tell us about Christmas ?

What can Roger Staubach, St. Joseph and King Ahaz teach us about the obedience of faith? Homily for 4th Sunday of Advent Year A 12/22/2019.

Homily for Gaudete Sunday 12/15/2019

How can JRR Tolkien’s concept of Eucatastrophe help us to understand Isaiah’s prophecy of a shoot sprouting from the stump of Jesse? Homily for the Second Sunday of Advent Year A 12/8/2019