I would like to begin by briefly introducing this Sunday to you. Today is a Sunday with many titles: (i) Today is the Second Sunday of Easter. This name is easy to...
Homilies, Year C 2021-2022
DEATH HAS DIED! EASTER SUNDAY: THE RESURRECTION OF THE LORD YEAR C APRIL 17, 2022 (R. 1: Acts 10: 34a, 37- 43; Psalm: 118: 1- 2, 16- 17, 22- 23; R. 2: Colossians 3: 1- 4; Gospel: John 20: 1- 9)
I have good news for you: death has died! The battle line was drawn from the beginning in the Garden of Eden. After the serpent succeeded in tempting our first parents...
Homilies, Year C 2021-2022
WERE YOU THERE? PALM SUNDAY OF THE PASSION OF THE LORD YEAR C ON APRIL 10TH, 2022 (Gospel before Procession: Luke 19: 28- 40; R. 1: Isaiah 50: 4- 7; Psalm 22: 8- 9, 17- 18, 19- 20, 23- 24; R. 2: Philippians 2: 6- 11; Gospel: Luke 22: 14- 23: 56)
Were you there when they crucified my Lord? Were you there when they crucified my Lord? Oh, sometimes it causes me to tremble, tremble, tremble. Were you there when they...
Homilies, Year C 2021-2022
WHO IS IN THE MIRROR? 5TH SUNDAY OF LENT YEAR C ON APRIL 3, 2022 (R. 1: Isaiah 43: 16-21; Psalm 126: 1-2, 2-3, 4-5, 6; R. 2: Philippians 3: 8-14; Gospel: John 8: 1-11)
I don’t know how true it is, but someone told me that when an elephant goes to the pond to drink water, the first thing the elephant does is to unsettle the water, which...
Homilies, Year C 2021-2022
TOO HOLY TO BE HAPPY! 4TH SUNDAY OF LENT YEAR C ON MARCH 27, 2022 (R. 1: Joshua 5: 9a, 10-12; Psalm 34: 2-3, 4-5, 6-7; R. 2: 2 Corinthians 5: 17-21; Gospel: Luke 15: 1-3, 11-32)
A priest was celebrating Holy Mass for children in a Catholic Elementary School. After reading today’s Gospel passage, he said to the young children, “The story we just...
Homilies, Year C 2021-2022
BLESSED TO BLESS! 3RD SUNDAY OF LENT YEAR C ON MARCH 20, 2022 (R. 1: Exodus 3: 1-8a, 13-15; Psalm 103: 1-2, 3-4, 6-7, 8, 11; R. 2: 1 Corinthians 10: 1-6, 10-12; Gospel: Luke 13: 1-9)
A priest was once teaching religious education to children in a Catholic Elementary School. He said, “There are sins of commission and there are sins of omission. The...
Homilies, Year C 2021-2022
BUT WHO ARE YOU? 2ND SUNDAY OF LENT YEAR C ON MARCH 13, 2022 (R. 1: Genesis 15:5-12, 17-18; Ps 27:1, 7-8, 8-9, 13-14; R. 2: Phil 3:17—4:1; Gospel: Luke 4: 1- 13)
Today is the second Sunday of Lent. The gospel passage for today is Luke’s version of the Transfiguration of Jesus. It is common to hear people say to others, “Be...
Homilies, Year C 2021-2022
BE CALM BUT VIGILANT! 1ST SUNDAY OF LENT YEAR C ON MARCH 6TH, 2022 (R. 1: Deuteronomy 26: 4- 10; Psalm 91: 1- 2, 10- 11, 12- 13, 14- 15; R. 2: Romans 10: 8- 13; Gospel: Luke 4: 1- 13)
What is the relationship between temptation and sin? According to E. Schuyler English, “Temptation is to see the tempter standing outside the back door of your heart...
Homilies, Year C 2021-2022
NO FISHING! 8TH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME YEAR C ON FEBRUARY 27, 2022 (R. 1: Sirach 27: 4-7; Psalm 92: 2-3, 13-14, 15-16; R. 2: 1 Corinthians 15: 54-58; Gospel: Luke 6: 39-45)
A group of young boys (all below the age of 12) were sitting around a dog on the beach. An older man approached them and asked what they were doing to the dog. The...
Homilies, Year C 2021-2022
MORE THAN BEING GOOD! 7TH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME YEAR C ON FEBRUARY 20, 2022 (R. 1: 1Samuel 26: 2, 7-9, 12-13, 22-23; Psalm 103: 1-2, 3-4, 8, 10, 12-13; R. 2: 1 Corinthians 15: 45-49; Gospel: Luke 6: 27-38)
In the course of my preparation for today’s homily, I was in conversation with some of my friends a few days ago when one of them asked, “And who is this guy...