Bulletins and Homilies
Homilies
First Sunday of Advent
We just heard Jesus in the gospel reading saying: “Be watchful! Be alert! You do not know when the time will come.” And then notice our Advent theme this year: “Now is the time.” The message of Jesus in the gospel is that his disciples should be alert and ready at...
Thanksgiving Mass
Thanksgiving Day “What could we possibly be thankful for in 2020?” That’s the question Steve Hartman of the CBS Evening News recently asked his kids in the video we are about to see. I thought it was a moving reflection on the idea of giving thanks. I suspect many of...
Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe
Jesus creates quite a picture for his disciples in the beginning of today’s gospel. He talks about glory, angels, thrones, assemblies, and judgments. He paints the picture of what we would think a medieval court might look like. That is appropriate for today’s...
Thirty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time
The gospel story we just heard is pretty simple. A wealthy man leaves his goods for each of three servants to care for while he is gone. He doesn’t give them instructions, at least none that we are told of. When he returns, he sees that two of the three servants have...
Feast of All Saints
The COVID-19 pandemic is most frequently portrayed in numbers: the number of new cases a day… the number of hospitalizations… the number of deaths. But some of us know all too painfully that every one of those numbers is a human being: someone who loved and was...
Thirtieth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Which is Greatest Commandment :Matt 22:34-46 Ex 22:20-26, 1 Thel 1:5c -10 Jesus assures us that all the wisdom that we need to know is summed up in two commandments: Love God and love your neighbor Two Necessary Loves Our amazing God has once again put together a set...
