Central idea: Prayer in the face of difficulties. Doctrine: Christ’s redemptive death in God’s plan of salvation. Practical application: Co-redeemers with Christ. Read more »
Redemption and Co-Redemption – Twenty-Ninth Sunday in Ordinary Time
The wealth of wisdom – Twenty-Eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Central idea: True wealth and how to attain it. Doctrine: The danger of wealth and the need for it. Practical application: Corporal and spiritual works of justice and mercy. Read more »
Conjugal fidelity – Twenty-Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time
Central idea: What is marriage? Doctrine: Conjugal fidelity. Practical application: Witness conjugal fidelity in deed and word. Read more »
Ecumenism – The Twenty-Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Central idea: Value the good others possess; abhor your own evil. Doctrine: Ecumenism. Practical application: How to be a more ecumenical Catholic. Written as an aid for homilists and a resource for the faithful, this doctrinal homily outline (1) provides insights into the Lectionary readings, (2) explicates a doctrine of […] Read more »
Lowly greatness – The Twenty-Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Central idea: The greatness of the lowly. Doctrine: The virtue of service and the vice of envy. Practical application: Humble and admiring nobility. Read more »
The Cross and good works– Twenty-Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Central idea:The cross is a saving obstacle. Doctrine:Good works show faith. Practical application:Faithful fulfillment of our earthly tasks. Read more »
Signs of mercy – Twenty-Third Sunday in Ordinary Time
Central idea: The revelation of God’s mercy. Doctrine: Jesus used signs to convey his gifts and so do the Sacraments of the Church. Practical application: Go to the Sacraments and to the needy. Read more »
The Law of Love – Twenty-Second Sunday in Ordinary Time
Central idea: The moral law tells us what is right, but evil desires arise from within us. Doctrine: The Law of Love perfects the Mosaic Law. Practical application: Soul searching. Read more »
Commitment to Christ–Twenty-first Sunday in Ordinary Time
Central idea: Commitment to Christ. Doctrine: God’s fidelity and love lived in Christian marriage. Practical application: Renewal of commitment. Read more »
The Eucharist and mental prayer– Twentieth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Central idea and doctrine: The Eucharist, which is a scandal to some, is our daily bread and a pledge of glory to come. Practical application: Mental prayer. Read more »
Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Homiletic outline for the Solemnity of the Assumption of Mary into heaven. Read more »
Communion with the Bread of Life – Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Central idea: Our Lord is the Bread of Life. Doctrine: The Mass as a memorial. Practical application: Worthy reception of Communion. Read more »
Life in Christ – Eighteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Central idea and doctrine: Life in Christ. Practical application: Choosing Life in Christ. Read more »
Gift giving – Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Central idea: Self-giving. Doctrine: The exchange of spiritual gifts in the communion of the Church. Practical application: Ways to live the communion of the Church. Read more »
Good shepherds – Sixteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Central idea:Good and bad shepherds.Doctrine:Workers for peace and justice in public life. Practical application:Civic involvement. Read more »