God makes each one of us very important. The ministerial and general priesthood of Christ in the Church. Living the royal priesthood of Christ as a layperson. Read more »
Royal importance: 27th Sunday in Ordinary Time – Year C
Justice and Mercy: Twenty-Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time – Year C
The just try to see that everyone receives the good that is due to them. The Christian has a preferential option for the poor shown in the corporal and spiritual works of mercy. Read more »
Justice – 25th Sunday in Ordinary Time – Year C
Loving persons over things. Three forms of justice. Becoming more just. Read more »
Contrition — 24th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year C
Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners. Perfect and Imperfect Contrition. Examination of Conscience. Read more »
Natural and Supernatural Prudence: Twenty-Third Sunday in Ordinary Time
“What one opportunity do I have, that if I took advantage of it, would have the most positive impact on my life and in the lives of those around me?” Read more »
Humble prayer: Twenty Second Sunday in Ordinary Time—Year C
The wise are humble. Humility is the foundation of prayer. The prayer of the beggar. Read more »
Ascesis or moral discipline: Twenty-first Sunday in Ordinary Time—Year C
God will help us overcome our evildoing through his fatherly discipline. A child of God is to become a strong doer of good through moral discipline. An important moral discipline is ascesis or mastery of the soul over the body. Read more »
The Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Homily outline for the vigil mass or mass during the day for the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Read more »
Family first or second? Twentieth Sunday in Ordinary Time – Year C
People often reject those who serve God. The family and an examination of conscience for family life. Read more »
The virtue of faith in ordinary life – Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time – Year C
God will do what he has promised. The theological virtue of faith. Recognizing God in the ordinary Read more »
Wealth and economic activity – Catholic homily outline for the Eighteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year C
Our true wealth is God, not a life of greed. Good uses of wealth. Examining our economic activity. Read more »
Wrestling with God in prayer – Catholic homily outline for the Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year C
Wrestling with God in prayer. Prayer and filial trust. Transformation in Christ. Read more »
Active-contemplative lives – Catholic homily outline for Sixteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year C
Christ wants to dwell in us to transform us into perfect images of himself through our living active-contemplative lives. Read more »
Love and Law: Catholic homily outline for the Fifteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year C
Living the Precepts of the Church well. Read more »
Prayer of Petition: Catholic homily outline for the Fourteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year C
Prayers of petition: God will give us what we ask for. How to ask. Read more »