A complete outline of a salvific message, relevant Catholic doctrine, and a practical application, based on the Lectionary readings for the Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year A, can be found here. It is titled A Vocation to Beatitude. The central idea is the Beatitudes. The Catholic doctrine drawn from that […] Read more »
Academic writing is a way of recording complex abstract ideas in a minimum of words. When we are reading these carefully chosen words, we can slow down our pace so that we can absorb them. Here is one example taken randomly from the Catechism of the Catholic Church, no. 866. […] Read more »
The readings for the Third Sunday in Ordinary Time (Lectionary 67) are about the light and joy that Jesus Christ has brought into the world. For a full doctrinal homily outline based on these readings, click here. When it comes to our Catholic faith, there are two central truths I […] Read more »
To access a full Doctrinal Homily Outline for the Second Sunday in Ordinary Time, click here. The central idea this writer gleaned from the lectionary readings is that Jesus Christ is the glorious Son of God who saves and sanctifies us. From his conception and through every event of his […] Read more »
Our next Sunday is the Feast of the Epiphany of the Lord. The Lectionary 20 readings are beautiful and moving. Rise up in splendor, Jerusalem! Your light has come, the glory of the Lord shines upon you. All kings shall pay him homage, all nations shall serve him. The Gentiles are […] Read more »
Below are links to four outlines for the Solemnity of Mary the Mother of God. We offer to Mary hyperdulia, that is, the highest honor that it is right to show to one of God’s creatures. God preserved Mary from original sin and its effects. He filled her full of […] Read more »
The Nativity of Christ The Lectionary for the Novus Ordo offers four sets of readings. These correspond to the time of night or day this great solemnity is celebrated. Homily or devotional outlines for all four can be accessed here by scrolling down. The homilist knows that Christmas in many […] Read more »
The lectionary readings for the First Sunday of Advent are about the Incarnation of Jesus Christ. This event took place in the virginal womb of Mary. The Doctrinal Homily Outline for these readings first considers Jesus Christ as Emmanuel, God being with us. Second is the doctrine of the Incarnation, […] Read more »
Thursday of this week is the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception. It is a Holy Day of Obligation. Sadly, not that many Catholics care or it does not even enter their minds that the Church requires us to attend Holy Mass or that it is for our own good to […] Read more »
The Doctrinal Homily Outline for the Second Sunday of Advent can be found here. If you are just interested in the readings for Lectionary 4, they are here. The central idea I gleaned form the readings is Repent, for the Kingdom of God is at hand. The Doctrine focuses on […] Read more »
With the First Sunday of Advent, Year A, the Magisterium of the Church invites us to begin again on our road to salvation and sanctification. These are two of the most precious gifts Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ offers us. He took on a human nature in order to […] Read more »
Christ is the King of the Universe. He will come again in glory to judge the living and the dead. Prayer for the acceptance of death. Read more »
Our period of salvation history and how we are to live in it. The Second Coming of Christ and the Final Judgment. How to live in this age. Read more »
The reward of eternal life. The Beatific Vision. Meditation on the Beatific Vision. Read more »
God’s loving goodness and lectio divina Read more »