Central idea: The attitude of Christ. Doctrine: Thy will be done. Practical application: Loving the will of God. Read more »
The Same Attitude as Christ: Twenty-Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Fruitful Workers: Twenty-Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Fruitful workers. Right Conduct. Stop sinning and start loving. Read more »
The glory of God is man fully alive: Twenty-fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Central idea: Give glory to God by being glorious. Doctrine: God manifests his glory by sharing his goodness. Practical application: Mental prayer, heartfelt thanksgiving, and conversion. Read more »
If Your Brother Sins against You: Twenty-Third Sunday in Ordinary Time
Central idea: Admonishing the sinner. Doctrine: Fraternal correction. Practical application: How to give fraternal correction. Read more »
Take Up Your Cross: Twenty-Second Sunday in Ordinary Time
The Cross of Christ. The cross of a follower of Christ. Taking up one’s cross. Read more »
The Keys of the Kingdom: The Twenty-First Sunday in Ordinary Time
Central idea: The Keys of the Kingdom of Heaven. Doctrine: The Office of the Pope. Practical application: Cooperating with the Pope and Our Bishop. Read more »
Salvation and the virtue of justice: The Twentieth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Central idea: God’s salvation is for everyone who wants it. Doctrine: Living out our salvation by doing what is just. Practical application: Being more just. Lectionary 118. Central Idea: God’s salvation is for everyone who wants it Reading 1 Is 56:1, 6-7 Thus says the LORD: Observe what is right, […] Read more »
Pray with filial boldness – Twentieth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Central idea: Salvation for all. Doctrine: The power of invocation with sincere faith. Practical application: Pray with filial boldness. Read more »
Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary – Mass during the Day
Central Idea: The Blessed Virgin Mary is the new Ark of the Covenant. Doctrine: The Assumption. Practical Application: Devotion to the Blessed Virgin. Lectionary 622. Central Idea: The Blessed Virgin Mary is the new Ark of the Covenant. Reading 1 Rv 11:19a; 12:1-6a, 10ab God’s temple in heaven was opened, and […] Read more »
The Assumption – Vigil Mass
Central idea: The Ark of the Covenant. Doctrine: The Assumption. Practical application: Veneration of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Lectionary 621. Reading 1 1 Chron 15:3-4, 15-16; 16:1-2 David assembled all Israel in Jerusalem to bring the ark of the LORD to the place which he had prepared for it. David […] Read more »
The Prayer of Christ’s Followers: 19th Sunday in Ordinary Time
Christ’s prayer to the Father. The prayer of Jesus and Mary. Important norms for our own life of prayer. Read more »
Guest Homily – The Gifts of the Holy Spirit of Knowledge and Understanding
(This is a very powerful homily I heard this past Sunday, whose author kindly gave me permission to share with all of you. The Catholic faithful need to hear many more like this!) RIGHT AND WRONG: Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time A homily given by Fr. Dennis Koliński, SJC Sacred […] Read more »
Christ’s miracles and the spiritual works of mercy: The Eighteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
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 Catholic Faith or morals from them, and (3) shows specific ways lay persons can live these truths. (To read more about this […] Read more »
The prudence of choosing Christ: Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
The prudence of choosing Christ. The virtue of prudence. Growing in prudence. Read more »
Judgment and mercy: Doctrinal Homily Outline for the Sixteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
A consequence of God’s justice and mercy is the Last Judgment, for which we can prepare by conversion and penance. Read more »