Here is the link to a revised and updated outline for the Twenty-Ninth Sunday. It is all about the virtue of perseverence. Moses needed the help of two men to persevere in holding up his arms so that Israel would prevail in battle. In the Gospel, Our Lord counsels us to […] Read more »

God desires to share his goodness, truth, beauty, love, and happiness with beings that would not exist if he did not create them. Lower creatures, lacking consciousness and reason, show but don’t know God’s glory. As conscious and rational beings, we both show and can know God’s glory. Through Christ, […] Read more »

“The faithful exercise their baptismal priesthood through their participation, each according to his own vocation, in Christ’s mission as priest, prophet, and king” (CCC 1546). The laity exercise the common priesthood of the faithful by offering up their lives and work, by living and proclaiming the truth, and by carrying […] Read more »

In the second reading, for the Twenty-Sixth Sunday in Ordinary time, St. Paul admonishes Timothy with words that apply just as much to ourselves: But you, man of God, pursue righteousness, devotion, faith, love, patience, and gentleness. Compete well for the faith. Lay hold of eternal life, to which you […] Read more »

Here is the link to a revised and updated Doctrinal Homily Outline for the Twenty-First Sunday in Ordinary Time for Year C. Central Idea: Loving persons over things. Doctrine: Four forms of justice. Practical Application: Becoming more just. If you enjoyed this article, get email updates (it’s free) Read more »

Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners. Perfect and imperfect contrition. Examination of conscience. Read more »

Natural and supernatural prudence Read more »

According to David Isaacs, “A humble person recognizes his own inadequacy, qualities and abilities, and presses them into service, doing good without attracting attention or expecting the applause of others.” Here is the link to an updated are revised doctrinal homily outline for the Twenty-second Sunday in Ordinary Time for […] Read more »

Here is a link to the updated and revised outline for the Twenty-first Sunday in Ordinary Time If you enjoyed this article, get email updates (it’s free) Read more »

Here is the link to the revised and updated outline for the Twentieth Sunday in Ordinary Time. If you enjoyed this article, get email updates (it’s free) Read more »

God will do what he has promised. The theological virtue of faith. Recognizing God in the ordinary. Read more »

Work is the source of a decent life or even riches, although neither is the basis of happiness: That belongs to God. Next Sunday’s readings focus on the futility of working apart from God’s will. The Lectionary 114 readings for the Eighteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time, are here. To prepare […] Read more »

Knowing, loving, and serving God is like going on a diet and exercise plan. But it is not for two months to lose thirty pounds and to gain a flat stomach. Rather, it is a plan for life to lose all our vices and to gain the mental outlook and […] Read more »

Our Lord was ever the master teacher. He was not merely the teacher of his universal doctrine of salvation. He was also the teacher of individual souls who needed formation. One way he taught persons what they needed to know was by responding to them with something completely unexpected but […] Read more »

God wants us to become the sort of persons who are ready for eternal life and happiness with Him, and the angels, and all the saved in heaven.  Human freedom is essential for us to become that sort of person—how we respond to everything and what we do.  We become […] Read more »