God is our savior from oppression, suffering, and death. The virtue of patience. Zeal in living and spreading the Faith. Read more »
Patience and Zeal: Third Sunday of Advent – Year A
Second Sunday of Advent
Central Idea: Even though as followers of Christ we are each undergoing a difficult but good transformation, we can feel a lot of joy in this life anticipating the joy of heaven. Doctrine: The Theological Virtue of Hope. Practical Application: Ways to activate hope. Read more »
The Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Central Idea: Mary is the New Eve, the mother of all who live in Christ. Doctrine: The Immaculate Conception. Practical Application: Ways to grow closer to Our Lady. Read more »
Repent: Doctrinal Homily Outline for the Second Sunday of Advent
Repent and do good, for the Kingdom of God is at hand. The Gifts of the Holy Spirit. Read more »
First Sunday of Advent
We begin a new liturgical year with the First Sunday of Advent. The Lectionary readings for this day give us glimpses of our heavenly home, first in its earthly image as earthly Jerusalem and finally as heaven itself. Our readings exort us to live so as to be ready to […] Read more »
Christ the King
For a revised and updated Doctrinal Homily Outline for the Solemnity of Christ the King, the last Sunday of the liturgical year, click here. The foci are: Central Idea: Christ is the King of the Universe. Doctrine: He will come again in glory to judge the living and the dead. […] Read more »
Thirty-Third Sunday in Ordinary Time
Do I live an orderly life? In other words, am I practicing the four cardinal virtues, enlightened by the Gospel and strengthened by grace: Prudence (seeing what God wants me to do), Justice (doing what God wants me to do), Fortitude (courage and toughness when fear or weakness are obstacles […] Read more »
Thirty-Second Sunday in Ordinary Time
In this life, it is a special joy to know you are a friend of God. How do God’s friends behave? They pray. They tell the truth. They persevere in doing God’s will. What do God’s friends expect from God? God’s friends expect God’s justice: That he will do as […] Read more »
Thirty-First Sunday in Ordinary Time
For a revised and updated doctrinal homily outline for the Thirty-First Sunday in Ordinary Time, click here. The themes are Central Idea: God’s loving goodness. Doctrine: God is love. Practical Application: Divine reading. As was the case with Zacchaeus, blatant sinners can sometimes make a more dramatic conversion to God […] Read more »
Solemnity of All Saints
Here is the link to a doctrinal homily outline for the Solemnity of All Saints. The doctrinal and practical foci are the beatitude of heaven and the Beatitudes. The Beatitudes are a self-portrait of Jesus Christ, a picture of the lives of the saints, and a blueprint for how we […] Read more »
Thirtieth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Here is the link to an updated and revised outline for the Thirtieth Sunday in Ordinary Time. The Gospel includes Christ’s parable of the Pharisee and the Tax Collector. Here are the subjects explored: Central Idea: God is just and merciful. Doctrine: Justification. Practical Application: A life of justice and […] Read more »
Twenty-Ninth Sunday in Ordinary Time
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 »
Twenty-Eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time – Year C
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 »
Twenty-Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time
“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 »
Twenty-Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time – Year C
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 »