Author: Kevin Aldrich
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Second Sunday of Advent – Hope
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.
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Second Sunday of Advent – Prayer for the Kingdom of God
Central idea: The road to the Kingdom of God. Doctrine and practical application: Prayer for the coming of the Kingdom of God.
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The First Sunday of Advent – Charity
Central Idea: We will always be ready to meet Christ our Judge if every day we are humbly making the effort to obey his commandments out of love. Doctrine: The Theological virtue of Charity. Practical Application: Acts of the virtue of religion; acts of love.
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First Sunday of Advent – Vigilance
Central idea: Vigilance. Doctrine: The final tribulation and Christ’s Last Judgment. Practical application: Alertness.
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The Solemnity Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe
Central idea: Christ is my King and God. Doctrine: Christ as Lord and King. Practical application: Reigning by serving.
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Judgment: Thirty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time
Central idea: The last days and things. Doctrine: The Last Judgment and the hope of a new heaven and a new earth. Practical application: What to do now to be ready for the hour of our death.
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Poverty of heart – Thirty-second Sunday in Ordinary Time
Central idea: Give all you have to God. Doctrine: Poverty of heart. Practical application: Voluntary humility.
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Love and Law – Thirty-first Sunday in Ordinary Time
Central Idea: We love God by obeying God’s law. Doctrine: God’s law. Practical application: Three means to grow in obedience to God’s law.
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Gift of faith and our response – Thirtieth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Central idea: Faith which saves. Doctrine: Faith is a gift of God. Practical application: Faith in action.
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Redemption and Co-Redemption – Twenty-Ninth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Central idea: Prayer in the face of difficulties. Doctrine: Christ’s redemptive death in God’s plan of salvation. Practical application: Co-redeemers with Christ.
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The wealth of wisdom – Twenty-Eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Central idea: True wealth and how to attain it. Doctrine: The danger of wealth and the need for it. Practical application: Corporal and spiritual works of justice and mercy.
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Guest Homily – 26th Sunday in Ordinary Time Year B
If your hand causes you to sin.