Author: Kevin Aldrich

  • Twenty-sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time–September 29

    Central Idea: The just try to see that everyone receives the good that is due to them. Doctrine: The preferential option for the poor. Practical Application: The corporal and spiritual works of mercy. For Lectionary 138, click here. Central Idea: The just try to see that everyone receives the good that is due to them.…

  • Twenty-Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time – September 22

    Central Idea: Loving persons over things. Doctrine: Three forms of justice. Practical Application: Becoming more just. For Lectionary 135, click here. Central Idea: Loving persons over things Reading 1 Am 8:4-7 The Seventh Commandment is “Thou shalt not steal.” Some steal by cheating. Some take advantage of persons in need. The Old Testament condemns these.…

  • Twenty-Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time – September 15, 2013

    Central Idea: Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners. Doctrine: Perfect and imperfect contrition. Practical Application: Formation of conscience For Lectionary 132, click here. Central Idea: Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners. Reading 1 Ex 32:7-11, 13-14 At the very moment that God was revealing himself to the Chosen People…

  • Twenty-Third Sunday in Ordinary Time – September 8, 2013

    Central Idea: The wisest thing is to do the will of God. Doctrine: Natural and Supernatural prudence. Practical Application: Opportunities to do good. For the Lectionary 129 readings, click here. Central Idea: The wisest thing is to do the will of God. Reading 1 Wis 9:13-18b How can human beings know the mind of God…

  • Twenty Second Sunday in Ordinary Time—September 1, 2013

    Central Idea: The wise are humble. Doctrine: Humility is the foundation of prayer. Practical Application: The prayer of the beggar. Click here for the Lectionary 126 readings. Central Idea: The wise are humble Reading 1 Sir 3:17-18, 20, 28-29 We hate the proud because we are proud ourselves and can’t bear the idea that others…

  • Sample Homily for the Twenty-First Sunday in Ordinary Time Year C—August 25, 2013

    (For the Doctrinal Homily Outline for this Sunday, click here.) What does it mean to do the will of God? We pray, “Thy kingdom come, thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven.” On our part, what does it take for that petition to come about? To do the will of God…

  • Twenty-first Sunday in Ordinary Time—August 25

    Central Idea: God will help us overcome our evildoing through his fatherly discipline. Doctrine: A child of God is to become a strong doer of good through moral discipline. Practical Application: An important moral discipline is ascesis or mastery of the soul over the body. For the Lectionary readings 123, click here. Central Idea: God…

  • Twentieth Sunday in Ordinary Time – August 18

    Central Idea: People often reject those who serve God. Doctrine and Practical Application: The family and an examination of conscience for family life. To view the Lectionary 120 readings, click here. Central Idea: People often reject those who serve God. Reading 1 Jer 38:4-6, 8-10 The princes or military commanders of Israel didn’t like what…

  • Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time – August 11

    Central Idea: God will do what he has promised. Doctrine: The theological virtue of faith. Practical Application: Recognizing God in the ordinary. To view the Lectionary 117 readings, click here. Central Idea: God will do what he has promised. Reading 1 Wis 18:6-9 The Passover was the night on which God both punished the oppressors…

  • Eighteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time – August 4

    Central Meaning: Our true wealth is God not in greed. Doctrine: Legitimate wealth. Practical Application: Examining our economic activity. For the Lectionary 114 readings, click here. Central Meaning: Our true wealth is God not in greed Reading 1 Ecc 1:2; 2:21-23 Vain means empty. If you only work to become prosperous for your own benefit,…

  • Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time – July 28

    Central Idea: Wrestling with God in prayer.  Doctrine: Filial trust. Practical Application: Transformation in Christ To view the Lectionary 111 readings, click here. Central Idea: Wrestling with God in prayer. Reading 1 Gn 18:20-32 Here God speaks to Abraham in a way Abraham can understand, as if God didn’t already know everything that was going…

  • Sixteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time – July 21, 2013

    Central Idea: Christ wants to dwell in us to transform us into perfect images of himself. Doctrine: Active vs. contemplative lives. Practical Application: Living active-contemplative lives. To view the Lectionary 108 readings, click here. Central Idea: Christ wants to dwell in us to transform us into perfect images of himself Reading 1 Gn 18:1-10a In…