The Ascension and our status as children of the Father. Read more »
The Ascension of the Lord
The Holy Spirit gives life to our faith: Sixth Sunday of Easter
The Holy Spirit gives life to our faith. Communion of life and love. Apologetics. Read more »
You are a priest and can be a better one: Fifth Sunday of Easter
The faithful are a holy priesthood who offer spiritual sacrifices to God through Christ. Exercising the common priesthood of all the faithful. Read more »
The Sheep of the Good Shepherd: Fourth Sunday of Easter
The Sheep of the Good Shepherd. The virtue of docility. Read more »
Third Sunday of Easter – Kerygma and Didache
The Savior has risen. Kerygma and Didache. Christian formation. Read more »
Divine Mercy: The Second Sunday of Easter
Divine Mercy. Evidence for the Resurrection of Christ. Renewal of Parish Life. Read more »
The resurrection of Christ and our resurrection – Easter
The Resurrection of Christ and our resurrection. Read more »
Easter – The Lord’s Day and Walking with the Holy Spirit
To view the Lectionary readings for Easter, you can go to the USCCB website here and select them from the calendar. The outline below is based on the Homiletic Directory’s second group of Catechism points with the theme: “Easter, the Lord’s Day” (CCC 647, 1167-1170, 1243, 1287). In this […] Read more »
Points to consider for the Easter Vigil readings
Points to consider when preparing a brief homily for the Mass of Easter Vigil. Read more »
The Resurrection of the Lord
Joy in the Resurrection of Christ and of us. Read more »
Trinity Sunday
Next Sunday is the Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity, commemorating the central truth not just of our Catholic faith but of all reality. The Lectionary readings 166 are here. For a fully revised and updated Doctrinal Homily Outline with the following themes, click here: Central idea: The Most Holy Trinity. Doctrine: […] Read more »
Pentecost
Pentecost is the event “where God the Father ‘through his Word, pours into our hearts the Gift that contains all gifts, the Holy Spirit’” (CCC 1082, HD 56). St. Thomas Aquinas teaches that “Gift” is a proper name of the person of the Holy Spirit, who proceeds from the Father […] Read more »
The Ascension or Seventh Sunday of Easter
Christ is in heaven, seated at the right hand of the Father, interceding for us. He is the way: he is both our destination and the road by which we travel. We who are on the earth-side of this way can say to him, “I’ll do my part,” and do it. I’ll […] Read more »
Sixth Sunday of Easter
The readings for Lectionary 57 are here. The Homiletic Directory offers the following Catechism points and themes for the Sixth Sunday of Easter: CCC 2746-2751: Christ’s prayer at the Last Supper CCC 243, 388, 692, 729, 1433, 1848: the Holy Spirit as Advocate/Consoler CCC 1965-1974: the New Law fulfills the Old […] Read more »
Fifth Sunday of Easter
The Gospel reading from St. John for the Fifth Sunday of Easter is short but profound. It is Christ’s New Commandment. I give you a new commandment: love one another.As I have loved you, so you also should love one another.This is how all will know that you are my […] Read more »