Category: Easter

  • Catholic homily outline for Easter Sunday, Year B

    The readings for Easter are the same in Year B as in A and C. To view the readings, click here. For a doctrinal homily outline based on these readings, click here to be redirected.

  • The Ascension of the Lord: Doctrinal Homily Outline (Year A)

    Written as an aid for homilists and a resource for the faithful, this doctrinal homily outline for the Ascension of the Lord (Year A), June 1, 2014, (1) provides insights into the Sunday Lectionary readings, (2) explicates a doctrine of Catholic Faith or morals from them, and (3) shows specific ways lay persons can live…

  • The Holy Spirit gives life to our faith: Doctrinal Homily Outline for the Sixth Sunday of Easter (Year A)

    Written as an aid for homilists and a resource for the faithful, this doctrinal homily outline for the Sixth Sunday of Easter (Year A), May 25, 2014, (1) provides insights into the Sunday Lectionary readings, (2) explicates a doctrine of Catholic Faith or morals from them, and (3) shows specific ways lay persons can live…

  • You are a priest and can be a better one: The Fifth Sunday of Easter

    Written as an aid for homilists and a resource for the faithful, this doctrinal homily outline for the Fifth Sunday of Easter (Year A), May 18, 2014, (1) provides insights into the Sunday Lectionary readings, (2) explicates a doctrine of Catholic Faith or morals from them, and (3) shows specific ways lay persons can live…

  • The Sheep of the Good Shepherd: Doctrinal Homily Outline for the Fourth Sunday of Easter (Year A)

    Written as an aid for homilists and a resource for the faithful, this doctrinal homily outline for the Fourth Sunday of Easter (Year A), May 11, 2014, (1) provides insights into the Sunday Lectionary readings, (2) explicates a doctrine of Catholic Faith or morals from them, and (3) shows specific ways lay persons can live…

  • Kerygma and Didache: Doctrinal Homily Outline for the Third Sunday of Easter (Year A)

    Written as an aid for homilists and a resource for the faithful, this doctrinal homily outline for the Third Sunday of Easter (Year A), May 4, 2014, (1) provides insights into the Sunday Lectionary readings, (2) explicates a doctrine of Catholic Faith or morals from them, and (3) shows specific ways lay persons can live…

  • Divine Mercy: Doctrinal Homily Outline for the Second Sunday of Easter (Year A)

    Written as an aid for homilists and a resource for the faithful, this doctrinal homily outline for the Second Sunday of Easter (Year A), April 27, 2014, (1) provides insights into the Sunday Lectionary readings, (2) explicates a doctrine of Catholic Faith or morals from them, and (3) shows specific ways lay persons can live…

  • The Resurrection of the Lord: Doctrinal Homily Outline for Easter Sunday (Year A)

    Written as an aid for homilists and a resource for the faithful, this doctrinal homily outline for Easter Sunday (Year A), April 20, 2014, (1) provides insights into the Sunday Lectionary readings, (2) explicates a doctrine of Catholic Faith or morals from them, and (3) shows specific ways lay persons can live these truths. (To…

  • Solemnity of the Ascension of the Lord – May 12

    Solemnity of the Ascension of the Lord – May 12

    Central Idea: Jesus Christ is now our High Priest in heaven. Doctrine: The Ascension. Practical Application: Confidence that we can reach heaven. To view the readings for Lectionary 58 click here. Central Idea: Jesus Christ is now our High Priest in heaven. Acts 1:1-11 In the forty days between Christ’s Resurrection and Ascension, he appeared…

  • Sixth Sunday of Easter – God’s will

    Sixth Sunday of Easter – God’s will

    Central Idea: God wills only good for us, not a burden. Doctrine: The will of God. Practical Application: Doing the will of God daily. The readings for Lectionary 57 are here.  Central Idea: God wills only good for us, not a burden Acts 15:1-2, 22-29 The first reading recounts what led up to and followed the…

  • Fifth Sunday of Easter – The New Commandment

    Fifth Sunday of Easter – The New Commandment

    Central Idea: If you “love one another as I have loved you,” then heaven has come down to earth. Doctrine: Christ’s New Commandment. Practical Application: Living the New Commandment. To view the readings, click here. (Lectionary: 54) Central Idea: If you “love one another as I have loved you,” then heaven has come down to…

  • Fourth Sunday of Easter

    Fourth Sunday of Easter

    Central Idea: Christ is the Good Shepherd and we are his lambs. Doctrine: The virtue of courage. Practical Application: Growing in courage. To view the Lectionary 51 readings, click here.  Central Idea: Christ is the Good Shepherd and we are his lambs Acts 13:14, 43-52 Christ came into the world in the fullness of time.…