Category: Ordinary Time
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Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time
For a full doctrinal homily outline for the Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time, please click here. Here are the three parts: Central idea: Choose what is right and live. Doctrine: A good conscience. Practical application: Formation of conscience. In the later half of the 20th century, a number of moral theologians (maybe better to call them “Catholic” writers), did…
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Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time
For a Doctrinal Homily Outline for the Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time click here. Central idea: Light of the world. Doctrine: The right to religious freedom and the social duty of Catholics. Practical application: Private and public goodness. Here is an excerpt: Jesus Christ is the just man who is the light of the world. His light shines through…
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Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Click here for a Doctrinal Homily Outlines for the Fourth Sunday of Ordinary Time. Central idea: The Beatitudes. Doctrine: Christ’s Beatitudes can teach and transform us. Practical application: Purification of heart
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Third Sunday in Ordinary Time
For a Doctrinal Homily Outline for the Third Sunday in Ordinary Time, click here. Central idea: Redemption through Christ, the Apostles, and our bishop. Doctrine: Apostolicity. Practical Application: Unity with our bishop and the pope.
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2nd Sunday of Ordinary Time
For a Doctrinal Homily Outline for the 2nd Sunday of Ordinary Time, click here. Central Idea: Jesus Christ is the glorious Son of God who saves and sanctifies us. Doctrine: The Sacrament of Baptism. Practical Application: Holy Water.
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The Baptism of the Lord
Here are links to three different Doctrinal Homily Outlines for The Baptism of the Lord. Isaiah prophesied Christ and acts of contrition Christ’s kenosis or self-emptying The heart of the Blessed Trinity
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The Solemnity of Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe
For a doctrinal homily outline for The Solemnity of Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe, please click here. Central Idea: Christ is the King of the Universe. Doctrine: He will come again in glory to judge the living and the dead. Practical Application: Prayer for the acceptance of death.
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Thirty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time
For a Doctrinal Homily Outline for the Thirty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time, click here. How to live before the Second Coming: Thirty-Third Sunday in Ordinary Time – Year C In this age, live an orderly and upright life, work quietly, and mind your own business. Central Idea: Our period of salvation history and how we are to…
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Feast of the Dedication of the Lateran Basilica in Rome
For a Doctrinal Homily Outline for the Feast of the Dedication of the Lateran Basilica in Rome, click here. Central idea: Living Temples. Doctrine: Grace. Practical application: Understanding the Feast of the Dedication of the Lateran Basilica in Rome. The prophet Ezekiel wrote as a Jewish exile in Babylon. Jerusalem and the Temple of Solomon were destroyed. In…
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The Commemoration of All the Faithful Departed (All Souls)
For a Doctrinal Homily Outline for next Sunday, The Commemoration of All the Faithful Departed, please click here. Central idea: Purification in this life. Doctrine: The final purification or purgatory. Practical application: Assisting the souls in purgatory. The central Catholic teaching on purgatory is this: “All who die in God’s grace and friendship, but still imperfectly purified, are…
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Thirtieth Sunday in Ordinary Time
For a Doctrinal Homily Outline for the Thirtieth Sunday in Ordinary Time, click here. Justice and Mercy Central Idea: God is just and merciful. Doctrine: Justification. Practical Application: A life of justice and mercy
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Twenty-ninth Sunday in Ordinary Time
For a doctrinal homily outline for the Twenty-ninth Sunday in Ordinary Time, please click here. Central Idea: Perseverance in living the faith. Doctrine: Perseverance, supernatural perseverance, and Final Perseverance. Practical Application: Living perseverance. Here is an excerpt: To live perseverance in the Faith we already have sanctifying grace, but we need constant injections of sacramental and actual graces, for…