Everyone love everyone, like God. The universal call to holiness. Loving where we have withheld love. Read more »
Universal Call to Holiness: the Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time – Year A
Conscience: The Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time – Year A
Choose what is right and live. A good conscience. Formation of conscience. Read more »
Light of the World: Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time – Year A
Light of the world. The right to religious freedom and the social duty of Catholics. Private and public goodness. Read more »
Christ Purifies Man: Doctrinal Homily Outline for Feast of the Presentation of the Lord (Year A)
Central idea: Christ purifies man. Doctrine: Sin. Practical application: Our moral struggle. To view the Lectionary 524 readings, click here. Central idea: Christ purifies man Reading 1 Mal 3:1-4 Thus says the Lord God: Lo, I am sending my messenger to prepare the way before me; And suddenly there will […] Read more »
Redemption through Christ, the Apostles, and their successors: Third Sunday in Ordinary Time
Redemption through Christ, the Apostles, and our bishop. Apostolicity. Unity with our bishop and the pope. Read more »
Jesus Christ, Son of God, Saves and Sanctifies: Second Sunday in Ordinary Time
Jesus Christ is the glorious Son of God who saves and sanctifies us. The Sacrament of Baptism. Holy Water. Read more »
The Baptism of the Lord
Central Idea: Isaiah prophesied Christ. Doctrine: The Baptism of Jesus. Practical Application: Acts of contrition. To view the Lectionary 21 readings, click here. Central Idea: Isaiah prophesied Christ Reading 1 Is 42:1-4, 6-7 Thus says the LORD: Here is my servant whom I uphold, my chosen one with whom I am […] Read more »
Christ the King
For a revised and updated Doctrinal Homily Outline for the Solemnity of Christ the King, the last Sunday of the liturgical year, click here. The foci are: Central Idea: Christ is the King of the Universe. Doctrine: He will come again in glory to judge the living and the dead. […] Read more »
Thirty-Third Sunday in Ordinary Time
Do I live an orderly life? In other words, am I practicing the four cardinal virtues, enlightened by the Gospel and strengthened by grace: Prudence (seeing what God wants me to do), Justice (doing what God wants me to do), Fortitude (courage and toughness when fear or weakness are obstacles […] Read more »
Thirty-Second Sunday in Ordinary Time
In this life, it is a special joy to know you are a friend of God. How do God’s friends behave? They pray. They tell the truth. They persevere in doing God’s will. What do God’s friends expect from God? God’s friends expect God’s justice: That he will do as […] Read more »
Thirty-First Sunday in Ordinary Time
For a revised and updated doctrinal homily outline for the Thirty-First Sunday in Ordinary Time, click here. The themes are Central Idea: God’s loving goodness. Doctrine: God is love. Practical Application: Divine reading. As was the case with Zacchaeus, blatant sinners can sometimes make a more dramatic conversion to God […] Read more »
Thirtieth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Here is the link to an updated and revised outline for the Thirtieth Sunday in Ordinary Time. The Gospel includes Christ’s parable of the Pharisee and the Tax Collector. Here are the subjects explored: Central Idea: God is just and merciful. Doctrine: Justification. Practical Application: A life of justice and […] Read more »
Twenty-Ninth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Here is the link to a revised and updated outline for the Twenty-Ninth Sunday. It is all about the virtue of perseverence. Moses needed the help of two men to persevere in holding up his arms so that Israel would prevail in battle. In the Gospel, Our Lord counsels us to […] Read more »
Twenty-Eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time – Year C
God desires to share his goodness, truth, beauty, love, and happiness with beings that would not exist if he did not create them. Lower creatures, lacking consciousness and reason, show but don’t know God’s glory. As conscious and rational beings, we both show and can know God’s glory. Through Christ, […] Read more »
Twenty-Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time
“The faithful exercise their baptismal priesthood through their participation, each according to his own vocation, in Christ’s mission as priest, prophet, and king” (CCC 1546). The laity exercise the common priesthood of the faithful by offering up their lives and work, by living and proclaiming the truth, and by carrying […] Read more »