Category: Ordinary Time

Christ’s Beatitudes can teach and transform us, purifying our hearts.

Taking up one’s daily cross–Christian holiness by way of the Cross. The necessary virtues of fortitude and temperance.

God gladly forgives the sins of the contrite of heart. Contrition. Daily examination of conscience.

A great prophet has arisen. God has visited his people. Christ frees creation from sin and death. Prayers of thanksgiving.

Central idea: Awe in God’s presence. Doctrine: Awe in God’s presence vs. the sin of presumption. Practical application: An examination of conscience on awe and presumption.

Christ the prophet par excellence. The laity’s participation in the office of Christ the prophet. Lay prophets.

Christ is the living and incarnate Word of God. God inspires both the human authors of the written Word of God and its readers. Reading the written Word of God.

The marriage of God and man. Marriage in the Lord. Spousal life.

Central idea: The last days and things. Doctrine: The Last Judgment and the hope of a new heaven and a new earth. Practical application: What to do now to be ready for the hour of our death. Written as an aid for homilists and a resource for the faithful, this doctrinal homily outline (1) provides…

Central idea: Give all you have to God. Doctrine: Poverty of heart. Practical application: Voluntary humility. Written as an aid for homilists and a resource for the faithful, this doctrinal homily outline (1) provides insights into the Lectionary readings, (2) explicates a doctrine of Catholic Faith or morals from them, and (3) shows specific ways…