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Guest Homily – 26th Sunday in Ordinary Time Year B

Written by Kevin Aldrich on September 29, 2021 · Leave a Comment

If your hand causes you to sin. Read more »

Categories: Guest Homilies, Ordinary Time

Conjugal fidelity – Twenty-Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time

Written by Kevin Aldrich on September 27, 2021 · Leave a Comment

Central idea: What is marriage? Doctrine: Conjugal fidelity. Practical application: Witness conjugal fidelity in deed and word. Read more »

Categories: Ordinary Time

Ecumenism – The Twenty-Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time

Written by Kevin Aldrich on September 20, 2021 · Leave a Comment

Central idea: Value the good others possess; abhor your own evil. Doctrine: Ecumenism. Practical application: How to be a more ecumenical Catholic. To view Lectionary 137, click here. Central idea: Value the good others possesses; abhor your own evil Reading 1 Nm 11:25-29 The LORD came down in the cloud […] Read more »

Categories: Ordinary Time

Guest Homily for 24th Sunday in Ordinary Time – Year B

Written by Kevin Aldrich on September 15, 2021 · Leave a Comment

(This is a homily for the 24th Sunday in Ordinary Time, preached by Fr. Kevin Mann, S.J.C. I love the way it moves from the natural, to the supernatural, and then to the very practical. ) Before Texas became a part of the United States it had sought to gain independence […] Read more »

Categories: Guest Homilies, Ordinary Time

Lowly greatness – The Twenty-Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time

Written by Kevin Aldrich on September 13, 2021 · Leave a Comment

Central idea: The greatness of the lowly. Doctrine: The virtue of service and the vice of envy. Practical application: Humble and admiring nobility. Read more »

Categories: Ordinary Time

The Cross and good works– Twenty-Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time

Written by Kevin Aldrich on September 6, 2021 · Leave a Comment

Central idea:The cross is a saving obstacle. Doctrine:Good works show faith. Practical application:Faithful fulfillment of our earthly tasks. Read more »

Categories: Ordinary Time

Signs of mercy – Twenty-Third Sunday in Ordinary Time

Written by Kevin Aldrich on August 30, 2021 · Leave a Comment

Central idea: The revelation of God’s mercy. Doctrine: Jesus used signs to convey his gifts and so do the Sacraments of the Church. Practical application: Go to the Sacraments and to the needy. Read more »

Categories: Ordinary Time

The Law of Love – Twenty-Second Sunday in Ordinary Time

Written by Kevin Aldrich on August 23, 2021 · Leave a Comment

Central idea: The moral law tells us what is right, but evil desires arise from within us. Doctrine: The Law of Love perfects the Mosaic Law. Practical application: Soul searching. Read more »

Categories: Ordinary Time

Commitment to Christ–Twenty-first Sunday in Ordinary Time

Written by Kevin Aldrich on August 16, 2021 · Leave a Comment

Central idea: Commitment to Christ. Doctrine: God’s fidelity and love lived in Christian marriage. Practical application: Renewal of commitment. Read more »

Categories: Ordinary Time

The Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary

Written by Kevin Aldrich on August 9, 2021 · Leave a Comment

This year, the Solemnity of the Assumption takes the place of the 20th Sunday in Ordinary Time. The Church gives us two sets of readings: one for the Vigil Mass and one for the Mass during the Day. Accordingly, here is an outline that pertains to the Vigil Mass. Here […] Read more »

Categories: Ordinary Time, Solemnities

Communion with the Bread of Life – Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time

Written by Kevin Aldrich on August 2, 2021 · Leave a Comment

Central idea: Our Lord is the Bread of Life. Doctrine: The Mass as a memorial. Practical application: Worthy reception of Communion. Read more »

Categories: Ordinary Time

Life in Christ – Eighteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time

Written by Kevin Aldrich on July 26, 2021 · Leave a Comment

Central idea and doctrine: Life in Christ. Practical application: Choosing Life in Christ. Read more »

Categories: Ordinary Time

Gift giving – Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time

Written by Kevin Aldrich on July 19, 2021 · Leave a Comment

Central idea: Self-giving. Doctrine: The exchange of spiritual gifts in the communion of the Church. Practical application: Ways to live the communion of the Church. Read more »

Categories: Ordinary Time

Good shepherds – Sixteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time

Written by Kevin Aldrich on July 12, 2021 · Leave a Comment

Central idea:Good and bad shepherds.Doctrine:Workers for peace and justice in public life. Practical application:Civic involvement. Read more »

Categories: Ordinary Time

Heal the Sick– The Fifteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time

Written by Kevin Aldrich on July 5, 2021 · Leave a Comment

Central idea: Care for others. Doctrine: All Christians share in Christ’s healing mission. Practical application: Caring for the Sick. Read more »

Categories: Ordinary Time

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