Category: Solemnities
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The Resurrection of the Lord
For many doctrinal homily links for Easter, click on one below. The Easter Vigil readings The joyful resurrection of Christ and of us The Lord’s Day and walking with the Holy Spirit The Resurrection of Christ and our resurrection
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The Second Sunday in Advent & The Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception
To access two doctrinal homily outlines for the Second Sunday in Advent and one for the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception, please click here and then scroll down. Hail, Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with you; blessed are you among women. These simple words of the angel Gabriel and Mary’s cousin Elizabeth, which…
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The Solemnity of Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe
We are coming to the end of another liturgical year. For a doctrinal homily outline for the Solemnity of Christ the King, Year B, click here. Here is a small detail from the outline, pertaining to our presence at Holy Mass. One of the reasons we attend Mass is to offer Christ the worship or adoration…
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The Solemnity of All Saints and the Thirty-first Sunday in Ordinary Time
For a doctrinal homily outline for the Solemnity of All Saints, click here. The central idea is saints get to be with God. The doctrine and practical application are on the beatitudes and what they lead to: beatitude. For an outline on the readings for the Thirty-first Sunday, click here. Central Idea: We love God by…
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The Assumption and the Twentieth Sunday in Ordinary Time
To access two doctrinal homily outlines for the Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary and one for the Twentieth Sunday in Ordinary Time, please click here and then scroll down. Here is an excerpt considering how the Ark of the Covenant prefigures Mary as Ark of the New Covenant. The Ark of…
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The Twelfth Sunday in Ordinary Time & the Solemnity of the Nativity of John the Baptist
Complete Doctrinal Homily Outlines for the 12th Sunday in Ordinary Time and the Nativity of John the Baptist can be found by clicking here and scrolling down. The readings for Sunday focus on water, culminating with Our Lord’s mastery over nature in the calming of the storm. In the Sacred Scriptures, water is a big…
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The Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ
Here is the link to a doctrinal homily outline for The Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ. How shall I make a return to the LORD for all the good he has done for me? The cup of salvation I will take up, and I will call upon the name of…
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The Solemnity of the Most Blessed Trinity
A doctrinal homily for the Solemnity of the Most Trinity can be accessed here. The Trinity, the Incarnation, and the Eucharist are the most important and profound mysteries contained in Divine Revelation. One thing we can say about the Blessed Trinity is that each of the Persons shares in the one Godhead but are distinct…
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Pentecost
For a doctrinal homily outline for the Solemnity of Pentecost, click here. This outline has a doctrinal focus on how Easter, Pentecost, and the Eucharist are one. For two other outlines with different foci, click here and scroll down.
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The Ascension
For a complete doctrinal homily outline for the Solemnity of the Ascension, click here. The central idea and doctrine are the Ascension. The practical application is the truth that we are children of the Father. Here are a few points, developed in the outline itself: Christ ascends in a glorified body. Christ is a kind…
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The Gift of the Holy Spirit: Piety
Like the word prudence, piety has been given wholly undeserved negative connotations in our modern irreligious, hateful, and ungrateful world. Let’s fix that. The term “piety” is used for both a natural virtue, a supernatural virtue, and a Gift of the Holy Spirit. As Fr. John Hardon, S.J., points out, piety as a natural virtue…
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Fourth Sunday of Lent and the Solemnity of St. Joseph
Next Sunday is the Fourth Sunday of Lent. A Doctrinal Homily Outline for Lectionary 31 on Christ as the Light of the World can be found here. Normally, the Solemnity of St. Joseph is on March 19, but because it falls on Sunday this year, it has been moved to Monday. An outline on Joseph…