A Lectionary-based resource for homilists and the lay faithful
Pentecost is the event “where God the Father ‘through his Word, pours into our hearts the Gift that contains all gifts, the Holy Spirit’” (CCC 1082, HD 56). St. Thomas Aquinas teaches that “Gift” is a proper name of the person of the Holy Spirit, who proceeds from the Father […] Read more »
Here are links to four outlines for the Solemnity of Mary the Mother of God. Like Mary, ponder what God has done for us Contemplate Christ and His Mother Honor Mary, the Theotokos The New Law and the Blessings of the Children of God Read more »
Here are links to four outlines for the Feast of the Holy Family. The domestic Church The fourth commandment Family virtues The Holy Family and our families Read more »
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 »
Central idea: The Holy Eucharist. Doctrine: The Real Presence of Christ in the Holy Eucharist. Practical application: Worthy reception of the Holy Eucharist. Read more »
This Friday is the Solemnity of St. Joseph. Here is a link to an outline based on those readings. Sunday is the Fifth Sunday of Lent. Here is a link to an outline based on those readings. Read more »
Central Idea: Let us honor the maiden from Nazareth because she is the Mother of the Eternal God. Doctrine: Mary the Mother of God or the Theotokos. Practical Application: Honoring Our Lady. Read more »
Central Idea: Mary, the Mother of God. Doctrine: Jesus Christ, true God and true Man. Practical Application: Contemplate Christ and his Mother with reason, revelation, and imagination. Read more »
Central idea: The king of the kingdom of God. Doctrine: The kingdom of God and the last judgment. Practical application: Living today with the end in mind. Read more »
Central idea: Saints get to be with God. Doctrine and Practical application: Beatitude and the Beatitudes. Read more »
Central Idea: The Blessed Virgin Mary is the new Ark of the Covenant. Doctrine: The Assumption. Practical Application: Devotion to the Blessed Virgin. Lectionary 622. Central Idea: The Blessed Virgin Mary is the new Ark of the Covenant. Reading 1 Rv 11:19a; 12:1-6a, 10ab God’s temple in heaven was opened, and […] Read more »
Central idea: The Ark of the Covenant. Doctrine: The Assumption. Practical application: Veneration of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Lectionary 621. Reading 1 1 Chron 15:3-4, 15-16; 16:1-2 David assembled all Israel in Jerusalem to bring the ark of the LORD to the place which he had prepared for it. David […] Read more »
Proper and frequent reception of the Eucharist Read more »
Living like the Blessed Trinity. Read more »
Central idea: Pentecost. Doctrine: Gifts of the Holy Spirit. Practical application: The Gift of Piety. Lectionary 63. Central Idea: Pentecost, the Gift of the Holy Spirit Reading 1 Acts 2:1-11 When the time for Pentecost was fulfilled, they were all in one place together. And suddenly there came from […] Read more »