15th Sunday of the Year – Between Heaven and Earth: The Word

Introduction What reliability does man’s word offer? Not much. Dejected and disappointed, the psalmist kept repeating:…

14th Sunday of the year

  “At that time Jesus declared, ‘I thank thee, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that…

14th Sunday of the year – Rejoice in the Power that Brings Fullness of Life.

“Rejoice heartily O daughter Jerusalem.” The reading speaks about the end of all wars.  There will…

14th Sunday of the year

PRE-PRAYERING I read the other day that ninety thousand birds crash into office windows in New…

14th Sunday of the year – FIRST IMPRESSIONS

We might have expected today’s reading from Zechariah to appear on Palm Sunday  when Jesus entered…

14th Sunday of the year

https://justmehomely.wordpress.com/ “Come to me all you who labor and are burdened and I will give you…

14th Sunday of the year

Sacred Space: http://livingspace.sacredspace.ie/oa141r/ THERE ARE TWO APPARENTLY contradictory sides to the Gospel.  On the one hand,…

14th Sunday of the year – “Small”: The only honorific title recognized in heaven

Introduction In the liturgical assemblies, common meals, trips in a caravan, public meetings, at every opportunity,…

Solemnity of Saints Peter and Paul

HOMILY OF HIS HOLINESS BENEDICT XVI Vatican Basilica   Your Eminences, Brother Bishops and Priests, Dear…

Solemnity of Saints Peter and Paul

http://www.frtommylane.com/homilies/years_abc/peter_and_paul.htm We remember today Saints Peter and Paul who guided the early church just after the…