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…

Solemnity of Saints Peter and Paul – FIRST IMPRESSIONS

The question Jesus puts to Peter is one he asks each of us.  At various times…

Solemnity of Saints Peter and Paul

  By sharing the cup of the Lord’s suffering, they became the friends of God. (Entrance antiphon)   …

12th Sunday of the Year – It’s really risky to go against the traffic

Emperor Domitian had begun a persecution in Asia minor against Christians who did not worship his…