Homiletics
Homily for 4th Sunday of Advent 2008
After the earlyyyyyyyyy morning 7am Mass a young woman asked if she could have my homily. I had already preached last night, and had no other Masses today, so I gave it to her. She was very interested in the shekinah, the cloud of God’s glory, that I discussed in the homily. It’s pasted below: [...]
Christ the King
Jesus is a very special kind of king. He doesn’t represent the opulence or extravagance that we associate with royalty. He is not a king that is waited on by an entourage of servants. Our king Jesus is not vested in fancy garb — he wears the clothes of a simple man. He’s a king [...]
Persistance in Prayer – Orans Position
Here is an excerpt from the homily I delivered this weekend – many people commented on the information regarding the orans position. Have you ever wondered what’s so special about lifting up his arms, anyway? I think it’s simply a method of Moses praying for his people. One of the things Moses did a lot [...]
Tim LaHaye missed Mass today
Today is the 32nd Sunday in Ordinary Time – and it’s a shame that Tim LaHaye wasn’t with me at Mass this morning. You see, in the Epistle we hear St. Paul using the very language that LaHaye and his followers base their “rapture” theology on: For the Lord himself will come down from heaven, [...]
Unless you aquire the ears of a child, you cannot understand this homily
Perhaps it’s a God-Incidence, but today’s Gospel account is one that I wrote a children’s homily for some time back. In Robert Fulghum fashion (author of All I Needed to Know I Learned in Kindergarten), I think the message and content of the homily is timely today, too. Here’s the Gospel text: (Luke 11:37-41) After [...]
Truth is Sent
For those fortunate enough to get to daily Mass today – there is a wonderful gem waiting in the Liturgy of the Word. In the First Reading, Paul tells the Colossians about “the word of truth, the Gospel, that has come to you.” (cf. Col 1:1-8) In the Gospel, Jesus teaches us that, “To the [...]
