Homilies

Third Sunday of Lent 2011 Readings and thoughts

Doing what Jesus did… Exodus 17:3-7;Psalm 94:1-2,6-9; Romans 5:1-2,5-8;John 4:5-42 There was a funeral in the town. Everybody would be there. The parish priest had to go elsewhere that day, but he was happy that the funeral was in the hands of an intelligent common-sense no-nonsense curate. That evening, when he returned, he asked the curate […]

March 25, The Anunciation of Our Lord

Is 7: 10-14; Heb 10:4-10 and Lk 1:26-38 We celebrate our birthdays, but not the days on which we were conceived, for we probably don’t know those exact days. Today’s feast is a commemoration of the conception of Jesus in Mary’s womb. This first flicker of human life would eventually become the Savior of the […]

Mass Readings for 2nd Sunday of Lent 2011

First reading Genesis 12:1-4 © The Lord said to Abram, ‘Leave your country, your family and your father’s house, for the land I will show you. I will make you a great nation; I will bless you and make your name so famous that it will be used as a blessing. ‘I will bless those […]

Love Letter from GOD…to YOU…

(Note: Before you begin reading this, put your name in the blank spaces provided. Then read each statement to yourself, allowing yourself to dwell on those lines that speak to you p0werfully.) This is the Word of the Lord about___________. I made you_________ in my own image, and likeness, and when I made you,  I […]