by Fr. Francis | Aug 31, 2019 | Sunday Homilies
Today’s reading call us to consider the topic of humility. Humility is a virtue we all struggle to obtain. Its opposite, pride, is the fundamental flaw of all human beings. Consider the beginning of Genesis and the story of the first sin. There is a far deeper...
by Fr. Francis | Aug 24, 2019 | Sunday Homilies
Jesus passed through towns and villages, teaching as he went and making his way to Jerusalem. Someone asked him, “Lord, will only a few people be saved?”How would you answer this question? What would you say? I still remember what a nun said one day in our Faith...
by Fr. Francis | Aug 18, 2019 | Sunday Homilies
On this twentieth Sunday of Ordinary Time, the Church encourages us to fight against evil by following the footsteps of Christ who came to bring “fire” upon the earth in order to purify, transform, and save us from the perils that afflict us.In the first reading,...
by Fr. Francis | Aug 16, 2019 | Sunday Homilies
“The queen stands at your right hand, arrayed in gold” (Ps 45:10). On today’s Solemnity we celebrate one of Mary’s greatest privileges: her Assumption into Heaven, which was solemnly defined as a dogma of the Church by Pope Pius XII in 1950. And we can see both the...
by Fr. Francis | Aug 13, 2019 | Sunday Homilies
“Where your treasure is there will your heart be also.” This is an extremely important line in today’s Gospel. It tells us that what we treasure will control our hearts. What we value will determine the way that we live. This is so important because we do not have...
