Sunday Homilies
20th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Fr. Francis)
Jesus belongs to everybody: All three readings today speak of the expansive and universal nature of the “Kingdom of God,” although God set the Hebrew people apart as His chosen race, He included all nations in His plan for salvation and blessed all families of the...
Transfiguration of the Lord (Fr. Francis)
Today we celebrate the great Feast of the Transfiguration of Jesus. The primary purpose of Jesus’ Transfiguration was to consult his Heavenly Father in order to ascertain His plan for Our Lord’s suffering, death and Resurrection. The secondary aim was to make Jesus’...
17th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Fr. Francis)
These parables of the ‘treasure in the field’ and the ‘pearl of great price’ ring a bell in each of us because many people dream of striking it rich. The successes of casinos and state lotteries come from the hope people have that they might win and all their...
16th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Fr. Vinner)
Jesus My Redeemer Praised be His Holy Name Dear Brother and Sisters in Christ Jesus An elderly lady looked worried as she celebrated her 90th birthday. Her daughter asked her, “Mom, it’s your birthday. But you don’t look happy. What seems to be worrying you?” The old...
16th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Fr. Francis)
Recall that last Sunday we discussed the parable of the sower which can also be called the parable of the land. Recall that some seeds fell on the highway, some on rocky land, some on the thorny land, and some made it to the good soil. Today the parable of the wheat...
15th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Fr. Vinner)
JESUS MY REDEEMER PRAISED BE HIS HOLY NAME Dear brother and sisters in Christ Jesus We are entering into the 15th Sunday of ordinary time. Today the word of God calls us to bear fruit in God’s kingdom. How can we bear fruit in God’s kingdom? The answer is today’s...
15th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Fr. Francis)
The Gospel reading from Chapter 13 of Matthew is one with which we are all familiar. From our early childhood days in Sunday school or catechism classes, we heard the story about the sower and the unlucky seeds that fell on thorny ground and the lucky seeds that fell...
14th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Fr. Vinner)
“WE ARE YOKED WITH CHRIST”. My Sisters & Brothers in Christ, In today’s Gospel Jesus tells us, quite simply, what kind of person he is. And what a beautiful, appealing description it is that he gives of himself. Jesus presents himself as gentle and meek and kind;...
13th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Fr. Vinner)
GIVING AND RECEIVING LOVE My Sisters and Brothers in Christ, Hudson Taylor was director of the China Inland Mission. Once he was interviewing candidates for the mission field. “Why do you wish to go to foreign mission?” he asked them one after another. “I want to go...
Corpus Christi (Fr. Vinner)
My Sisters and Brothers in Christ, Today, we celebrate the solemn feast of Corpus Christi. This Solemnity is three feasts in one: the feast of the Eucharistic sacrifice, the feast of the Sacrament of the Eucharist and the feast of the Real Presence of Jesus in this...