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William Hatherell - Behold the Lamb of God
John the Baptist saw Jesus coming toward him and said, “Behold, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world... The reason why I came baptizing with water was that he might be made known" Jn 1:29,31
Wednesday, August 10, 2011
Monday, July 25, 2011
Homily - July 24
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Monday, July 18, 2011
Homily - July 31
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Tuesday, June 21, 2011
June 12 - Vigil of Pentecost - Homily
Better late than never...
The Gospel from the Vigil of Pentecost [Jn 7:37-39]:
My homily:
The Gospel from the Vigil of Pentecost [Jn 7:37-39]:
My homily:
Monday, June 6, 2011
Thursday, June 2, 2011
Wednesday, May 25, 2011
Tuesday, May 17, 2011
Tuesday, May 10, 2011
Monday, April 25, 2011
Easter Sunday homily - While it was still dark, they came to believe
Sunday's Gospel (Jn 20:1-9):
My homily:
My homily:
Friday, April 22, 2011
Good Friday Homily - Draw everyone to myself
Good Friday Homily:
April 22, 2011 Good Friday
Is 52:13-53:12; Heb 4:14-16; 5:7-9; Jn 18:1-19:42
Today we remember that darkest hour. The hour when death appeared to claim the definitive victory in the world. The hour when Satan thought humanity had made its final choice, rejecting God for good. There is so much that attacks us and challenges our minds and hearts today. Like what happens so often, we are left with more questions than answers. And the temptation to doubt is great.
April 22, 2011 Good Friday
Is 52:13-53:12; Heb 4:14-16; 5:7-9; Jn 18:1-19:42
Today we remember that darkest hour. The hour when death appeared to claim the definitive victory in the world. The hour when Satan thought humanity had made its final choice, rejecting God for good. There is so much that attacks us and challenges our minds and hearts today. Like what happens so often, we are left with more questions than answers. And the temptation to doubt is great.
Monday, April 18, 2011
Monday, April 11, 2011
Monday, April 4, 2011
Sunday, March 20, 2011
Homily - Mar 20 - Suffering to Glory
(This homily was given on a televised Mass intended for the handicapped and homebound).
In St. Paul’s Letter to the Romans he offers a phrase that puts a lot of our life into perspective. He says, “The sufferings of this present time are as nothing compared with the glory to be revealed” (Rm 8:18). This idea, as challenging and as encouraging as it is at the same time, creates a sort of thread throughout our readings for this Second Sunday of Lent.
In St. Paul’s Letter to the Romans he offers a phrase that puts a lot of our life into perspective. He says, “The sufferings of this present time are as nothing compared with the glory to be revealed” (Rm 8:18). This idea, as challenging and as encouraging as it is at the same time, creates a sort of thread throughout our readings for this Second Sunday of Lent.
Sunday, March 13, 2011
Thursday, March 10, 2011
Monday, March 7, 2011
Tuesday, March 1, 2011
Monday, February 14, 2011
Wednesday, February 2, 2011
Wednesday, January 26, 2011
Sunday, January 16, 2011
January 16 homily
January 16, 2011
Second Sunday in Ordinary Time
“It is too little.” That’s the message the Lord delivers to his beloved people Israel through the prophet Isaiah. “It is too little for you to be my servant...and restore the survivors of Israel.” What does God mean by that?
Well, God has always had a great plan to make himself known to all the world… to each and every one of us and everyone we’ll ever meet throughout our lives. He didn’t want salvation to be just for his chosen people, but he had an even greater plan that the people of Israel would be “a light to the nations, that salvation may reach to the ends of the earth.” The gift of God is too great to be hoarded within one family or nation. It overflows whatever vessel it is poured into and so flows to the ends of the earth. “It is too little,” God says, “The message cannot stop with you.”
The Bible is full of stories that teach this point. However big you can dream, you can’t dream big enough when it comes to God. From Abraham and Sarah, a couple that was too old to have children, God not only brought a child, but a whole nation.
Moses was destined to die at childbirth, and yet he led his people out of slavery.
David was the youngest in his family and tended the sheep, and he became a King remembered for all ages.
The list goes on and on. God contually looks down on the great things he does and then says, “It is too little. I can give more.”
One of the greatest examples of this in our time was the life of Karol Wojtyla, known to most of us as Pope John Paul II. Out of the darkness of a period in Poland’s history where the practice of the Catholic faith was being stifled, a young man became a humble priest, then a bishop, and finally the first Polish Pope. Many of you watching today are filled with memories of John Paul II who was Pope for nearly 27 years. And if you haven’t heard the news, this week the beatification of John Paul II was announced. On May 1, 2011 Pope Benedict XVI will make John Paul a Blessed, the last step on the road to Sainthood.
As a young man, when John Paul was working in a stone quarry in Poland, he heard the Lord speak in his heart, “it is too little.” In the midst of the Second World War it was too little for him to sit aside and watch the terrible events of hatred and violence unfold around him. Yet he felt called to battle them not with guns and more violence, but with a different kind of weapon: the holiness of God.
In our second reading we heard St. Paul address his letter to those who are called to be holy. That’s all of us. We are all made for holiness. But what is holiness? Pope John Paul II told us that holiness is “the joy of doing what God wills.” (Homily, Jan 18, 1981). To be holy is to be filled with joy – the joy that comes from doing God’s will.
John Paul certainly lived with that joy, and so we know that he was a holy man. And it was too little for him to keep that joy to himself. He, like so many in Christ, was called to extraordinary things – called to share the Gospel with all the world.
But Father, what does this have to do with me, lying in my sickbed? What difference does all this make to me as I face my disabilities and limitations every day?
And I respond just as St. Paul did: You are called to be holy. You are meant to have great joy, no matter what your circumstances. God tells us “it is too little” for us to allow our difficulties and pains to keep us from being who God wants us to be. He wants to make himself known in every time and every place. To you and through you he wants to make himself known.
Perhaps many of you remember the last years of John Paul’s life. He was severely slowed in his body by Parkinson’s Disease. But in mind and spirit he was as alive as ever. Someone said “The Pope has taught us how to live. Now he is teaching us how to die.” Even in his weakened state, he was able to bring the light of the Gospel to all. To give up was too little. The Pope would love to the end.
In this the Pope was inspired by the one who came walking toward John the Baptist on that day - Jesus - the one who came to prove that for God NOTHING WAS TOO MUCH to give up for our sakes. John the Baptist said: “Behold, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world.”
The Pope speaks of that encounter saying: “He comes to us, the one who brings the joy of doing the will of God. The one who brings holiness” (Homily 1-18-81).
He comes to us, the Lamb of God, bringing the forgiveness of sins and bringing holiness. On this joyous day when we hear the news of John Paul’s beatification, it is too little for us to give up on holiness. Baptized in the Spirit, we are called, each and every one of us, to the joy of living out God’s will.
“It is too little.” That’s the message the Lord delivers to his beloved people Israel through the prophet Isaiah. “It is too little for you to be my servant...and restore the survivors of Israel.” What does God mean by that?
Well, God has always had a great plan to make himself known to all the world… to each and every one of us and everyone we’ll ever meet throughout our lives. He didn’t want salvation to be just for his chosen people, but he had an even greater plan that the people of Israel would be “a light to the nations, that salvation may reach to the ends of the earth.” The gift of God is too great to be hoarded within one family or nation. It overflows whatever vessel it is poured into and so flows to the ends of the earth. “It is too little,” God says, “The message cannot stop with you.”
The Bible is full of stories that teach this point. However big you can dream, you can’t dream big enough when it comes to God. From Abraham and Sarah, a couple that was too old to have children, God not only brought a child, but a whole nation.
Moses was destined to die at childbirth, and yet he led his people out of slavery.
David was the youngest in his family and tended the sheep, and he became a King remembered for all ages.
The list goes on and on. God contually looks down on the great things he does and then says, “It is too little. I can give more.”
One of the greatest examples of this in our time was the life of Karol Wojtyla, known to most of us as Pope John Paul II. Out of the darkness of a period in Poland’s history where the practice of the Catholic faith was being stifled, a young man became a humble priest, then a bishop, and finally the first Polish Pope. Many of you watching today are filled with memories of John Paul II who was Pope for nearly 27 years. And if you haven’t heard the news, this week the beatification of John Paul II was announced. On May 1, 2011 Pope Benedict XVI will make John Paul a Blessed, the last step on the road to Sainthood.
As a young man, when John Paul was working in a stone quarry in Poland, he heard the Lord speak in his heart, “it is too little.” In the midst of the Second World War it was too little for him to sit aside and watch the terrible events of hatred and violence unfold around him. Yet he felt called to battle them not with guns and more violence, but with a different kind of weapon: the holiness of God.
In our second reading we heard St. Paul address his letter to those who are called to be holy. That’s all of us. We are all made for holiness. But what is holiness? Pope John Paul II told us that holiness is “the joy of doing what God wills.” (Homily, Jan 18, 1981). To be holy is to be filled with joy – the joy that comes from doing God’s will.
John Paul certainly lived with that joy, and so we know that he was a holy man. And it was too little for him to keep that joy to himself. He, like so many in Christ, was called to extraordinary things – called to share the Gospel with all the world.
But Father, what does this have to do with me, lying in my sickbed? What difference does all this make to me as I face my disabilities and limitations every day?
And I respond just as St. Paul did: You are called to be holy. You are meant to have great joy, no matter what your circumstances. God tells us “it is too little” for us to allow our difficulties and pains to keep us from being who God wants us to be. He wants to make himself known in every time and every place. To you and through you he wants to make himself known.
Perhaps many of you remember the last years of John Paul’s life. He was severely slowed in his body by Parkinson’s Disease. But in mind and spirit he was as alive as ever. Someone said “The Pope has taught us how to live. Now he is teaching us how to die.” Even in his weakened state, he was able to bring the light of the Gospel to all. To give up was too little. The Pope would love to the end.
In this the Pope was inspired by the one who came walking toward John the Baptist on that day - Jesus - the one who came to prove that for God NOTHING WAS TOO MUCH to give up for our sakes. John the Baptist said: “Behold, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world.”
The Pope speaks of that encounter saying: “He comes to us, the one who brings the joy of doing the will of God. The one who brings holiness” (Homily 1-18-81).
He comes to us, the Lamb of God, bringing the forgiveness of sins and bringing holiness. On this joyous day when we hear the news of John Paul’s beatification, it is too little for us to give up on holiness. Baptized in the Spirit, we are called, each and every one of us, to the joy of living out God’s will.
Thursday, January 13, 2011
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