WEEKLY HOMILY BLOGS
May 2019
052619 Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time - Fr. Reggie
Today we are brought back to the night of the Last Supper. We take our places with the Twelve Apostles, gathered around the sacred table with Christ, Our Lord. We listen to his words, which are both mysterious and glorious. It is Christ's last meal with his closest followers. He wants to leave them a parting gift....
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05/19/19 Fifth Sunday in Easter - Deacon Tony
Deacon Tony Conti Fifth Sunday of Easter Year C, Cycle I Lectionary: 54 From today’s Gospel: “...I give you a new commandment: love one another. As I have loved you, so you also should love one another.” This command appears nine separate times in the Gospel of John… Loving others doesn’t require us to...
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05/19/19 Fifth Sunday in Easter - Fr. Reggie
The Church, like a good mother, is very wise. She gives us a full seven weeks of Easter season. We need this extended time to reflect on those lessons Christ taught us in his passion and resurrection. Plants have to spend time outside to gradually absorb the sunlight and transform it...
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05/12/19 Fourth Sunday in Easter
This was the message of Christ's Passion: Jesus is not a God who stays aloof from our suffering. He comes down into the valley of darkness, takes our hand, and saves us through our suffering. One of the most well-known modern Christian poems expresses this closeness of God with memorable beauty and simplicity. You have probably heard...
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05/12/19 Fourth Sunday in Easter - Deacon Tony
Deacon Tony Conti Fourth Sunday of Easter Lectionary: 51 From today’s Gospel: “My sheep hear my voice; I know them, and they follow Me.” We come here to hear the Shepherd’s voice… But the Lord doesn’t just speak to us at Church or through the Scriptures… He’s in constant conversation with us...
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050519 Third Sunday in Easter - Fr. Reggie
The Lord has given Peter a job, and he expects Peter to do it. But Peter has proven himself unworthy; he denied Jesus three times in the house of the High Priest on the night Jesus was handed over. When Jesus needed him most, Peter turned away from him. What is Jesus’ response? Does he take away the leadership position from Peter and give...
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050519 Third Sunday in Easter
During this time of Easter, the readings tell us over and over about the Lord Jesus and his rising from the dead and his appearing to his followers. Today’s reading from the Acts of the Apostles tells of the preaching of Jesus’ followers and how they simply could not keep quiet about what had happened. Those who follow the Lord Jesus...
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050519 Third Sunday in Easter - Fr. Damian
During this time of Easter, the readings tell us over and over about the Lord Jesus and his rising from the dead and his appearing to his followers. Today’s reading from the Acts of the Apostles tells of the preaching of Jesus’ followers and how they simply could not keep quiet about what had happened. Those who follow the Lord Jesus...
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