Please press here to listen to the homily or download Readings: Jon 4:1-11; Lk 11:1-4. Reading 1: Jon 4:1-11 Jonah was greatly displeased and became angry that God did not carry out the evil he threatened against Nineveh. He prayed, “I beseech you, LORD, is not this what I said while I was still in … Read more
Please press here to listen to the homily or download Monday – Twenty-seventh Week – OT1 Readings: Jon 1:1-2:2; Lk 10:25-37. Reading 1 (Jon 1:1-2:2): This is the word of the LORD that came to Jonah, son of Amittai: “Set out for the great city of Nineveh, and preach against it; their wickedness has come … Read more
Please press here to listen to the homily or download Twenty-seventh Sunday – Year C – Ordinary Time Readings: Hab 1:2-3; 2:2-4; 2 Tim 1:6-8, 13-14; Lk 17:5-10. 1/ Reading I: RSV Habakkuk 1:2 O LORD, how long shall I cry for help, and thou wilt not hear? Or cry to thee “Violence!” … Read more
Please press here to listen to the homily or download Saint Francis Assisi – October 4th Readings: Gal 6:14-18, Psa. 16; Mt 11:25-30 1/ Reading I: RSV Galatians 6:14 But far be it from me to glory except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by which the world has been crucified to me, … Read more
Please press here to listen to the homily or download Friday – Twenty-sixth week – OT1 Readings: Bar 1:15-22; Mt 18:1-5, 10. Reading 1 (Bar 1:15-22): During the Babylonian captivity, the exiles prayed: “Justice is with the Lord, our God; and we today are flushed with shame, we men of Judah and citizens of Jerusalem, … Read more
Please press here to listen to the homily or download The Guardian Angels – October 2nd Readings: Neh 2:1-8 ; Mt 18:1-5, 10 1/ First Reading: RSV Nehemiah 2:1 In the month of Nisan, in the twentieth year of King Artaxerxes, when wine was before him, I took up the wine and gave it to … Read more
Please press here to listen to the homily or download Wednesday – Twenty-sixth Week – OT1 Readings: Neh 2:1-8; Lk 9:57-62. Reading 1 (Neh 2:1-8): In the month Nisan of the twentieth year of King Artaxerxes, when the wine was in my charge, I took some and offered it to the king. As I had … Read more
Please press here to listen to the homily or download Tuesday – Twenty-sixth week – OT1 Readings: Zec 8:20-23; Lk 9:51-56. Reading 1 (Zec 8:20-23): Thus says the LORD of hosts: There shall yet come peoples, the inhabitants of many cities; and the inhabitants of one city shall approach those of another, and say, … Read more
Please press here to listen to the homily or download Saint Michael, Gabriel and Raphael, the Archangels – September 29th Readings: Dan 7:9-10, 13-14; Jn 1:47-51. Reading 1 (Dan 7:9-10, 13-14): As I watched: Thrones were set up and the Ancient One took his throne. His clothing was bright as snow, and the hair on his head … Read more
Please press here to listen to the homily or download Twenty-sixth Sunday – Year C – Ordinary Time Readings: Amo 6:1a, 4-7; 1 Tim 6:11-16; Lk 16:19-31. 1/ Reading I: RSV Amos 6:1 “Woe to those who are at ease in Zion, and to those who feel secure on the mountain of Samaria. 4 … Read more