Archive for Homilies
Pope Benedict’s Easter Sunday Homily
(Originally posted on the Vatican website, it’s a beautiful reminder of what we’ve just celebrated.) Dear Brothers and Sisters, “Christ, our Paschal lamb, has been sacrificed!” (1 Cor 5:7). On this day, Saint Paul’s triumphant words ring forth, words that we have just heard in the second reading, taken from his First Letter to the [...]
St. John Chrysostom’s Easter Sermon
(A friend passed this on to me yesterday – and I wanted to share it with you on the day we frame Jesus’ sacrifice with the greatest truth of our faith: the Resurrection. His love for us is even stronger than death, leaving us always with hope for a greater future.) Let all the devout, [...]
Message of the Holy Father, Pope Benedict XVI, for World Youth Day 2009
This is pope Benedict XVI’s message for World Youth Day 2009, celebrated locally in dioceses rather than internationally this year. The next international World Youth Day is scheduled for the summer of 2011 in Madrid, Spain, but our Holy Father has some great words of encouragement in this particular message. (Original text can be found [...]
Pope Benedict XVI’s Lent 2009 Message
Originally posted at the Vatican’s website, the following is Pope Benedict XVI’s message to the Church for lent. Dear Brothers and Sisters! At the beginning of Lent, which constitutes an itinerary of more intense spiritual training, the Liturgy sets before us again three penitential practices that are very dear to the biblical and Christian tradition [...]
Why Go to Mass?
Deacon Pat Hessel preached the following Homily at Holy Trinity Parish in Spruce Grove on the weekend of October 25/26, 2008: (Click here to for the links to Scriptural references about why we go to Mass which Deacon Pat referenced during this homily.) The first time I drove in the State of Montana was [...]
The Triumph of the Cross
Archbishop Richard Smith’s Homily for the feast of the Triumph of the Cross, September 14, 2008: Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, “…God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him may not perish but may have eternal life.” (John 3:16.) Our Gospel passage for today, [...]