Nov 28, 2023 | Homily
“Bestir, O Lord, Thy might, we pray Thee and come; that, defended by Thee, we may deserve rescue from approaching dangers brought on by our sins, and being set free by Thee, obtain our salvation.” (taken from the Lain Mass Collect for the First Sunday of Advent) First...
Nov 20, 2023 | Homily
Solemnity of Our Lord Jesus Christ – November 25, 2023 by Deacon Bullock
Nov 8, 2023 | Homily
“Paul didn’t just say that you may not be saddened, but that you may not be saddened as the heathen are, who do not have any hope. It is unavoidable, after all, that you should be saddened; but when you feel sad, let hope console you.” (Saint Augustine, Sermons 173.3)...
Nov 2, 2023 | Homily
“The existence of a purgatory I have never denied. I still hold that it exists, as I have written and admitted many times though I have found no way of proving it incontrovertibly from Scripture or reason.” (Martin Luther, “The Thirty Seventh Article”, Luther’s Works,...
Oct 26, 2023 | Homily
“He joyously shouts, ‘It is finished!’ [John 19:30]. Yes, those seem to be sorrowful words, but they were words of joy to that soul aflame and consumed in the fire of divine charity, the soul of the incarnate Word, God’s Son. It is as if the gentle Jesus wanted to...
Oct 19, 2023 | Homily
Then God said, “Let us make humankind in our image, according to our likeness . . . (Genesis 1:26) Twenty-Ninth Sunday of Ordinary Time by Deacon Groves