Archbishop Weisenburger’s Sunday Homily Reflections

In the Gospels, there is always a preference for the sick over the healthy, the poor over the rich, the sinner over the smug. The unifying key is humility. In this homily reflection for October 26, 2025, the 30th Sunday In Ordinary Time, Archbishop Weisenburger breaks open the parable of the Pharisee and the tax collector and draws from the wisdom of the saints to reveal how humility, of all the virtues, brings us closest to Christ.

In the first reading for Sunday, October 19, 2025 (the 28th Sunday in Ordinary Time), we hear about Moses raising his hands as Israel defeats their enemies. When he grows tired, others support him. More than the story of one ancient battle, it's a reflection of the ongoing struggle of good versus evil—and the grace of never fighting alone.

In the Gospel reading for Oct. 12, 2025 (28th Sunday in Ordinary Time), ten lepers are cured, but only one, a Samaritan, returns to praise God. On its surface, it is a story about the gift of healing. In this homily reflection, Archbishop Weisenburger invites us to look deeper and recognize that the Samaritan actually received something much greater: the gift of faith.

In the Gospel reading for Sunday, October 5, 2025 (27th Sunday in Ordinary Time), Jesus warns that the servant should expect no praise for doing what was commanded. Yet, we know of other parables in which servants are richly rewarded or even served by their own master in gratitude for a job well done.

In this homily reflection, Archbishop Weisenburger suggests that to follow Jesus is to embrace this Gospel tension: abandon all for His sake and gain everything; surrender your freedom and become truly free; leave everything behind and receive it back one hundredfold.

Our Gospel passage for the 26th Sunday of Ordinary Time (September 28, 2025) tells the story of Lazarus at the gate of the rich man. It isn't a heart-warming story but an urgent warning about radical indifference and the risk of finding a great chasm between ourselves and the heavenly banquet.

In this homily reflection for the 25th Sunday in Ordinary Time (September 21, 2025), Archbishop Weisenburger invites us to consider the steward who acted decisively and risked everything in response to his master's demand for a "full account" of his work. Jesus doesn't praise the man's dishonesty, but his determination. The lesson is that we, too, must be "all in" for the Kingdom of God.

Jesus has many kinds of followers: curious, intrigued, committed. The readings for this Sunday, September 7, 2025, the 23rd Sunday of Ordinary Time, challenge us to examine our relationship with Jesus and consider both the costs and blessings of going "all in" as a committed disciple.

In the Gospel reading for Sunday, August 31, Jesus reminds us that the Kingdom of God belongs to the humble—those who allow themselves to be refashioned by the hand of God. In this homily reflection for August 31, 2025, the 21st Sunday in Ordinary Time, Archbishop Weisenburger challenges us to trade the pursuit of honor for the grace of humility.