Click here for a homily from the 33rd Sunday, on Luke 21.5–19,

I have written an arrangement of Alleluia O Filii for three voices, either equal or Soprano Alto Bass (or Tenor).  It can be used for the Gospel Acclamation at Sunday Masses in the Easter Season.  I have also included verses.  Click on the image to hear it.

Click on the image to hear a homily on the call of the first disciples and what it has to do with us today.  Here is the Gospel pericope for the Third Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year B, Mark 1.14-20.  After John was arrested, Jesus came to Galilee, proclaiming the good news of God, and saying, “The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God has come near; repent, and believe in the good news.”

To listen to a homily on the Pharisees and the Herodians testing Jesus about paying taxes, (Matthew 22.15-21), click on the image.  

For a homily on how to be a living stone, click on this image.

In addition to being a memorial of Jesus sacrifice on the Cross, and He being truly present among, the Mass is also a communal meal, wherein we share in the sealing of the new and everlasting covenant made in the Blood of Jesus, the Lamb of God.  To hear a homily on how that is so, click on the image.

Jesus promised not to leave us orphans, but to be with us until the end of the world.  Yet forty days after Jesus rose from the dead, he ascended into heaven where he sits at the right hand of the Father.  Does he keep his promise to his disciples from the Apostles until now?  Is Jesus truly present in the Holy Mass?  If so, how?  Click on the image below to hear a homily about Jesus present among us.

This is the first in a series called Mass in Slow Motion, homilies explaining the various parts of the Mass. This podcast explains one of the three main aspects of the Mass that we keep in mind in order to understand the very nature of the Mass itself.  Click on the image at the left to hear this homily.

Why did Jesus not intervene in the brothers’ dispute?  Click on the image for a homily and find out why.  How can we avoid falling into their trap?