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Here is my homily from Apr. 29, 2018, 5th Sunday of Easter, Year B.

Readings: Acts 9.26-31; Psalm 22; 1 John 3.18-24; John 15.1-8 (See the readings at usccb.org.)

We’d love to have you at Mass! Mass times at Holy Spirit Parish are: Saturday, 5pm; Sunday, 10am, 12 noon, and 7pm.

12th c. Mosaic in the Basilica of San Clemente, Rome. Photo by Dnalor 01 – Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, Link

Here is my homily from Apr. 22, 2018, 4th Sunday of Easter, Year B.

Readings: Acts 4.7-12; Psalm 118; 1 John 3.1-2; John 10.11-18 (See the readings at usccb.org.)

Click here to read the new Apostolic Exhortation from Pope Francis: Gaudete et Exsultate

 

We’d love to have you at Mass! Mass times at Holy Spirit Parish are: Saturday, 5pm; Sunday, 10am, 12 noon, and 7pm.

Here is my homily from Apr. 15, 2018, 3rd Sunday of Easter, Year B.

Readings: Acts 3.13-15,17-19; Psalm 4; 1 John 2.1-5; Luke 24.35-48 (See the readings at usccb.org.)

Click here to read the new Apostolic Exhortation from Pope Francis: Gaudete et Exsultate

 

We’d love to have you at Mass! Mass times at Holy Spirit Parish are: Saturday, 5pm; Sunday, 10am, 12 noon, and 7pm.

Here is my homily from Apr. 8, 2018, 2nd Sunday of Easter, Year B (Divine Mercy Sunday).

Readings: Acts 4.32-35; Psalm 118; 1 John 5.1-6; John 20.19-31 (See the readings at usccb.org.)

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Mass times at Holy Spirit Parish are: Saturday, 5pm; Sunday, 10am, 12 noon, and 7pm.

ALLELUIA! Christ is risen! He is risen indeed!

Here is my homily from the Easter Vigil celebrated at Holy Spirit Parish on Mar. 31, 2018. It was a wonderful celebration, with many baptisms and people entering the Catholic Church. Praise God!

Click the play button above for the homily.

The readings at the Vigil are so rich. Go to usccb.org to read and reflect on them.

 

Photo: the location of the Tomb of our Lord in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem.

He is risen!

I’m not going to lie: this year’s Good Friday was made much more poignant due to my recent pilgrimage to the Holy Land. I struggled at a few moments to hold it together.

Click the play button above for my Good Friday homily (Mar. 30, 2018).

See the readings at usccb.org.)

 

‪In the photo below, a fellow pilgrim is touching the rock of Golgotha. A hole exists under the main altar, allowing us to touch the location where Jesus died.‬

‪Love was poured out on this very spot. For me. For you.‬

‪This is why we call this day #GoodFriday.‬

Golgotha

This Holy Thursday, Fr. Peter Olisa preached at Holy Spirit Parish. Here is his powerful homily from this evening.

Readings: Exodus 12.1-8,11-14; Psalm 116; 1 Corinthians 11.23-26; John 13.1-15 (See the readings at usccb.org.)

This March I’ve been enormously blessed to be on the “Faith and Fun in the Holy Land” pilgrimage with Lino Rulli from SiriusXM’s The Catholic Channel (ch. 129), his producer Tyler, and a fun group of listeners.

Here is the final homily from this pilgrimage, given at the Dominus Flevit Church, where Jesus wept over Jerusalem (see Luke 19.41-44, which was also the gospel from this Mass).

This March I’ve been enormously blessed to be on the “Faith and Fun in the Holy Land” pilgrimage with Lino Rulli from SiriusXM’s The Catholic Channel (ch. 129), his producer Tyler, and a fun group of listeners.

Here is the homily given at the Co-Cathedral of the Most Holy Name of Jesus in Jerusalem. It was very profound (and rather emotional) to be celebrating this Mass in this city, where it all happened.‬

Readings: Mark 11.1-10; Isaiah 50.4-7; Psalm 22; Philippians 2.6-11; Mark 14.1-15.47 (see the readings at usccb.org.

Palm Sunday celebrations in Jerusalem (2018)

This March I’ve been enormously blessed to be on the “Faith and Fun in the Holy Land” pilgrimage with Lino Rulli from SiriusXM’s The Catholic Channel (ch. 129), his producer Tyler, and a fun group of listeners.

Here is the homily given at the Church of St. Catherine, which is right next to the site of the Nativity of Jesus. This homily is a little shorter than usual due to time constraints. Also, sorry for the audio quality; hopefully I’m still relatively understandable. :)

Readings were from the Christmas Mass During the Night: Isaiah 9.2-4,6-7; Psalm 96; Titus 2.11-14; Luke 2.1-16 (see the readings at usccb.org.