“Ideas have consequences”. Homily for the Thirty-second Sunday in Ordinary Time by Fr. Stephen Hamilton.

This is a special mass of reparation for the sins of sexual abuse in the church and the healing of victims offered on this Wednesday of the Thirty-first Week in Ordinary Time. In particular it is a votive Mass for the Gift of Tears. Homily by Fr. Stephen Hamilton.

“Today salvation has come to this house.” Homily for the Thirty-first Sunday in Ordinary Time by Fr. Hamilton.

Be the saint you are called to be. Homily for All Saints Day by Fr. Stephen Hamilton.

In his homily for this Sunday, Fr. Stephen Hamilton once again reflects upon the state of the Church in light of the recent clergy abuse report released by the archdiocese.

And one of them, realizing he had been healed,returned, glorifying God in a loud voice;and he fell at the feet of Jesus and thanked him.

In his homily for the Twenty-eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time, Fr. Stephen Hamilton, reflects upon Jesus’ healing of the ten lepers in the Gospel of Luke. Here we are encouraged by the leper who returned to Jesus to praise God that by avoiding distraction we can possess the self-awareness to recognize God’s work in our lives.

The apostles said to the Lord, "Increase our faith."

In today’s homily, Fr. Stephen Hamilton reflects on this simple request the apostles made to our Lord with the added gravity created by the release of the archdiocese, Clergy Abuse Report.

In this week’s homily, Fr. Stephen Hamilton reflects on the often confounding parable of the unjust steward in Luke’s Gospel.

"Strive to enter through the narrow gate,for many, I tell you, will attempt to enterbut will not be strong enough. After the master of the house has arisen and locked the door,then will you stand outside knocking and saying,'Lord, open the door for us.'He will say to you in reply,'I do not know where you are from.And you will say,'We ate and drank in your company and you taught in our streets.'Then he will say to you,'I do not know where you are from….’”

In this Sunday’s homily, Fr. Stephen Hamilton reflects upon the question, how many will be saved? Jesus’ shocking words in the Gospel passage which tell us that not all who know of the Lord will enter Heaven, but only those who enter through the narrow gate.

“From this day all generations will call me blessed”

Oh this solemnity in which we recognize the Blessed Virgin Mary’s assumption, body and soul, into Heaven, Fr. Stephen Hamilton reflects on her particular beauty, a moral beauty expressed in her faith and purity—a beauty we should desire in ourselves.