Sunday, June 09, 2024

Weight of Glory

(Tenth Sunday in Ordinary Time-Year B; This homily was given on June 8 & 9, 2024 at Saint Augustine Church in Providence, Rhode Island; See Genesis 3:9-15, 2 Corinthians 4:13-5:1 and Mark 3:20-35) 


Sunday, June 02, 2024

Corpus et Sanguis Christi

(Solemnity of Corpus Christi-Year B; This homily was given on June 1 & 2, 2024 at Saint Augustine Church in Providence, Rhode Island; See Exodus 24:3-8, Hebrews 9:11-15 and Mark 14:12-26) 


Sunday, May 19, 2024

Pentecost

(Pentecost Sunday-Year B; This homily was given on May 18 & 19, 2024 at Saint Augustine Church in Providence, Rhode Island; See Acts 2:1-11 and John 20:19-23) 


Sunday, May 12, 2024

Christians in the World

(Seventh Sunday of Easter-Year B; This homily was given on May 11 & 12, 2024 at Saint Augustine Church in Providence, Rhode Island; See John 17:11-19) 


Sunday, May 05, 2024

Love & Friendship

(Sixth Sunday of Easter-Year B; This homily was given on May 4 & 5, 2024 at Saint Augustine Church in Providence, Rhode Island; See Acts 10 and John 15:9-17) 


Sunday, April 28, 2024

Fruit of Communion

(Fifth Sunday of Easter-Year B; This homily was given on April 27 & 28, 2024 at Saint Augustine Church in Providence, Rhode Island; See John 15:1-8) 

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Sunday, April 21, 2024

Integral Salvation

(Fourth Sunday of Easter-Year B; This homily was given on April 20 & 21, 2024 at Saint Augustine Church in Providence, Rhode Island; See Acts 4:8-12 and John 10:11-18) 


Sunday, April 14, 2024

Power of the Kerygma

(Third Sunday of Easter-Year B; This homily was given on April 13 & 14, 2024 at Saint Augustine Church in Providence, Rhode Island; See Acts 3:13-19, 1 John 2:1-5 and Luke 24:35-48) 


Sunday, April 07, 2024

Exitus-Reditus

Blessed Carol Acutis (1991-2006)

(Second Sunday of Easter-Year B; This homily was given on April 6 & 7, 2024 at Saint Augustine Church in Providence, Rhode Island;See John 20:19-31) 

Sunday, March 31, 2024

Easter: Our Story

(Easter Sunday-Year B; This homily was given on March 30, 2024 at Saint Augustine Church in Providence, Rhode Island; See Genesis, Exodus, Isaiah, Baruch, Ezekiel, Romans 6:3-11 and Mark 16:1-7) 


Sunday, March 24, 2024

Passion Sunday

(Passion Sunday of Lent-Year B; This homily was given on March 23 & 24, 2024 at Saint Augustine Church in Providence, Rhode Island; See Mark 14:1-15:47) 


Sunday, March 17, 2024

Paradoxes

(Fifth Sunday of Lent-Year B; This homily was given on March 17, 2024 at Saint Augustine Church in Providence, Rhode Island; See Hebrews 5:7-9 and John 12:20-33) 

Dante Alighieri (1265-1321)

Sunday, March 03, 2024

Chords of Love

(Third Sunday of Lent-Year B; This homily was given on March 2 & 3, 2024 at Saint Augustine Church in Providence, Rhode Island; See Exodus 20:1-17 and John 2:13-25) 


Sunday, February 25, 2024

Transfiguration and Pasch

(Second Sunday of Lent-Year B; This homily was given on February 24 & 25, 2024 at Saint Augustine Church in Providence, Rhode Island; See Genesis 22:1-18 and Mark 9:2-10) 


Sunday, February 18, 2024

Saved by Baptism

(First Sunday of Lent-Year B; This homily was given on February 17 & 18, 2024 at Saint Augustine Church in Providence, Rhode Island; See Genesis 9:8-15, 1 Peter 3:18-22  and Mark 1:12-15) 

The Baptism of St. Augustine

Sunday, February 11, 2024

Friendship with God

(Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time-Year B; This homily was given on February 10 & 11, 2024 at Saint Augustine Church in Providence, Rhode Island; See Leviticus 13:2-46  and Mark 1:40-45) 


Sunday, February 04, 2024

God's Remedy

(Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time-Year B; This homily was given on February 3 & 4, 2024 at Saint Augustine Church in Providence, Rhode Island; See Job 7:1-7 and Mark 1:29-39) 


Sunday, January 28, 2024

Authority

(Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time-Year B; This homily was given on January 27 & 28, 2024 at Saint Augustine Church in Providence, Rhode Island; See Deuteronomy 18:15-20 and Mark 1:21-28) 


Sunday, January 21, 2024

Time of Fulfillment

(Third Sunday in Ordinary Time-Year B; This homily was given on January 20 & 21, 2024 at Saint Augustine Church in Providence, Rhode Island; See Jonah 3:1-10, 1 Corinthians 7:29-31 and Mark 1:14-20) 


Sunday, January 14, 2024

Vocation

(Second Sunday in Ordinary Time-Year B; This homily was given on January 13 & 14, 2024 at Saint Augustine Church in Providence, Rhode Island; See 1 Samuel 3:3-19 and John 1:35-42)


Sunday, January 07, 2024

Epiphany

(Solemnity of the Epiphany; This homily was given on January 6 & 7, 2024 at Saint Augustine Church in Providence, Rhode Island; See Matthew 2:1-12)


Sunday, December 31, 2023

Virtues of Family Life

(The Holy Family of Jesus, Mary and Joseph; This homily was given on December 30 & 31, 2023 at Saint Augustine Church in Providence, Rhode Island; See Genesis 15:1-6; 21:1-3, Hebrews 11:8-19 and Luke 2:22-40) 

Monday, December 25, 2023

God Became Man

(The Nativity of the Lord; This homily was given on December 24 & 25, 2023 at Saint Augustine Church in Providence, Rhode Island; See John 1:1-18) 

Sunday, December 24, 2023

Decorated

(Fourth Sunday of Advent-Year B; This homily was given on December 23 & 24, 2023 at Saint Augustine Church in Providence, Rhode Island; See 2 Samuel 7:1-16 and Luke 1:26-38) 

King David

Sunday, December 17, 2023

Humility

(Third Sunday of Advent-Gaudete Sunday-Year B; This homily was given on December 16 & 17, 2023 at Saint Augustine Church in Providence, Rhode Island; See Luke 1  and John 1:6-28) 

Sunday, December 03, 2023

Adventus

(First Sunday of Advent-Year B; This homily was given on December 2 & 3, 2023 at Saint Augustine Church in Providence, Rhode Island; See Isaiah 63:16-64:7, Psalm 80, 1 Corinthians 1:3-9  and Mark 13:33-37) 


Sunday, November 26, 2023

Christ the King

(Solemnity of Christ the King-Year A; This homily was given on November 25 & 26, 2023 at Saint Augustine Church in Providence, Rhode Island; See Ezekiel 34: 11-17 and Matthew 25:31-46) 


 

Sunday, November 19, 2023

Dignity of Women

(Thirty-Third Sunday in Ordinary Time-Year A; This homily was given on November 18 & 19, 2023 at Saint Augustine Church in Providence, Rhode Island; See Proverbs 31: 10-31 and Matthew 25:14-30) 


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Sunday, November 12, 2023

Last Things

(Thirty-Second Sunday in Ordinary Time-Year A; This homily was given on November 11 & 12, 2023 at Saint Augustine Church in Providence, Rhode Island; See 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18 and Matthew 25:1-13)



Sunday, November 05, 2023

Vocations Awareness

(Thirty-First Sunday in Ordinary Time-Year A; This homily was given on November 4 & 5, 2023 at Saint Augustine Church in Providence, Rhode Island; See Malachi 1:14-2:10, 1 Thessalonians 2:7-13 and Matthew 23:1-12)

St. Charles Borromeo (1538-1584)

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Sunday, October 29, 2023

Dependence on God

(Thirtieth Sunday in Ordinary Time-Year A; This homily was given on October 28 & 29, 2023 at Saint Augustine Church in Providence, Rhode Island; See Matthew 22:34-40)

Sunday, October 22, 2023

Set Free

(Twenty-Ninth Sunday in Ordinary Time-Year A; This homily was given on October 21 & 22, 2023 at Saint Augustine Church in Providence, Rhode Island; See Matthew 22:15-21)

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Sunday, October 15, 2023

Banquet of Heaven

(Twenty-Eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time-Year A; This homily was given on October 14 & 15, 2023 at Saint Augustine Church in Providence, Rhode Island; See Isaiah 25:6-10 and Matthew 22:1-14)


Sunday, October 08, 2023

Recovering the Vineyard

(Twenty-Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time-Year A; This homily was given on October 7 & 8, 2023 at Saint Augustine Church in Providence, Rhode Island; See Isaiah 5:1-7 and Matthew 21:33-43)

Sunday, October 01, 2023

Power of Mercy

(Twenty-Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time-Year A; This homily was given on September 30 & October 1, 2023 at Saint Augustine Church in Providence, Rhode Island; See Philippians 2:1-11 and Matthew 21:28-32)



Sunday, September 24, 2023

Surprised by Love

(Twenty-Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time-Year A; This homily was given on September 23 & 24, 2023 at Saint Augustine Church in Providence, Rhode Island; See Isaiah 55:6-9 and Matthew 20:1-16)


C.S. Lewis (1898-1963)

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Sunday, September 10, 2023

The Supreme Law

(Twenty-Third Sunday in Ordinary Time-Year A; This homily was given on September 9 & 10, 2023 at Saint Augustine Church in Providence, Rhode Island; See Ezekiel 33:7-9 and Matthew 18:15-20)

Venerable Archbishop Fulton Sheen (1895-1979)

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Sunday, September 03, 2023

Paschal Mystery

(Twenty-Second Sunday in Ordinary Time-Year A; This homily was given on September 2 & 3, 2023 at Saint Augustine Church in Providence, Rhode Island; See Romans 12:1-2 and Matthew 16:21-27)


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Sunday, August 27, 2023

Keys to the Kingdom

(Twenty-First Sunday in Ordinary Time-Year A; This homily was given on August 26 & 27, 2023 at Saint Augustine Church in Providence, Rhode Island; See Isaiah 22:19-23 and Matthew 16:13-20)


Sunday, August 20, 2023

Salvation: Fully Alive

(Twentieth Sunday in Ordinary Time-Year A; This homily was given on August 19 & 20, 2023 at Saint Augustine Church in Providence, Rhode Island; See Isaiah 56:1-7, Romans 11:13-32 and Matthew 15:21-28)


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Sunday, August 13, 2023

The Greatest Drama

(Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time-Year A; This homily was given on August 13, 2023 at Saint Augustine Church in Providence, Rhode Island; See 1 Kings 19:9-13 and Matthew 14:22-33)

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Sunday, August 06, 2023

Change and Transfiguration

(Feast of the Transfiguration-Year A; This homily was given on August 5 & 6, 2023 at Saint Augustine Church in Providence, Rhode Island; See Matthew 17:1-9)


St. John Henry Newman (1801-1890)

Sunday, July 30, 2023

Freedom & the Kingdom

(Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time-Year A; This homily was given on July 30, 2023 at Saint Augustine Church in Providence, Rhode Island; See Matthew 13:44-52)

Sunday, July 23, 2023

Question of Evil

(Sixteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time-Year A; This homily was given on July 22 & 23 July, 2023 at Saint Augustine Church in Providence, Rhode Island; See Matthew 13:24-43)

Sunday, July 16, 2023

Parable of the Sower

(Fifteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time-Year A; This homily was given on July 16, 2023 at Saint Augustine Church in Providence, Rhode Island; See Matthew 13:1-23)

Saint Bonaventure (1221-1274)

Sunday, July 09, 2023

Salvifici Doloris

(Fourteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time-Year A; This homily was given on July 8-9, 2023 at Saint Augustine Church in Providence, Rhode Island; See Zechariah 9:9-10 and Matthew 11:25-30)

Sunday, July 02, 2023

Alter Christus, Ipse Christus

(Thirteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time-Year A; This homily was given on July 1-2, 2023 at Saint Augustine Church in Providence, Rhode Island; See Romans 6:3-11 and Matthew 10:37-42)

St. Josemaria Escriva (1902-1975)



Sunday, June 11, 2023

Status Viatoris

(Solemnity of Corpus Christi-Year A; This homily was given on June 11, 2023 at Santo Spirito in Sassia in Rome, Italy; See Deuteronomy 8:2-16 and John 6:51-58)


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Sunday, May 14, 2023

When Love Grows Cold

(Sixth Sunday of Easter-Year A; This homily was given on May 14, 2023 at Santo Spirito in Sassia in Rome, Italy; See Acts 8:5-17 and John 14:15-21)

St. Philip Neri (1515-1595)



Sunday, April 30, 2023

The Shepherd's Voice

(Good Shepherd Sunday-Year A; This homily was given on April 30, 2023 at Santo Spirito in Sassia in Rome, Italy; See John 10:1-10)



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