SUNDAY HOMILIES – Stirrings of the Soul

June 2, 2023

John 3:16-18 Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity June 4, 2023 Acclamation before the Gospel (cf Rv 1:8) ℟. Alleluia, alleluia. Glory to the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit; to God who is, who was, and who is to come. Alleluia, alleluia.

Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity Exodus 34:4-6, 8-9 2 Corinthians 13:11-13 John 3:16-18 A. Text/Context • One of the great mysteries that we have in […]

May 27, 2023

John 20:19-23 Solemnity of the Pentecost May 28, 2023 As the Father has sent me, so I send you.” And when he had said this, he breathed on them and said to them, “Receive the Holy Spirit. Whose sins you forgive are forgiven them, and whose sins you retain are retained.”

Solemnity of the Pentecost Acts 2:1-11 1 Corinthians 12:3-7, 12-13 John 20:19-23 A. Text/Context • Today, we are celebrating the Solemnity of the Pentecost, the day […]

May 20, 2023

Matthew 28:16-20 Solemnity of the Ascension of Our Lord May 21, 2023 “And behold, I am with you always, until the end of the age.”

Solemnity of the Ascension of Our Lord Acts 1:1-11 Ephesians 1:17-23 Matthew 28:16-20 A. Text/Context • The details of the Ascension of our Lord are not […]

May 13, 2023

• John 14:15-21 6th Sunday of Easter May 14, 2023 Mothers’s Day Jesus said: If you love me you will keep my commandments. This is repeated in the end in an opposite form: Whoever has my commandments and observes them is the one who loves me

6th Sunday of Easter Acts 8:5-8, 14-17 1 Peter 3:15-18 John 14:15-21 A. Text and Context • Jesus said: If you love me you will keep […]

May 3, 2023

John 14:1-12 5th Sunday of Easter May 7, 2023 Jesus said to his disciples: “Do not let your hearts be troubled. You have faith in God; have faith also in me. In my Father’s house there are many dwelling places. If there were not, would I have told you that I am going to prepare a place for you?

5th Sunday of Easter Acts 6:1-7 1Peter 2:4-9 John 14:1-12 A. Text/Context • In our Christian tradition, dwelling place means abiding place. It means heaven, the […]

April 29, 2023

John 10:1-10 4th Sunday of Easter Good Shepherd Sunday April 30, 2023 So Jesus said again, “Amen, amen, I say to you, I am the gate for the sheep. All who came before me are thieves and robbers, but the sheep did not listen to them. I am the gate. Whoever enters through me will be saved, and will come in and go out and find pasture.

4th Sunday of Easter Acts 2:14, 36-41 1Peter 2:20-25 John 10:1-10 A. Text/Context • One of the most beautiful images of Jesus in Catholic devotions is […]

April 20, 2023

Luke 24:13-35 3rd Sunday of Easter April 23, 2023 And it happened that, while he was with them at table, he took bread, said the blessing, broke it, and gave it to them. With that their eyes were opened and they recognized him, but he vanished from their sight.

3rd Sunday of Easter Acts 2:14, 22-23 1 Peter 1:17-21 Luke 24:13-35 A. Text/Context • After the death of Jesus in Calvary the whole population of […]

April 15, 2023

John 20:19-31 April 16, 2023 2nd Sunday of Easter Jesus said to them again, “Peace be with you. As the Father has sent me, so I send you.” And when he had said this, he breathed on them and said to them, “Receive the Holy Spirit.

2nd Sunday of Easter Divine Mercy Sunday Acts 2:42-47 1 Peter 1:3-9 John 20:19-31 A. Text/Context • The gospel today has two parts, the first part […]

April 8, 2023

John 20:1-9 Easter Sunday April 9, 2023 Then the other disciple also went in, the one who had arrived at the tomb first, and he saw and believed. For they did not yet understand the Scripture that he had to rise from the dead.

Easter Sunday of the Lord’s Resurrection Acts 10:34, 37-43 Colossians 3:1-4 John 20:1-9 A. Text/Context • The gospel readings here in the gospel of John are […]