Homily for the Sixteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time

First an attempt to vindicate Martha, and then a call to take time out of our busy lives and be like Mary who sat at the feet of Jesus to hear the Word.

Homily for the Fourteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time

Like the seventy-two in the Gospel today, we too are sent by Jesus to bring the peace of God's kingdom to every person we encounter.

Homily for the Eleventh Sunday in Ordinary Time

We are saved not be being good, but by faith in our saviour Jesus Christ. This faith is particularly manifested when we show that we are aware that we are sinners in need of his forgiveness, and when we show our contrition for those sins, like the woman in the Gospel today. This happens especially in the sacrament of confession.

I Heard Him Talk about it in a Homily...

Some confession resources

• 20 Tips for Making a Good Confession
• Examination of Conscience for Adults
• Examination of Conscience for Youth and Young Adults (good for adults too!) (opens a pdf)
• How to Profit from Your Faults, by Joseph Tissot (publisher link; also available at DiCarlo's in Hamilton)
• You can even find confession apps for your smartphone (here's one for iPhone)

Feel free to bring these examinations of conscience into the confessional with you if they will help.

Homily for the Feast of the Holy Trinity

Given at St. Ann's, Ancaster.

Homily for Pentecost Sunday

Given at St. Ann's, Ancaster.

Homily for Ascension Sunday

Given at St. Ann's in Ancaster.

I Heard Him Talk about it in a Homily...

Pope Francis' thoughts on the Ascension of Jesus Christ (click here).

Homily for the Sixth Sunday of Easter

Given at St. Ann's in Ancaster, ON.

Homily for the Fifth Sunday of Easter

Based on the first reading (Acts 14:21-27) and the Gospel (Jn 13:31-35).  "Glory is only obtained through sacrifice".

Talk on Marriage Given at St. Ann's, Ancaster on April 18, 2013

Marriage is a vocation, that is, a specific path to holiness and union with God.  Holiness is a path of love, and to love means to sacrifice.  And through the path of sacrifice, love and holiness, our lives actually become better.

I heard him talk about it at a talk on marriage...

Interior Freedom by Jacques Phillippe

Homily for the Third Sunday of Easter

Homily given at St. Ann's in Ancaster on the Third Sunday of Easter.  John 21:1-14

I Heard Him Talk about it in a Homily...

Blessed John Paul II, Novo Millennio Ineunte

Homily for the Second Sunday of Easter (Divine Mercy Sunday)

I Heard Him Talk about it at The Source...

• Catechism of the Catholic Church (online version)
• Catechism of the Catholic Church (amazon.ca link)
• Prayer Primer, by Fr. Thomas Dubay (amazon.ca link)
• Fire Within, by Fr. Thomas Dubay (amazon.ca link)
• Difficulties in Mental Prayer, by Fr. Eugene Boylan (amazon.ca link)
• Difficulties in Mental Prayer, by Fr. Eugene Boylan (Google Books link)
• A School of Prayer: The Saints Show Us How to Pray, by Pope Benedict XVI (amazon.ca link)

I Heard Him Talk about it in a Bulletin Announcement...

Defund Abortion Rally At Ontario's Legislature - Tuesday, March 19

Talks Given During the Parish Mission at St. Mary's

Talk 1 - Interior Freedom (Sunday evening Vespers)

Right-click here to download the talk

Talk 2 - Primacy of Grace and Prayer (Monday evening Mass)

Right-click here to download the talk

Talk 3 - How to Profit from Your Faults (Tuesday evening Confession Service)

Right-click here to download the talk

St. Mary's Parish Mission

Sunday Mass

• Porta Fidei, by Pope Benedict XVI
• Catechism of the Catholic Church (online version)
• Catechism of the Catholic Church (amazon.ca link)
• Story of a Soul.  Autobiography of St. Thérèse of Lisieux (amazon.ca link)
• Story of a Soul.  Autobiography of St. Thérèse of Lisieux (online version)

Sunday Vespers

• Interior Freedom, by Jacques Philippe (amazon.ca link)
• God and the World, by Pope Benedict XVI (amazon.ca link)

Monday Mass

• Novo Millennio Ineunte, by Pope John Paul II
• Prayer Primer, by Fr. Thomas Dubay (amazon.ca link)
• Fire Within, by Fr. Thomas Dubay (amazon.ca link)
• Difficulties in Mental Prayer, by Fr. Eugene Boylan (amazon.ca link)
• Difficulties in Mental Prayer, by Fr. Eugene Boylan (Google Books link)
• A School of Prayer: The Saints Show Us How to Pray, by Pope Benedict XVI (amazon.ca link)

Tuesday Reconciliation Service

• How to Profit from Your Faults, by Joseph Tissot (publisher link)
• 20 Tips for Making a Good Confession
• Examination of Conscience for Adults
• Examination of Conscience for Youth and Young Adults (good for adults too!) (links to a pdf)

  *  Feel free to print out these examinations of conscience

and bring them with you to confession

I Heard about it at an RCIA Session...

Peter Klein, The Catholic Source Book (amazon.ca link)