Homilies

Today we celebrate the Solemnity of the Body and Blood of the Lord.  In today’s Gospel we come upon one of the many accounts of Jesus’ multiplying food for the people.  These miracles prefigure the Lord’s offering His Body and Blood.  The Lord performs four actions which are repeated at every Mass:  He takes.  He … [Read more…]

From the very beginning of our lives as Christians, we are sealed in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit. Without it, a baptism doesn’t take place. It signifies the extraordinary importance the Church places on this singular belief, this one great dogma: one God, in three Persons. That is … [Read more…]

They gathered in the Upper Room fifty days after Easter where Jesus told them to wait.  Then under the signs of wind and tongues of fire His Holy Spirit filled their hearts and souls.  The Holy Spirit was given to the followers of Jesus Christ.  And the living Church is born. Today is the birthday … [Read more…]