Homilies from December, 2020

Feast of the Holy Family | Fiesta de la Sagrada Familia

Holy-family-blog Sirach 3:2-6, 12-14; Colossians 3:12-21; Luke 2:22-40 We need this feast more than ever this year.  Because of the current pandemic, many more people than usual have been separated from friends and family during the...

Fourth Sunday of Advent

2 Samuel 7:1-5, 8b-12, 14a, 16; Romans 16:25-27; Luke 1:26-38 The network HGTV recently announced that it would be launching yet another home makeover show: Extreme Makeover—Home Edition.  You may be familiar with...

Third Sunday of Advent

Candle-light Homily for December 13, 2020 (3rd Sunday of Advent) Isaiah 61:1-2a, 10-11; Luke 1:46-50; 1 Thessalonians 5:16-24; John 1:6-8, 19-28 Many music critics consider the late Aretha Franklin’s One Lord, One Faith, One...

Second Sunday of Advent

Mark-ch-1 Homily for December 6, 2020 (2nd Sunday of Advent) Isaiah 40:1-5, 9-11; 2 Peter 3:8-14; Mark 1:1-8 Throughout history, there have been introductions to speeches and literature that are so powerful that they stick in our...