Homilies from December, 2023

Feast of the Holy Family

Sirach 3:2-6, 12-14; Psalm 128 (v.v.); Colossians 3:12-17; Luke 2:22-40 On December 18, the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith issued Fiducia Supplicans (“The supplicating trust”), its Declaration on the...

Third Sunday of Advent

Isaiah 61:1:1-2a, 10-11; Luke 1:46-50, 53-54; 1 Thessalonians 5:16-24; Jn 1:6-8, 19-28 Norman Higginbotham. I still remember the name of the professor who taught Astronomy at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point more...

Second Sunday of Advent

Isaiah 40:1-5, 9-11; 2 Peter 3:8-14; Mark 1:1-8 In 1919 an ambitious young officer in the U.S. Army was tasked with leading a convoy of more than 80 trucks from the East Coast to the West Coast. Their purpose was to assess...