Homilies from December, 2023
Feast of the Holy Family
December 30, 2023
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
December 16, 2023
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
December 9, 2023
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...