| Date |
Homilist |
Feast |
Content |
|
June 28 |
Fr. Lawrence |
13th Ordinary |
Jesus engages in His healing ministry. Healing??? |
|
June 21 |
Fr. Lawrence |
12th Ordinary |
Mark revisited - Jesus asleep in the boat during the storm.
"God will not go away." |
|
June 14 |
Fr. Lawrence |
Corpus Christi |
This is my blood, the new covenant which shall be shed for
many.. |
|
June 7 |
Fr.
Lawrence |
Trinity Sunday |
God created
humans in His own image. What we can learn of God, we
learn by knowing ourselves. |
|
May 31 |
Graduating High School seniors |
Pentecost |
Reflections -
at post-communion time graduating seniors reflect on their life
at St. Vincent's. |
|
May 31 |
Fr.
Lawrence |
Pentecost |
The homilist
addresses the high school graduates who are celebrating at this
service. Christ commissioned us to use our talents in the
service of God. |
|
May 24 |
Fr.
Lawrence |
7th Easter |
The add-ons to
the Gospel of Mark. |
|
May 17 |
Fr.
Kennedy |
6th Easter |
"Love one
another as I have loved you...." |
|
May 10 |
Fr.
Jay O'Connor |
5th Easter |
"Paul, what
are you doing?" |
|
May 3 |
Fr.
Lawrence |
4th Easter
First Communion |
Good Shepard
Sunday. The homilist addresses the first communicants
about their role as sheep and shepards. |
|
April 26 |
Fr.
Lawrence |
3rd Easter |
Jesus appears
to the disciples on the way to Emmaus. "...having
accomplished all according
to the scripture..." |
|
April 19 |
Fr.
Lawrence |
2nd Easter |
The
Resurrection story according to John. "I am going to my
God AND your God..." |
|
April 12 |
Fr.
Lawrence |
Easter Sunday |
"He is risen"
And we will rise as well.... |
|
April 5 |
Fr.
Lawrence |
Palm Sunday |
The passion
according to Mark. The homilist explicates three
specifically Markian passages in the narrative. |
|
March 29 |
Fr.
Lawrence |
5th Lent |
The covenant -
Noah, Abraham, Moses, now us thru Jesus... |
|
Mar 22 |
Fr.
Lawrence |
4th Lent |
Unless we be
with-lifted up with Jesus, we will not enter the kingdom of
heaven. |
|
Mar 15 |
Fr.
Lawrence |
3rd Lent |
Jesus cleans
the temple of those who would make it a marketplace. "He did not
need anyone to testify about human nature. He himself
understood it well." |
|
Mar 8 |
Fr.
Lawrence |
2nd Lent |
The
Transfiguration. Jesus is transformed like Isaac in the
first reading - in the glory that will he His after the
resurrection. |
|
Mar 1 |
Fr.
Lawrence |
1st Lent |
The
temptations of Jesus in the desert according to Mark. So
what is (are) the temptation(s)? |
|
Feb 22 |
Fr.
Lawrence |
7th Ordinary |
Jesus cures
the man lowered down through the roof. And gives us an
example of how to help the paralyzed. |
|
Feb 15 |
Fr.
Lawrence |
6th Ordinary |
Jesus cures
the Leper. And gives us a complicated example - respect the law
and blow it away when necessary. |
|
Feb 8 |
Fr.
Lawrence |
5th Ordinary |
Peter's
mother-in-law was healed - and the "got up to serve" them.
A bookend to Jesus' "I cam to serve, not to be served..." |
|
Feb 1 |
Fr.
Lawrence |
4th Ordinary |
Through works
and words, Jesus reveals who He is and who God is. He
begins teaching in the synagogue differently - with authority
rather than with footnotes. |
|
Jan 25 |
Fr.
Lawrence |
3rd Ordinary |
We begin the
reading of the Gospel
of Mark in earnest today, from the beginning. Mark, like
each of the gospel writers, has his own flavor. Savor it. |
|
Jan 18 |
Fr.
Lawrence |
2nd Ordinary |
Samuel is
called. The Apostles are called. We are called. None are
given a roadmap. |
|
Jan 11 |
Fr.
Lawrence |
Baptism of Jesus |
This feast
ends a season (Christmas) and begins another (Ordinary time).
It begins Jesus' ministry to heal, reveal, inspire, and amaze. |
|
Jan 4 |
Fr.
Lawrence |
Epiphany |
Christ, the
light as represented by the star of Bethlehem, has broken
through to all people, including us gentiles. |
