Readings: Acts 2: 1-11; 1 Corinthians 12: 3b-7, 12-13; John 20: 19-23 Preacher: Patrick Fox We are living in a time of angst. There seems so much focus on violence and it is hard to understand how one human being can act in ways that are so callous and seemingly void of any sense of living a life in light of… read more →
Readings: Jeremiah 1: 4-5, 17-19; 1 Corinthians 12: 31-13:13; Luke 4: 21-30 Preacher: Patrick Fox As we are in the early days of our walk through Ordinary Time I find it interesting that either of the two allowed readings today from 1 Corinthians present us with the words that the Corinthians heard, “Love is…” I have often used this section of… read more →
Readings: 2 Samuel 5:1-3; Colossians 1:12-20; Luke 23: 35-43Click here to download a PDF of this homily. Preacher: Patrick Fox As we celebrate the close of another year in the life of our Church I am caught in the reflection of the turbulent times through which we travel. Then I bump up against the title of our feast, Jesus Christ… read more →
Readings: Acts 2: 1-11; 1 Corinthians 12:3B-7, 12-13; John 20: 15:26-27; 16:12-15 Click here to download a PDF of this homily. Preacher: Patrick Fox What prism do we chose for embracing the great mysteries? One of the Gospels for Pentecost is John 15:26-27; 16:12-15 wherein Jesus speaks of the role of the Spirit. Pope Francis has added a Marian Feast… read more →
Readings: Exodus 22:20-26; 1 Thessalonians 1:5C-10; Matthew 22:34-40 Click here to download a PDF of this homily. Preacher: Patrick Fox All three readings for today offer an opportunity for critical contemporary reflection. We hear of how we ought to treat aliens. We hear that the word has been brought to all places. And finally we hear Jesus echoing the Hebrew… read more →
Readings: Isaiah 35: 1-6a, 10; James 5: 7-10; Matthew 11: 2-11 Preacher: Patrick Fox Today Jesus raises a question, “what did you come out to see?’’ He is asking those listening to consider why they came to see John the Baptist. It causes me to wonder what I or any of us might say if we heard the voice of… read more →