2023 Homilies

Thirteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time

Fourteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time

Fifteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time

Sixteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time

Homily by Bob Labbe 

Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time

The Transfiguration of the Lord 

Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time

Twentieth Sunday in Ordinary Time

Twenty-First Sunday in Ordinary Time

Twenty-Second Sunday in Ordinary Time 

Twenty-Third Sunday in Ordinary Time 

Twenty-Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time 

Twenty-Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time 

Twenty-Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time

Twenty-Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time

Twenty-Eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time

Twenty-Ninth Sunday in Ordinary Time

All Saints and All Souls

All Saints and All Souls II 

Thirty-Second Sunday in Ordinary Time

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“'The kingdom of heaven can be likened to ten attendants.'” This is the line that stuck out to me in our Jesus parable this morning. Because Jesus didn’t say that the kingdom of heaven is like  'five wise attendants.' He said 'ten attendants.' This tells me that the attendants Jesus calls foolish are in the kingdom of God, too. This is so good, because it means that there is room for us. Because as much as we’d like to always be the wise ones– the ones who have it together, the ones who brought the extra oil, the ones who were prepared for anything- we aren’t always those people."

Thirty-Third Sunday in Ordinary Time

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"Remember, when we search for wisdom, we’ll find it, because it’s also searching for us. And if we open our eyes to kindness and to good works, we’ll find those too. I would argue that wisdom and good works may just be one and the same. And, when we spot them, we have a choice. We can make the observation and ignore it, bury it in the sand, or, see it for the 5000 dollar gift that it is, take it to heart, and start doing it too, multiplying its plenty."

Christ Reigns 

First Sunday of Advent 

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If Christmas is the celebration of the arrival of a child, then advent has parallels to the pregnancy leading up to that birth. In today’s Gospel reading, Jesus says “Be watchful! Be alert! You do not know when the time will come.” What we do know is that once the baby is born unto all of us, our lives will never be the same.

Second Sunday of Advent

Third Sunday of Advent

Fourth Sunday of Advent

Christmas (Vigil)

Christmas (Vigil)

Holy Family