Doctrinal Homily Outlines: a resource for homilists and the lay faithful

  • Fourth Sunday of Lent

    Fourth Sunday of Lent

    To access two Doctrinal Homily Outlines for the Fourth Sunday of Lent, click either of the links below. Sacrament of Confession The Prodigal Son Here is a snippet: Confession is the means Our Lord has left for us to get rid of mortal sins committed after Baptism. After Christ rose from the dead he appeared…

  • Third Sunday of Lent

    Third Sunday of Lent

    To access two Doctrinal Homily Outlines for the Third Sunday of Lent, click on the links below: The second commandment Practical repentence Here is a snippet from the second one: Why are prayer, almsgiving, and penance traditionally parts of Lent? What is their point? We all have a desert inside ourselves. In it, we are…

  • Second Sunday of Lent

    Second Sunday of Lent

    To access either of two Doctrinal Homily Outlines for the Second Sunday of Lent, please click on one of the links below. Suffering and glory Citizens of heaven living on earth

  • First Sunday of Lent

    First Sunday of Lent

    To access two Doctrinal Homily Outlines for the First Sunday of Lent click either link below. Reparation and mortification Imitation of Christ’s merciful love  

  • Eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time

    Eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time

    For a Doctrinal Homily Outline for the Eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time, click here. Central idea: Be good. Doctrine: Forming conscience and decision-making. Practical application: Form and obey your conscience.

  • Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time

    Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time

    For a complete Doctrinal Homily Outline for the Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time, please click here. Here are the main parts based on Lectionary 81: Central idea: Christ’s new law for the new person. Doctrine: Christ as the New Adam. Practical application: Living as New Adams and Eves ourselves.  

  • Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time

    Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time

    To view a Doctrinal Homily Outline for the Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time, please click here. Central idea: True poverty and riches. Doctrine: Poverty of heart and Christ’s grief over the rich. Practical application: Growing in detachment.

  • Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time

    Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time

    To access two doctrinal homily outlines for the Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time, click on either link below. The fear proper to a child of God. The virtue of awe and the vice of presumption. Monday, February 3, the date you will receive this post, is the centennial of the birth of my father, Louis…

  • The Presentation of the Lord

    The Presentation of the Lord

    For a Doctrinal Homily Outline for the Feast of the Presentation, please click here. Central idea: Christ purifies man. Doctrine: Sin. Practical application: Our moral struggle. In the Gospel reading, Simeon declares that this forty-day-old-child that Mary and Joseph have brought to the Temple of Jerusalem is the Savior that God promised this old man would see before…

  • Third Sunday of Ordinary Time

    Third Sunday of Ordinary Time

    For links to two Doctrinal Homily Outlines for the Third Sunday of Ordinary Time, please click below: The Gospel and daily evangelization Reading the living and incarnate Word of God

  • Second Sunday of Ordinary Time

    Second Sunday of Ordinary Time

    Here are links to two Doctrinal Homily Outlines for the Second Sunday of Ordinary Time, Year C. The Senses of Sacred Scripture Spousal life  

  • The Baptism of the Lord

    The Baptism of the Lord

    To access three doctrinal homily outlines for the Baptism of the Lord, please click on the links below. Isaiah prophesied Christ and acts of contrition Christ’s kenosis or self-emptying The heart of the Blessed Trinity With my high school freshmen, two things I want them to remember about Christ’s baptism are that Our Lord wished…

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