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

To access a doctrinal homily outline for the Thirty-second Sunday in Ordinary Time click here. Central idea: Give all you have to God. Doctrine: Poverty of heart. Practical application: Voluntary humility.  

A Doctrinal Homily Outline for the Thirtieth Sunday in Ordinary Time can be found by clicking here. The title I gave it is the gift of faith and our response. Central idea: Faith which saves. Doctrine: Faith is a gift of God. Practical application: Faith in action. Here is an excerpt based on the Responsorial Psalm: Throughout our…

For a doctrinal homily outline for the Twenty-ninth Sunday in Ordinary Time, click here. Central idea: Prayer in the face of difficulties. Doctrine: Christ’s redemptive death in God’s plan of salvation. Practical application: Co-redeemers with Christ. Here is an excerpt: With the grace of the redemption, we can freely join ourselves to Christ’s saving work. The words…

For a Doctrinal Homily Outline for the Twenty-eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time, click here. Here is how it breaks down: Central idea: True wealth and how to attain it. Doctrine: The danger of wealth and the need for it. Practical application: Corporal and spiritual works of justice and mercy. Here is a tiny excerpt: Why…

For a complete doctrinal homily outline for the Twenty-seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time, click here. Central idea: Marriage. Doctrine: Conjugal fidelity. Practical application: Witness conjugal fidelity in deed and word. Here is a snippet: Adam and Eve were created married. Husband-wife is the most fundamental and essential human relationship. It gives rise to the second fundamental and essential relationship: child-parent.

For a Doctrinal Homily Outline for the Twenty-sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time, click here. Central idea: Value the good others possess; abhor your own evil. Doctrine: Ecumenism. Practical application: How to be a more ecumenical Catholic. This post presents (I hope) authentic Catholic thinking on the controversial issue of ecumenism, based on the Sacred Scriptures and the Catechism…

For a full doctrinal homily outline for the Twenty-fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time, click here. Central idea: The greatness of the lowly. Doctrine: The virtue of service and the vice of envy. Practical application: Humble and admiring nobility. Here is an excerpt: Just as in last Sunday’s Gospel, Jesus asks his apostles a question. This time they do…

A Doctrinal Homily Outline for the Twenty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time can be accessed here. It is titled “Signs of Mercy.” Central idea: The revelation of God’s mercy. Doctrine: Jesus used signs to convey his gifts and so do the Sacraments of the Church. Practical application: Go to the Sacraments and to the needy. Here is a snippet:…

Click here for a full doctrinal homily outline for the Twenty-second Sunday in Ordinary Time. The Law of Love – Twenty-Second Sunday in Ordinary Time Central idea: The moral law tells us what is right, but evil desires arise from within us. Doctrine: The Law of Love perfects the Mosaic Law. Practical application: Soul searching.

Click here for a doctrinal homily outline for the Twenty-First Sunday in Ordinary Time. Central idea: Commitment to Christ. Doctrine: God’s fidelity and love lived in Christian marriage. Practical application: Renewal of commitment. Here is an excerpt from the responsorial psalm Each person has to decide what his way of life will be. Joshua asks the Israelites which…