Author: Kevin Aldrich

  • Feast of the Dedication of the Lateran Basilica in Rome

    Feast of the Dedication of the Lateran Basilica in Rome

    For a Doctrinal Homily Outline for the Feast of the Dedication of the Lateran Basilica in Rome, click here. Central idea: Living Temples. Doctrine: Grace. Practical application: Understanding the Feast of the Dedication of the Lateran Basilica in Rome. The prophet Ezekiel wrote as a Jewish exile in Babylon. Jerusalem and the Temple of Solomon were destroyed. In…

  • The Commemoration of All the Faithful Departed (All Souls)

    The Commemoration of All the Faithful Departed (All Souls)

    For a Doctrinal Homily Outline for next Sunday, The Commemoration of All the Faithful Departed, please click here. Central idea: Purification in this life. Doctrine: The final purification or purgatory. Practical application: Assisting the souls in purgatory. The central Catholic teaching on purgatory is this: “All who die in God’s grace and friendship, but still imperfectly purified, are…

  • Thirtieth Sunday in Ordinary Time

    Thirtieth Sunday in Ordinary Time

    For a Doctrinal Homily Outline for the Thirtieth Sunday in Ordinary Time, click here. Justice and Mercy Central Idea: God is just and merciful. Doctrine: Justification. Practical Application: A life of justice and mercy

  • Twenty-ninth Sunday in Ordinary Time

    Twenty-ninth Sunday in Ordinary Time

    For a doctrinal homily outline for the Twenty-ninth Sunday in Ordinary Time, please click here. Central Idea: Perseverance in living the faith. Doctrine: Perseverance, supernatural perseverance, and Final Perseverance. Practical Application: Living perseverance. Here is an excerpt: To live perseverance in the Faith we already have sanctifying grace, but we need constant injections of sacramental and actual graces, for…

  • Twenty-eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time

    Twenty-eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time

    For a Doctrinal Homily Outline for the Twenty-eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time, click here. Central Idea: Giving glory to God. Doctrine: “The world was created for the glory of God.” Practical Application: How do we give glory to God?  

  • Twenty-seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time

    Twenty-seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time

    For a Doctrinal Homily Outline for the Twenty-seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time please click here. Central Idea: God makes each one of us very important. Doctrine: The ministerial and general priesthood of Christ in the Church. Practical Application: Living the royal priesthood of Christ as a layperson.  

  • Twenty-sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time

    Twenty-sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time

    For a Doctrinal Homily Outline for the Twenty-sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year C, click here. Here are the three parts: Central Idea: The just try to see that everyone receives the good that is due to them. Doctrine: The preferential option for the poor. Practical Application: The corporal and spiritual works of mercy. Paul tells Timothy (and…

  • Twenty-fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time

    Twenty-fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time

    For a Doctrinal Homily Outline for the Twenty-fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time, click here. The themes are: Central Idea: Loving persons over things. Doctrine: Four forms of justice. Practical Application: Becoming more just. Here is a snippet: By “dishonest wealth” I don’t think Our Lord meant simply wealth gained dishonestly. I think he meant that all wealth is dishonest…

  • Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross

    Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross

    A Doctrinal Homily Outline for the Exaltation of the Holy Cross can be found here. Central idea: The exaltation of Christ crucified. Doctrine: Jesus died crucified for our salvation. Practical application: Devotion to Christ crucified. Thinking of Christ crucified is a very good accompaniment to offering up the small and large crosses that come everyone’s way every day.…

  • Twenty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time

    Twenty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time

    Here is the link for a Doctrinal Homily Outline for the Twenty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time: Natural and supernatural prudence The topics are: Central Idea: The wisest thing is to do the will of God. Doctrine: Natural and Supernatural prudence. Practical Application: Opportunities to do good.

  • Twenty-second Sunday in Ordinary Time

    Twenty-second Sunday in Ordinary Time

    Here is a Doctrinal Homily Outline for the Twenty-second Sunday in Ordinary Time: Humble prayer One way to pray humbly but effectively, I think, is to use the TRAP acronym: thanksgiving, reparation, adoration, and petition. When we assist at Mass, we thank God, tell him we are sorry, adore him, and ask for good things.

  • Twenty-first Sunday in Ordinary Time

    Twenty-first Sunday in Ordinary Time

    Here is the Doctrinal Homily Outline for the Twenty-first Sunday in Ordinary Time. Ascesis or moral discipline Here are the three parts: Central Idea: God will help us overcome our evildoing through his fatherly discipline. Doctrine: A child of God is to become a strong doer of good through moral discipline. Practical Application: An important moral discipline is ascesis or mastery…