Author: Kevin Aldrich
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Palm Sunday
Pastoral considerations suggest a fairly short homily on Palm Sunday due to the length of the Lectionary readings. For an outline that focuses on various salvific insights from the readings, click here. For an outline that focuses on perhaps the key reading, St. Paul’s account of Christ self-emptying, click here. The Homiletic Directory offers the…
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Fifth Sunday of Lent
The Gospel for Year C is Christ’s merciful love shown to the woman caught in adultery. For an outline that focuses on knowing Christ better, click here.
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Fourth Sunday of Lent
The Gospel for Year C is the Parable of the Prodigal Son. For an outline that focuses on the Sacrament of Confession, click here. For an outline that focuses on our need for continual conversion, click here.
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Third Sunday of Lent
Lord, with your help, may I bear good fruit in this life. The Gospel for Year C is Jesus’ warning about sudden death (some folks Pilate had slaughtered and some who died when a tower collapsed) and about our need to bear good fruit (the parable of the unfruitful fig tree). For an outline focusing…
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Second Sunday of Lent
Here are links to two outlines for the Second Sunday of Lent during Year C. Suffering and glory Citizens of heaven living on earth
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First Sunday of Lent
Today’s Gospel reading is on Christ’s forty days in the desert between his baptism and the beginning of his public life. Here are links to two outlines. Reparation and mortification Imitation of Christ’s merciful love
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Eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Central idea: Be good. Doctrine: Forming conscience and decision-making. Practical application: Form and obey your conscience.
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Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time
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. To view Lectionary 81, click here. Reading 1 1 Sm 26:2, 7-9, 12-13, 22-23 In those days, Saul went down to the desert of Ziphwith three thousand picked men of Israel,to search for…
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True riches and poverty – Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Central idea: True poverty and riches. Doctrine: Poverty of heart and Christ’s grief over the rich. Practical application: Growing in detachment.
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Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time
The readings are on the virtue of charity and on the call of the prophet Isaiah and of the apostle Peter. Below are links to two outlines. The fear proper to a child of God. The virtue of awe and the vice of presumption.
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Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time
In today’s Gospel reading, Jesus’ fellow townspeople flip from adulation to murderous anger. This is unfortunately the pattern of his life. Here are links to two full, updated and revised outlines. The virtue of hope and acts of hope The laity’s legitimate role in the prophetic office of Christ
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Third Sunday in Ordinary Time
The lectionary readings for the Third Sunday in Ordinary Time focus on (a) Ezra’s reading of the rediscovered Scriptures to the remnant who returned to Jerusalem from Babylonian captivity and (b) Jesus’ reading of the prophet Isaiah followed by his proclaimation that He is the promised long-awaited messiah. Here are links to two updated and…