Category: Ordinary Time

  • Redemption through Christ, the Apostles, and their successors: Third Sunday in Ordinary Time

    Redemption through Christ, the Apostles, and their successors: Third Sunday in Ordinary Time

    Redemption through Christ, the Apostles, and our bishop. Apostolicity. Unity with our bishop and the pope.

  • Jesus Christ, Son of God, Saves and Sanctifies: Second Sunday in Ordinary Time

    Jesus Christ, Son of God, Saves and Sanctifies: Second Sunday in Ordinary Time

    Jesus Christ is the glorious Son of God who saves and sanctifies us. The Sacrament of Baptism. Holy Water.

  • The Baptism of the Lord

    The Baptism of the Lord

    Central Idea: Isaiah prophesied Christ. Doctrine: The Baptism of Jesus. Practical Application: Acts of contrition.

  • Christ the King

    Christ the King

    For a revised and updated Doctrinal Homily Outline for the Solemnity of Christ the King, the last Sunday of the liturgical year, click here. The foci are: Central Idea: Christ is the King of the Universe. Doctrine: He will come again in glory to judge the living and the dead. Practical Application: Prayer for the…

  • Thirty-Third Sunday in Ordinary Time

    Thirty-Third Sunday in Ordinary Time

    Do I live an orderly life? In other words, am I practicing the four cardinal virtues, enlightened by the Gospel and strengthened by grace: Prudence (seeing what God wants me to do), Justice (doing what God wants me to do), Fortitude (courage and toughness when fear or weakness are obstacles to doing what God wants…

  • Thirty-Second Sunday in Ordinary Time

    Thirty-Second Sunday in Ordinary Time

    In this life, it is a special joy to know you are a friend of God. How do God’s friends behave? They pray. They tell the truth. They persevere in doing God’s will. What do God’s friends expect from God? God’s friends expect God’s justice: That he will do as he has promised. That he…

  • Thirty-First Sunday in Ordinary Time

    Thirty-First Sunday in Ordinary Time

    For a revised and updated doctrinal homily outline for the Thirty-First Sunday in Ordinary Time, click here.  The themes are Central Idea: God’s loving goodness. Doctrine: God is love. Practical Application: Divine reading. As was the case with Zacchaeus, blatant sinners can sometimes make a more dramatic conversion to God than the supposed “righteous.” The…

  • Thirtieth Sunday in Ordinary Time

    Thirtieth Sunday in Ordinary Time

    Here is the link to an updated and revised outline for the Thirtieth Sunday in Ordinary Time. The Gospel includes Christ’s parable of the Pharisee and the Tax Collector. Here are the subjects explored: Central Idea: God is just and merciful. Doctrine: Justification. Practical Application: A life of justice and mercy. I think it would…

  • Twenty-Ninth Sunday in Ordinary Time

    Twenty-Ninth Sunday in Ordinary Time

    Here is the link to a revised and updated outline for the Twenty-Ninth Sunday. It is all about the virtue of perseverence. Moses needed the help of two men to persevere in holding up his arms so that Israel would prevail in battle. In the Gospel, Our Lord counsels us to persevere in prayer no matter…

  • Twenty-Eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time – Year C

    Twenty-Eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time – Year C

    God desires to share his goodness, truth, beauty, love, and happiness with beings that would not exist if he did not create them. Lower creatures, lacking consciousness and reason, show but don’t know God’s glory. As conscious and rational beings, we both show and can know God’s glory. Through Christ, we are no longer just…

  • Twenty-Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time

    Twenty-Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time

    “The faithful exercise their baptismal priesthood through their participation, each according to his own vocation, in Christ’s mission as priest, prophet, and king” (CCC 1546). The laity exercise the common priesthood of the faithful by offering up their lives and work, by living and proclaiming the truth, and by carrying out all the requirements of…

  • Twenty-Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time – Year C

    Twenty-Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time – Year C

    In the second reading, for the Twenty-Sixth Sunday in Ordinary time, St. Paul admonishes Timothy with words that apply just as much to ourselves: But you, man of God, pursue righteousness, devotion, faith, love, patience, and gentleness. Compete well for the faith. Lay hold of eternal life, to which you were called when you made…