Category: Ordinary Time

Click here for a full Doctrinal Homily Outline for the Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time. The theme is “communion with the Bread of Life,” the breakdown is: Central idea: Our Lord is the Bread of Life. Doctrine: The Mass as a memorial. Practical application: Worthy reception of Communion. Here is a brief excerpt about the meaning of the…

For a Doctrinal Homily Outline for the Eighteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time, click here. Central idea and doctrine: Life in Christ. Practical application: Choosing Life in Christ. Here is an excerpt: One does not live on bread alone, but by every word that comes forth from the mouth of God. We do need material things, but they are…

Here is a full Doctrinal Homily Outline for theSeventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time. The foci are as follows: Central idea: Self-giving. Doctrine: The exchange of spiritual gifts in the communion of the Church. Practical application: Ways to live the communion of the Church. Here is a snippet: The prophet Elisha worked many miracles. People knew he was a…

Here is the link to the Doctrinal Homily Outline for the Sixteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time, Lectionary reading 107. Here is the brief overview: Central idea: Good and bad shepherds. Doctrine: Workers for peace and justice in public life. Practical application: Civic involvement.  

A complete doctrinal homily outline for the Fifteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time can be found here. Central idea: Care for others. Doctrine: All Christians share in Christ’s healing mission. Practical application: Caring for the Sick. After the Ascension and Pentecost, the Gospel will be in the apostles’ hands. To help prepare them, Jesus sends them out to practice…

  For a Doctrinal Homily Outline for the 14th Sunday in Ordinary Time click here. The central idea is that humble prophets bring glad tidings to the humble poor. The doctrine is perseverance in faith. The practical application is things we can do to increase our own faith. 

Please click here for a doctrinal homily outline for the Thirteenth Sunday in Ordinary time. The outline focuses on the meaning of death as given to us by Our Lord Jesus Christ. The Gospel passage is the deeply moving account of the raising from death of the daughter of Jairus.

  Here is a link to two doctrinal homily outlines for the Eleventh Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year B. Click here and scroll down. Both involve the idea of the King of the Kingdom of God and the citizens of the kingdom. The Kingdom of God grows by hearing the Word The King and the…

Here is a link to the Doctrinal Homily Outline for the Tenth Sunday in Ordinary Time for Year B. The three parts are Central idea: Christ’s victory over our sin. Doctrine: Man in paradise. Practical application: Foretaste of paradise. Here is a sample: God begins the redemption of fallen and wounded man by asking questions.…