Bonus Preaching Note – 26th Sunday (28 September 2025)
The Opening Prayer for today’s Mass provides an interpretive key to the Gospel Reading: O God, who manifest your almighty power above all by pardoning
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Preaching Notes – 26th Sunday (28 September 2025)
Today’s Gospel emphasizes the unbridgeable gap between the self-centered, self-promoting life of the rich man and the total poverty of spirit that defines the poor
Preaching Notes – 20th Sunday (17 August 2025)
How do we begin to make sense of what Jesus passionately asserts in today’s Gospel? “I came to cast fire upon the earth; and would
Preaching Notes – 17th Sunday (27 July 2025)
For three consecutive weeks now, we have read the Gospel of Luke in exact sequence. It is important to keep the context before us to
Preaching Notes – 3rd Sunday of Easter [Year C] (4 May 2025)
There is a play on words in today’s Gospel episode that only is understood in the original language (John 21:1-19). When Jesus first asks Peter,
Holy Thursday – Jesus’ Eucharist Demonstrates Unfathomable Depths of Divine Love (17 April 2025)
During the Last Supper, Jesus opens wide his sacred heart: “I have earnestly desired to eat this Passover with you before I suffer” (Luke 22:15). The
Tuesday of Holy Week (15 April 2025)
Peter said to him [Jesus], “Master, why can’t I follow you now? I will lay down my life for you.” Jesus answered, “Will you lay
Preaching Notes – 5th Sunday of Lent (6 April 2025)
“One thing I do: forgetting what lies behind and straining forward to what lies ahead, I press on toward the goal for the prize of
Preaching Notes – Forgiveness Series 3 of 3 (March 16, 2025)
Forgiveness is a PRACTICE; an ACT OF THE WILL – it’s not a feeling. Forgiveness happens when: With God’s help, I stop wanting to offend
Preaching Notes – 7th Sunday in Ordinary Time (February 23, 2025)
It just might be Jesus’ hardest teaching: “Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, bless those who cure you, pray for those