Browsing Fr. Chris's Homilies
14th Sunday B July 7, 2024
Posted by Diane DeDominics on 7/08/24
14th Sunday B
July 7, 2024
Here is an insult you can add to your repertoire, “You are a thorn in my flesh.”
This is what St. Paul complains about in today’s excerpt from the 2nd letter to the community at Corinth. One thorn Paul must deal ... Read More »
11th Sunday of Ordinary time B / June 16, 2024
Posted by Diane DeDominics on 6/20/24
11th Sunday of Ordinary time B
June 16, 2024
This week we began the part of the liturgical year called Ordinary time. After the seasons of Lent, Easter and the Solemnities of The Holy Trinity and The Body and Blood of Christ we enter Ordinary time. This time ... Read More »
June 9, 2024, 10th Sunday in Ordinary Time
Posted by Diane DeDominics on 6/10/24
10th Sunday in Ordinary Time
For we know that if our earthly dwelling, a tent,should be destroyed,we have a building from God,a dwelling not made with hands, eternal in heaven.
The words of St Paul to the community at Corinth spoke to me this week. St. Paul is speaking ... Read More »
Holy Trinity, May 26, 2024
Posted by Diane DeDominics on 6/10/24
Holy Trinity May 26, 2024 A few months ago, I began playing the game Connections online each day. The game consists of 16 words that you need to put into groups of four with a common element. Last week one of the groups was party games, I knew three ... Read More »
Pentecost, May 19, 2024
Posted by Diane DeDominics on 6/10/24
Pentecost May 19, 2024 In the reading today from Acts of the Apostles we hear how the disciples spoke and those gathered heard them in their own language. One of the gifts of the spirit is the gift of tongues. With this gift, those who have been given it, ... Read More »
April 28, 2024 5th Sunday of Easter B
Posted by Diane DeDominics on 4/29/24
April 28, 2024
5th Sunday of Easter B
Promise #3 of the 12-step movement is, “We will not regret the past nor wish to shut the door on it.” These words come to mind when I hear about Saul in today’s first reading.
It must have been difficult to ... Read More »
4th Sunday of Easter B April 21, 2024
Posted by Diane DeDominics on 4/22/24
4th Sunday of Easter B
April 21, 2024
When I hear about the cornerstone that is rejected I receive an image of a singing frog. Do you remember the Warner Brother’s cartoon One Froggy Night where the man finds a singing frog inside of the cornerstone of a building? ... Read More »
Second Sunday of Easter April 7, 2024
Posted by Diane DeDominics on 4/08/24
Second Sunday of Easter
April 7, 2024
We have spent 40 days working to grow as we prayed, fasted, and gave alms. The hope is that we are changed by the experience.
Our first reading from the book of acts tells of a community which is changed by the ... Read More »
Easter Vigil March 30, 2024
Posted by Diane DeDominics on 3/30/24
Easter Vigil March 30, 2024 We began the Lenten Season with fire, and we ended Holy Week with fire. 50 days ago, we burnt the palm from last year’s Palm Sunday liturgy and today we lit the Easter fire. Fire is the sign of the spirit. (Isn’t it interesting ... Read More »
Good Friday March 29, 2024
Posted by Diane DeDominics on 3/30/24
Good Friday March 29, 2024 Two of the names for Jesus are Light of the world and Lamb of God. We see both names are present in the Passion according to John. In his telling of the passion John has a back and forth of Pilate as he seeks ... Read More »