Life on the Chrism Trail

Homily for the Feast of Saint Michael, Saint Gabriel, and Saint Raphael

Red Mass for the Diocese of Fort Worth

September 29, 2022
St. Patrick Cathedral
Fort Worth, TX

1 Kings 3:5-12
Psalm 138:1-2ab, 2cde-3, 4-5
Revelation 12:7-12b
John 1:47-51

This evening God calls us together to worship Him and to seek the guidance and protection of the Holy Spirit on all judges, civic officials, magistrates, and lawyers who are to be engaged in the authentic ministry of justice and law directed to human flourishing and the common good of our society. Divine Providence has designed that we should come together for this sacred mystery on the Feast of the Archangels, Saint Michael, Saint Gabriel, and Saint Raphael — who each administer, respectively, God’s power, God’s strength, and God’s remedy, three things that are very much needed today in our society and especially in the lives and work of those committed to the service of law and justice.

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Homily for the Twenty-sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time

September 24, 2022
St. Mary Catholic Church
Graham, Texas

Amos 6:1a, 4-7
Psalm 146:7,8-9, 9-10
I Timothy 6:11-16
Luke 16:19-31

Last Sunday we heard the prophet Amos denounce injustice, and today he goes after people who live in luxury and are oblivious to the poverty and need of their neighbors. This is the situation in the parable today about the nameless rich man and Lazarus.

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