Homily for the Memorial of Saint Scholastica, Virgin
February 10, 2023
Prabodhana Theologate and Major Seminary for the Pallottine Fathers
Mysore, India
Genesis 2:3, 3:12-13
Psalm 32:1-2, 5, 6, 7
Mark 7:31-37
Blessed are those whose sins are forgiven.
In today’s Gospel, we see Jesus open the deaf man’s ears so that he can listen. The Gospel tells us plainly that the deaf man began immediately to speak plainly. To speak plainly is to speak clearly, honestly, without impediment. The man’s impediment to speak clearly is removed by the loving touch of Christ. The malady removed is not simply a physical defect; it is also a spiritual malady of sin and its effects. Its effects include deceit and estrangement from God, from other people, from himself, ending with isolation behind the walls of ignorance, error, and dishonesty. Jesus removes this malady by forgiveness and redeems its effects, he does not merely cover it up.
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Homily for the Nativity of the Lord (Christmas)
The Midnight Mass
December 25, 2022
St. Patrick Cathedral
Fort Worth, TX
Isaiah 49:2, 8-10
Psalm 96:1-2, 2-3, 11-12, 13
Titus 2:11-14
Luke 2:1-14
“The people who walked in darkness have seen a great light; upon those who dwelt in the land of gloom a light has shone.” Into this land of gloom, a gloom which so many eyes have grown accustomed to mistaking for light, the gloom of selfishness and sin, the gloom of indifference and ignorance, the gloom of violence and vengeance, the true Light of the World is born and lay in a manger in Bethlehem and shines among the poor shepherds and between the ox and the donkey.
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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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Tuesday of the Thirteenth Week in Ordinary Time
Sixtieth Anniversary of Priestly Ordination of Monsignor Raymund Mullan
June 28, 2022
St. Patrick Cathedral
Fort Worth, TX
Amos 3:1-8; 4:11-12
Psalm 5:4b-6a, 7, 8
Matthew 8:23-27
“They came and woke him, saying, ‘Lord, save us! We are perishing!’ He said to them, ‘Why are you terrified, O you of little faith?’ Then he got up, rebuked the winds and the sea, and there was great calm.”
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Blessing and Groundbreaking, St. Mark Catholic Church
April 23, 2022
St. Mark Catholic Church
Denton, TX
Acts 4:8-12
Psalm 84
Luke 6:46-49
“The one who comes to me, listens to my words, and acts on them. That one is like a person building a house, who dug deeply and laid the foundation on rock; when the flood came, the river burst against that house but could not shake it because it had been well built.”
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Vespers for Monday of the Fourth Week of Advent
Seminarians of the Diocese of Fort Worth
December 20, 2021
St. Patrick’s Cathedral
Fort Worth, Texas
Luke 18:8
“When the Son of Man comes to earth, do you think that he will find faith in men’s hearts?” This is the antiphon for the Canticle from the Epistle to the Ephesians that we have just prayed in our vespers. This question is asked by Jesus of His disciples in the Gospel of Luke. It is recorded at the end of His parable of the Widow and the Unjust Judge.
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Homily for the Third Saturday of Advent
Mass for the Saint John Paul II Shepherd’s Guild
December 18, 2021
St. Patrick Cathedral
Fort Worth, Texas
Jeremiah 23:5-8
Psalm 72:1-2, 12-13, 18-19
Matthew 1:18-25
In Sacred Scripture, we see several instances where God chooses to reveal Himself and His plan for salvation through the dreams of human beings as visions of light amidst the cloudy darkness of the night: Joseph and his coat of many colors, the call of Samuel, the prophet Daniel, and in our Gospel today, Saint Joseph the husband of the Blessed Virgin Mary and the foster father of Jesus.
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Homily for the Mass of First Profession of Sister Maria Sagrario, OCD
November 25, 2021
Carmel of the Most Holy Trinity
Arlington, Texas
Hosea 2:16, 21-22
Ephesians 1:3-14
Luke 10:38-42
“Martha, Martha, you are anxious and worried about many things. There is need of only one thing. Mary has chosen the better part and it will not be taken from her.” These are the words that Jesus speaks to Martha in the Gospel of Luke. They are the words that He speaks to Martha in the presence of her sister Mary, of her brother Lazarus, and of the Apostles.
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