Homily for the Chrism Mass
April 15, 2025
St. Patrick Cathedral
Fort Worth, Texas
Isaiah 61:1-3, 6a,8-9
Psalm 89:21-22, 25, 27
Revelation 1:5-8
Luke 4:16-21
Bishop’s homily in English begins at paragraph 3.
Cuando los católicos fieles buscan ser ungidos en el sacramento de los enfermos, también están buscando al Ungido, el Cristo. Como sacerdotes y obispo, somos ungidos por la Unción de Jesucristo por el Espíritu Santo. Nuestra presencia a los fieles es sacramental siempre y nuestras obras de misericordia son acciones de Cristo el Buen Pastor. Su presencia como el Buen Pastor es entre nuestro ser verdadero, imbuye nuestras almas, y cuando pecamos contra el Dios y nuestro prójimo, hacemos escándalo.
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Homily for Chrism Mass
March 26, 2024
Saint Patrick Cathedral
Fort Worth, Texas
Isaiah 61:1-3, 6a,8-9
Psalm 89:21-22, 25, 27
Revelation 1:5-8
Luke 4:16-21
Bishop Michael Olson’s homily in English begins at paragraph 5.
Cuando Jesús comienza su ministerio público en el evangelio de Lucas, lo sitúa dentro de la profecía de la tercera parte del libro de Isaías —que se refiere a la comunidad de exiliados que ha regresado a la Tierra Prometida. “El espíritu del Señor está sobre mí, por cuanto me ha ungido para anunciar la buena nueva a los pobres,” cita Jesús del profeta Isaías (cf. Lucas 4:18). Así como el Señor Dios ungió al líder lleno del Espíritu para llevar la buena nueva a los pobres y los débiles, Jesús ve y se revela su vida y ministerio de la misma manera. Y espera que aquellos que lo seguirán como discípulos hagan lo mismo, y particularmente aquellos que lo seguirán en el discipulado como sacerdotes.
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Homily for Chrism Mass
April 4, 2023
St. Patrick Cathedral
Fort Worth, Texas
Isaiah 61:1-3, 6a,8-9
Psalm 89:21-22, 25, 27
Revelation 1:5-8
Luke 4:16-21
“To Him who loves us and has freed us from our sins by his Blood, who has made us into a Kingdom, priests for His God and Father, to Him be glory and power forever and ever.” Christ has freed us from our sins by His Blood. He has made us a Kingdom and His priests for His God and Father. These words of the Book of Revelation concisely reveal the mystery of our redemption won for us by Christ in His suffering and His love.
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Homily for the Chrism Mass
April 12, 2022
St. Patrick Cathedral
Fort Worth, TX
Isaiah 61:1-3, 6a, 8-9
Psalm 89:21-22, 25, 27
Revelation 1:5-8
Luke 4:16-21
“The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me, because the Lord has anointed me;
He has sent me to bring glad tidings to the lowly, to heal the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives and release to the prisoners, to announce a year of favor from the Lord and a day of vindication by our God, to comfort all who mourn; to place on those who mourn in Zion a diadem instead of ashes, to give them oil of gladness in place of mourning, a glorious mantle instead of a listless spirit.”
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