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 Good Friday
Celebration of the Passion of the Lord
April 15, 2022
St. Patrick Cathedral
Fort Worth, TX
Isaiah 52:13-53:12
Psalm 31:2, 6, 12-13, 15-16, 17, 25
Hebrews 4:14-16; 5:7-9
John 18:1-19:42
The high priest interrogates Jesus in the account of the Passion that we have just proclaimed. The high priest questions Jesus about His disciples and about His doctrine. Jesus responds to the high priest, “I have spoken publicly to the world. I have always taught in the synagogue or in the temple area where all the Jews gather, and in secret I have said nothing. Why ask me? Ask those who heard me what I said to them. They know what I said.” The temple guard strikes Jesus and demands, “Is this the way you answer the high priest?” Jesus answered him, “If I have spoken wrongly, testify to the wrong; but if I have spoken rightly, why do you strike me?”
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