God is Love
6th Sunday of Easter
Readings: Acts 10:25-26, 34-35, 44-48, John 4:7-10, John 15:9-17
Originally delivered on May 8, 1994
In today’s homily, we are reminded that we are called to love one another – sometimes easy and other times difficult. God is Love. When we live in love then we live in God and God in us. We are not to set a measure on what makes others lovable. We must love everyone, just as God loves each of us. We are therefore called to be more forgiving with others. Indeed, in today’s Gospel, we hear: “There is no greater love than this: to lay down one’s life for one’s friends.”
33rd Sunday in Ordinary Time
Readings: Daniel 12:1-3; Hebrews 10:11-14, 18; Mark 13: 24-32
Originally delivered on November 13, 1988
What is our personal apocalypse? How have we transformed these times and maintained our courage and hope for the future. Jesus tells us in this day’s Gospel, that God is always with us. We will have trials in our lives, but we are comforted because Jesus is our Savior and already embracing us.
33rd Sunday in Ordinary Time
Readings: Daniel 12:1-3; Hebrews: 10:11-14, 18; Mark 13:24-32
Originally delivered on November 3, 1991
In this week’s homily, Fr. Healy tells us a fairytale, The Kingdom of Love, that illustrates the spirit of of our God, who is Love. We are reminded that God loves each and every one of us, just as we are. We must risk believing how much God loves his people.
31st Sunday in Ordinary Time
Readings: Deuteronomy 6:2-6; Hebrews 7:23-28; Mark 12:28-34
Originally delivered on November 3, 1991
In this week’s homily, Fr. Healy tells us that it’s so simple and yet so difficult to understand the commandment to Love God and our neighbor as ourself. Perhaps our biggest challenge is that we don’t love ourselves. We are passionately reminded that God loves each of us as we are! When we love ourself, then perhaps we will then be able to truly help our sisters and brothers.
29th Sunday in Ordinary Time
Readings: Isaiah 53:10-11; Hebrews 4:14-16; Mark 10:35-45
Originally delivered on October 20, 1991
In today’s homily, Fr. Healy reminds us that the not only does God exist, but that God loves us as we are. Jesus became human, and as it says in the second reading, he was tempted but never sinned, and yet, we are always forgiven. Indeed, Fr. Healy passionately insists that God doesn’t just have love and mercy, but is love and mercy. And yet, we are not able to merely rest on that love because, as we hear in the gospel, we also have a responsibility to care for our sisters and brothers. We are called to let go of earthly things (e.g., money and power) and be servants to others until everyone in the family has a fair share of God’s blessings.
7th Sunday of Easter
Readings: Acts: 1:15-17, 20-26; John 4:11-16; John 17:11019
Originally delivered on May 12, 1991
We must be ever ready to discover beauty, truth, and goodness in new ways because God is forever revealing and proclaiming the wonder of God in the universe. We must be open to learning about God’s creation. We are called today to let go of our ways of thinking so that we might be open to seeing and understanding God’s revelations to us. John tells us in the Gospel that God is Love and that if we are loving, then we are of God, despite our sinfulness. Indeed, God is in us and we should exalt, rejoice, and celebrate because we ourselves are a reflection of God.
6th Sunday of Easter
Readings: Acts 10:25-26, 34-35, 44-48, John 4:7-10, John 15:9-17
Originally delivered on May 5, 1991
In the first reading, we hear of Peter’s struggles to understand God’s vision for inclusiveness and welcomes non-Jews into the new Church. Then, in the second reading, we are reminded that we don’t need to earn God’s love. God is love and god already loves us as we are. We are asked to try to love one another as God loves us. In the Gospel, Jesus says, “there is no greater love than this: to lay down one’s life for one’s friends” and “The command I give you is this: that you love one another.” What might we need to give up in order to more fully embrace God’s calling to love one another as He loves us?
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