Hope
Christmas
Originally Delivered on December 25, 1991
Readings: Isaiah 62:1-5; Acts of the Apostles 13:16-17, 22-25; Matthew 1:1-25
On this Christmas Day, we are reminded that we must be a hopeful people because of Jesus. We are again called to be the hope for our sisters and brothers.
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.
11th Sunday in Ordinary Time
Readings: Ezekial 17: 22-24; Corinthians 5:6-10; Mark 4: 26-34
Originally delivered on June 16, 1991
In this week’s homily, Fr. Healy tells us a bit about his time teaching high school in Chicago and his time at a conference of the Holy Ghost Fathers. We are invited to remember that God is the source of all life and that His will shall be done with us or in spite of us. The Kingdom of God is being achieved in our midst. We’re further invited to remember those that have gone before us in the fight for the realization of the Kingdom of God here on Earth and to feel their fear. Let us gain hope in that our voices of dissent might be heard. We must also trust that God will see to our future.
2nd Sunday of Easter
Readings: Acts 4:32-35; John 5:1-6; John 20: 19-31
Originally delivered on April 10, 1988
In this week’s Gospel, we are reminded that God’s presence will be obvious when we take care of our sisters and brothers. When we forgive them, they will feel God’s presence. We are commissioned to be the Church. We are the Easter people that must let the world know that there is still hope to be celebrated.
1st Sunday of Lent
Originally delivered on February 17, 1991
Readings: Genesis 9:8-15; Peter 3:18-22; Mark 1:12-15
In today’s first reading from Genesis, we hear that God gave us the rainbow as a sign that God would never again flood the earth. Fr. Healy suggests that the story of Noah gives us the message that no matter how terrible things may be, there will always be a new day, filled with new possibilities when God will triumph and will not fade away. Indeed, God’s light will dispel all of the darkness. Those who believe, have the gift of faith, which will see them through the dark times. However, we must also be that hope for our sisters and brothers in need. We must reach out, care for, and attend to all of God’s creation.
5th Sunday in Ordinary Time
Originally delivered on February 10, 1991
Readings: Job 7:1-4, 6-7; Corinthians 9:16-19, 22-23; Mark 1:29-39
In the first reading, Job represents our hopelessness. In the Gospel, however, Jesus sees people’s illnesses and heals them. Indeed, He brings us hope. We are therefore to called to come out of our despair and to see the possibilities that make us glad, even in the midst of our pain and misery. We are being called to bring the hope of Jesus in our world.
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