St. Jude Catholic Church

Homily for December 13, 2009 - the Third Sunday of Advent
after reading: Zeph 3:14-18; Ps 12; Phil 4:4-7; Lk 3:10-18

"Rejoice in the Lord always!" I say it again, rejoice!

That's what Paul tells the Philippians, because the Lord is near. And because the Lord is near, he says "Your kindness should be known to all."

Homily for October 4, 2009
after reading: Gen 2:18-24; Ps 128; Heb 2:9-11; Mk 10:2-16

Homily for the 23rd Sunday in Ordinary Time - September 6, 2009
after reading: Is 35:4-7; Ps 146; James 2:1-5; Mk 7:31-37

"If a man with gold rings and fine clothes comes into your assembly" do we treat him differently? And if a poor person in shabby clothes also comes in do we make distinctions among ourselves?

22nd Sunday B – August 30, 2009
after reading: Mk 7:1-8, 14-15, 21-23

“All these evils come from within, and they defile.”

21st Sunday of Ordinary Time (Cycle B) - August 23, 2009 - Radford

after reading: Josh 24:1-18; Ps 34:2-21; Eph 5:21-32; John 6:60-69

"Taste and see the goodness of the Lord."
That's what our psalm tells us today. Taste the Lord. Taste the Bread of Life, the Body of Christ, given for us as true food.

15th Sunday of Year B - July 12, 2009
During the Year of the Priest
after reading: Amos 7:12-15; and Mk 6:7-13

13th Sunday of Year B - June 28, 2009
After reading: Mk 5:21-43

"There was a woman afflicted with hemorrhages..."

Trinity Sunday
after reading: Dt 4:32-40; Ps 33; Rom 8:14-17; Mt 28:16-20

Homily - May 17, 2009

After reading: 1 John 4:7-10; John 15:9-17

Homily for February 8, 2009
After reading: Job 7:1-7; Ps 147; 1 Cor 9:16-23; Mk 1:29-39

Jesus cured those who were sick. He healed those possessed. He traveled all over the countryside preaching the Word of God. He spent His life giving of Himself, caring for others. And we hear how he rose early in the morning, the only quiet time of the day that was left to Him, and found time to pray.