YEAR A

These homilies owe a great deal to the thoughts and writings of many authors much more skilled and knowledgeable than myself.

From the dim, distant days of being a student, I remember being advised that some are destined to be " springs" delivering fresh water; others are destined to be "channels" carrying the water from the spring to others. I am a channel!  But, so that the charge of plagiarism does not sit too heavily against me, I wish to mention the principal authors whose thinking has contributed so much to these random thoughts on what I think constitutes a Christian Response to various life situations.  -  Bishop Geoffrey Robinson's "Travel in Sacred Places"; The Catechism of the Catholic Church; Dom Chautard's "The Soul of the Apostolate"; Charles Brethes, "Liturgia  della Festa";  "Markings" - Homily Notes issued by Archdiocese of Chicago; A New Catechism (Revised) by the Dutch Bishops.  John MacKenzie - Dictionary of the Bible; Archbishop Suenens,  "A Christian Response"; Michel Quoist, "Living Words", "Prayers of Life"; Fr. Anthony Meredith, S. J., "Faith and Fidelity..  These and my own observations made over 54 years of active priesthood are reflected in the following homilies.  I am still in the process of editing missing numbers.

The format for these short reflections - Buzzword, Scriptural tie-in, practical application and Scriptural reference - resulted from a comment made to me some years ago by a young American sailor.  After Mass, he approached me to say in his broad Bronx accent -"Fadder! I want to tell you; you talk good; real good! The only trouble is, no one can understand you!!!!"  So much for my slabs of abstruse and, probably, obtuse, theological presentations!

 Back to the drawing board and some advice given to me as a very young priest in Geraldton by Bishop Gummer  -"Never leave them in hell! Give them something to take home".  And so, the "Buzzword".  People remember the "Buzzword".  So successful was it that a few weeks later, the same young American sailor approached me to say   "De buzzwoird, Fadder, is good; but why do you keep us there for another eight minutes"!  Since then, I am often identified as "Father Buzzword" in parishes where I provide supply for the resident priest.

Homily - Mary, Mother of God, - Year A, -  Buzz-word "New Beginnings"

Homily - Baptism of the Lord -  Year A.  -  Buzzword - Ambassadors: -

Homily - 1st Sunday of Lent - Year A  -  Buzzword - Temptation:

Homily - 3rd Sunday of Lent - Year A.htm - Dehydration

Homily - 4th Sunday of Lent - Year A       - Buzzword - Darkness

Homily - 5th Sunday of Lent - Year A      -  Buzzword - Hope

Palm Sunday - Homily Notes

Homily - Easter Sunday - Year A                - Buzzword - He is Risen

Homily - 2nd Sunday of Easter - Year A   -  Buzzword - Doubting Thomas!

Homily - 3rd Sunday of Easter - Year -    Buzzword - "Help"

 Homily -4th Sunday of Easter - Year  A  -  Buzzword - Forgiveness -

Homily - 5th Sunday of Easter - Year A  -  Buzzword - Ministry.

Homily - Feast of the Ascension - Year A  -  Buzzword - "Get on with it!"

Homily - Pentecost Sunday - Year A  -  Buzzword - Transformation

Homily - Trinity Sunday - Year A  -  Buzzword - "To believe or not to Believe"

Homily - Feast of Corpus Christi - Year A  -  Buzzword - Body of Christ 

Homily - 2nd Sunday in OT - Year A - Buzzword - Service

Homily – 9th Sunday of OT – YearA -   Buzzword - Sheet-anchor

Homily - 10th Sunday in OT - Year A --  Buzzword - Scandal!

Homily - 11th Sunday in OT - Year A -  Buzzword - Priesthood

Reflection xii Sunday in Ordinary Time - Year A  -  Buzzword Healing

Homily – Feast of St. Peter & Paul – Year A 

Homily - 13th Sunday in OT - Year A  -  Buzzword - How Much?

Homily - 14th Sunday in OT - Year A-   Buzzword - Leadership                                                

Homily - 15th Sunday in OT - Year A-    Buzzword - Hope                          -      

Homily - 16th Sunday in OT - Year A,  -     Buzzword - Divine Tolerance

Homily - 17th Sunday in OT - Year A,    -    Buzzword - "Eureko"!

Homily - 18th Sunday in OT - Year A,   -    Buzzword - Balance:

Homily - X1Xth Sunday in OT - Year A   -   Buzzword -Trust                                                                          
 

Homily - XXth Sunday in Ordinary Time - Year A  -  Buzzword - Consideration