Homilies for the First Sunday of Advent
Posted by Fr. Aquinas on 29 Nov 2009 | Tagged as: Homilies
Homilies for the Solemnity of Christ the King
Posted by Fr. Aquinas on 24 Nov 2009 | Tagged as: Homilies
Homilies for the Eighteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Posted by Fr. Aquinas on 06 Aug 2009 | Tagged as: Homilies
Homilies for the Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Posted by Fr. Aquinas on 28 Jul 2009 | Tagged as: Homilies
Homilies for the Second Sunday of Lent
Posted by Fr. Aquinas on 12 Mar 2009 | Tagged as: Homilies
Due to human error—my own, I admit—this weekend’s homilies by Fr. Jones and Fr. Keitz were not recorded. In lieu of the missing audio, you can find their texts posted below.
As always, you can read the parish’s Sunday homilies here.
Fr. Jones’s Homily
March 8, 2009
In the creation story of the book of Genesis, we read that the first creative word of God was light: God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light. [Genesis 1:3] That first creative word was spoken into darkness: The earth was without form and void, and darkness was on the face of the deep. {Genesis 1:2] Light into darkness; form into matter without form; the void suddenly illuminated; the first thing out of nothing-light. It is as though this ancient religious text were prefiguring the latest scientific theory of the universe’s origin-the “Big Bang.”
But of course the interest of Genesis is not in a scientific theory; it is in the way that the world in its original form reflects its creator: light, pure energy, from which all other creatures come to be-man, the most developed of these creatures made in the creator’s image, possessing “light” within as consciousness, intelligence and freedom. God is light, St. John writes, and in him is no darkness at all. And in John’s gospel, Jesus says, I am the light, and he who follows me, who hears and understands my words, obeying my commandments, will not walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.
In the Prologue to his gospel, John seems to be reprising the creation story when he introduces Jesus as no less than the divine creative Word: In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. Through him all things came into being…. In him was life, and the life was the light of men. The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it. Then, this Word ["let there be light"] became flesh and dwelt among us, full of grace and truth; we have beheld his glory… [John 1:1-3a, 4-5, 14]
Homilies for the Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time
Posted by Fr. Aquinas on 26 Feb 2009 | Tagged as: Homilies
Homilies for the Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Posted by Fr. Aquinas on 15 Feb 2009 | Tagged as: Homilies
Homilies for Gaudete Sunday
Posted by Fr. Aquinas on 17 Dec 2008 | Tagged as: Homilies
Rejoice in the Lord always; again I say, rejoice!
The Lord is near.
Homilies for the First Sunday of Advent (2008)
Posted by Fr. Aquinas on 30 Nov 2008 | Tagged as: Homilies
As the Church enters a new liturgical year, we’re beginning a new service here on CSVF Blog.
Starting today, the parish’s weekend homilies will be posted online.
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First up, the homilies delivered earlier today, the First Sunday of Advent.