Homilies Are We Called to Justice, or Mercy? [Readings: Ezekiel 18:25-28; Philippians 2:1-11; Matthew 21:28-32] Fr. Michael Reding Homily for the 26th Sunday of Ordinary Time – Year A A few years ago, I was filling out a survey, and I came across this question that...
Homilies Pentecost’s Message is One of Inclusion [Readings: Acts 2:1-11; I Corinthians 12:3b-7, 12-13; John 20:19-23] Fr. Michael Reding Homily for The Feast of Pentecost – Year A We are Parthians, Medes, and Elamites, inhabitants of Mesopotamia, Judea, and...
Homilies Which Wolf Will You Feed? [Readings: Sirach 15:15-20; I Corinthians 2:6-10; Matthew 5:17-37] Fr. Michael Reding The 6th Sunday of Ordinary Time, Year A I’m pretty certain that if Jesus had gone to seminary where I went, he would have gotten an “F” (or maybe a...
Homilies An Ode to Our Fathers [Readings: Zechariah 12:10-11; 13:1; Galatians 3:26-29; Luke 9:18-24] Fr. Michael Reding Homily for The 12th Sunday of Ordinary Time – Year C Father’s Day For about twenty years I had an icon sitting on my desk at home. It wasn’t a...
Homilies Responding to God’s Call [Readings: Ezekiel 6:1-2a, 3-8; I Corinthians 15:1-11, Luke 5:1-11] Fr. Michael Reding The 5th Sunday of Ordinary Time, Year C You might say that Simon had it easy when it came to his calling… his vocation. I mean: he had the...
Homilies The Importance of a Suitcase [Readings: Ezekiel 34:11-12, 15-17; I Corinthians 15:20-28, 28; Matthew 25:31-46] Fr. Michael Reding The Feast of Christ the King, Year A Well, I have to admit that I was disappointed as I was leaving their apartment… So many...
