January 2023 archive of Homilies
Second Sunday in Ordinary Time
Posted by Fr Terry Grachanin on 1/16/23
Is 49:3, 5-6 | Ps 40 | 1 Cor 1:1-3 | Jn 1:29-34
At the start of Advent, we entered a new liturgical year, which simply meant we began a new cycle of readings as we journey through a year from the announcement of the birth of Jesus through ... Read More »
The Epiphany of the Lord
Posted by Fr Terry Grachanin on 1/08/23
Is 60:1-6 | Ps 72 | Eph 3:2-3a, 5-6 | Mt 2:1-12
In the 1993 film, “Rudy,” Rudy isn’t smart enough to get into Notre Dame. He’s too small to play football. Could he make a touchdown for the Fighting Irish in the final game of his senior year? ... Read More »
The Solemnity of Mary the Holy Mother of God
Posted by Fr Terry Grachanin on 1/08/23
Nm 6:22-27 | Ps 67 | Gal 4:4-7 | Lk 2:16-21
Today’s gospel scene of the shepherds visiting the newborn Jesus takes place in what our second reading refers to as “the fullness of time.” There, Paul says to the Galatians, “When the fullness of time had come, God ... Read More »