Category: Homilies

11th Sunday after Pentecost

Ezechias Today’s Holy Mass unfolds around the story of Ezechias (4 Kings 20: 1–11) that was read at Matins.  Ezechias was the son of the...

Super altare tuum

The Child King Ioas It often happens that the Magnificat Antiphon at First Vespers is the key that allows us to enter deeply into Sunday’s...

«Holy! Holy! Holy!»

Isaiah 6:1–8 Psalm 92:1ab, 1c–2, 5 (R. 1a) Matthew 10:24–33 Evangelium Conference July 9, 2016 The Holy is dreadful and fascinating; it attracts us and,...

Solomon and Christ

Liturgical Notes: Seventh Sunday after Pentecost Seven Gifts Today is designated the Seventh Sunday after Pentecost; seven is, of course,  a mystic number in both...

Exaudi, Domine, vocem meam

David’s Cry from the Heart Today’s Holy Mass opens with a great cry to God, a cry wrung from the heart of David: Hear, O...