Homilies for Cycle A

(Fr. Phil Bloom, Pastor St. Mary of the Valley, Monroe, WA)

First Sunday of Advent: Please Hold the Applause

Second Advent: Silence, Sin, Spirit

Immaculate Conception: Under Her Motherly Care

Third Advent: From Despair to Joy

Our Lady Of Guadalupe "Am I Not Your Mother?"

Fourth Advent: Why Honor Mary?

Christmas: Let Him Come In

Holy Family Sunday: The Flight from Bethlehem

Mary, Mother of God (New Year's Day): Thrive

Epiphany of the Lord Science and God

Baptism of the Lord: Seven Teachings about Baptism

Second Ordinary: Takes Away Sin

Third Ordinary: Personal Responsibility and Solidarity

Fourth Ordinary: The Four Daughters of God

Presentation of the Lord: The Fortieth Day of Christmas

Fifth Ordinary: Kalos

Sixth Ordinary: But I Say to You

Seventh Ordinary: Love

Eighth Ordinary: Only in God

Ninth Ordinary Sunday: Knowing Jesus - and Being Known by Him

Ash Wednesday: The Purpose of Lent

First Sunday of Lent: The Purpose of Temptation

Second Lent: Sons of Abraham

Third Lent: Thirst

Fourth Lent: Sight

Fifth Lent: Revive

Passion (Palm) Sunday: The Blood of Martyrs and of Jesus

Holy Thursday: The Love of Loves

Good Friday: Suffering Is Everything

Easter Vigil: Born Again

Easter Sunday: Seek What Is Above

Second Sunday Easter: His Mercy Endures

Third Easter: Restoration

Fourth Easter: Open the Door

Fifth Easter: The Truth

Sixth Easter: A Reason For Your Hope

Ascension of the Lord: The Personal Center

Pentecost: It Was the Holy Ghost

Trinity Sunday: Origin and Goal

Corpus Christi Sunday: Afflicted with Hunger

Ninth Ordinary Sunday: Be My Rock

Tenth Ordinary: Like Spring Rain

Eleventh Ordinary: A Firm, But Compassionate Father

Father's Day Homily

Twelfth Ordinary The Ugly Truth

Birth of John the Baptist: God is Gracious

Thirteenth Ordinary: Welcome Same-Sex Partners?

Solemnity of Saints Peter and Paul: Year of St. Paul

Fourteenth Ordinary: Take My Yoke

Fifteenth Ordinary: To Sow With Trust

Sixteenth Ordinary: Himself the Kingdom

Seventeenth Ordinary: Hidden Treasure

Eighteenth Ordinary: Withdrew to Deserted Place

Nineteenth Ordinary: Two Tasks For Youth

Twentieth Ordinary: Deep vs. Superficial Faith

Feast of Assumption: Patroness of the Unborn

Twenty-First Ordinary: Why We Need Two Keys for Salvation

Twenty-Second Ordinary: The Real Cross

Twenty-Third Ordinary: Dissuade the Wicked

Twenty-Fourth Ordinary: How to Forgive

Exaltation of the Holy Cross: The Center of Human History

Twenty-Fifth Ordinary: The Sole Question

Twenty-Sixth Ordinary: Our Final State

Twenty-Seventh Sunday: In the Midst of Troubles

Twenty-Eighth Sunday: For Many

Twenty-Ninth Sunday: Fighting Government Encroachment

Thirtieth Sunday: We Dare to Say

Thirty-First Sunday: Against All Forms of Idolatry

All Saints: Loneliness and Lasting Communion

All Souls: Baptized Into His Death

Funeral Homily for Major Robert D. Lindenau

Thirty-Second Sunday: The Rapture

Dedication of Lateran Basilica: Worth Fighting For

Thirty-Third Sunday: Small Things with Great Love

Christ the King Sunday: A New Missal and a New Look at the Works of Mercy

Thanksgiving Homily: The Radical Virtue

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