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"URBI ET ORBI" MESSAGE OF HIS HOLINESS POPE FRANCIS Christmas day

Posted by Bob Herz on 12/25/20

"Urbi et Orbi" - Christmas 2020 | Francis "URBI ET ORBI" MESSAGEOF HIS HOLINESS POPE FRANCIS Benediction HallFriday, 25 December 2020 [Multimedia]

Dear Brothers and Sisters, Merry Christmas!

I would like to bring to everyone the message that the Church proclaims on this feast with the words of the ... Read More »

Christmas Eve Homily of Pope Francis

Posted by Bob Herz on 12/25/20

SOLEMNITY OF THE NATIVITY OF THE LORD HOMILY OF HIS HOLINESS POPE FRANCIS Vatican BasilicaThursday, 24 December 2020 [Multimedia]

 

Tonight, the great prophecy of Isaiah is fulfilled: “For to us a child is born, to us a son is given” (Is 9:6).

To us a son is given.  ... Read More »

Homily of Pope Francis November 22

Posted by Bob Herz on 11/26/20

Holy Mass for the handing over of the WYD Cross (22 November 2020) | Francis HOLY MASS FOR THE HANDING OVER OF THE WYD CROSS HOMILY OF HIS HOLINESS POPE FRANCIS Saint Peter's BasilicaSolemnity of Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe - Sunday, 22 November 2020 [Multimedia]

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Monsignor Yennock on Mission Sunday - Homily from October 25, 2020

Posted by Fr Thomas Ward on 10/26/20

MISSION SUNDAY 2020

THIRTIETH SUNDAY OF THE YEAR.

OCTOBER 25, 2020

 

 

A JEWISH SCHOLAR ASKS JESUS AN HONEST QUESTION: “TEACHER WHAT COMMANDMENT IN THE LAW IS THE GREATEST?”

JESUS QUOTES FROM THE BOOK OF DEUTERONOMY IN THE OLD TESTAMENT: “LOVE THE LORD YOUR GOD WITH ALL YOUR ... Read More »

Monsignor Yennock on Prophets and the Sexual Revolution - Homily from September 27, 2020

Posted by Fr Thomas Ward on 9/28/20

TWENTY SIXTH SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 27, 2020

PROPHETS AND THE SEXUAL REVOLUTION

 IN 1948 WINSTON CHURCHILL SAID THOSE WHO FAIL TO LEARN FROM HISTORY ARE CONDEMNED TO REPEAT IT. WHAT DO WE LEARN FROM HISTORY? WHAT DO WE LEARN FROM THE PROPHETS?

 

 IN THE SIXTH CENTURY BEFORE CHRIST, THE ... Read More »

Monsignor Yennock on Forgiveness and Redemption - Homily from September 13, 2020

Posted by Fr Thomas Ward on 9/14/20

TWENTY FOURTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME

SEPTEMBER 13, 2020

FORGIVENESS AND REDEMPTION

A TRUE STORY COMES OUT OF WORLD WAR II. RUDOLPH HOSS WAS A CONVICTED NAZI WAR CRIMINAL. HE WAS THE LONGEST SERVING COMMANDANT OF AUSCHWITZ EXTERMINATION CAMP. HE INTRODUCED THE ZYKLON B INTO THE GAS CHAMBERS TO ... Read More »

Monsignor Yennock on the Persecution of Christians - Homily from August 29, 2020

Posted by Fr Thomas Ward on 9/09/20

PERSECUTION OF CHRISTIANS

22ND SUNDAY OF THE YEAR AUGUST 29, 2020

“IN 1945, AT THE AGE OF 20, ANDRE STAMOS WAS CAPTURED BY THE SOVIETS AND THROWN INTO JAIL. AFTER MANY YEARS OF IMPRISONMENT THEY THOUGHT HE WAS INSANE. THEY TRANSFERRED HIM TO A PSYCHIATRIC WARD 300 MILES OUTSIDE ... Read More »

Monsignor Yennock's Homily August 16, 2020 - Twentieth Sunday in Ordinary Time

Posted by Fr Thomas Ward on 8/17/20

TWENTIETH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME

AUGUST 16, 2020

MAY THE PEOPLE PRAISE THEE O GOD? MAY ALL THE PEOPLE PRAISE THEE?

A FEW YEARS AGO IN A LETTER ON THE EUCHARIST POPE JOHN PAUL II SPOKE OF THE CHURCH OF THE EUCHARIST. HE SPOKE OF THE AMAZEMENT THAT SHOULD ... Read More »

Monsignor Yennock's Homily August 2, 2020 - Eighteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time

Posted by Fr Thomas Ward on 8/03/20

EIGHTEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME

AUGUST 2, 2020

DURING THE MONTH OF JULY DESECRATION AND DESTRUCTION OF STATUES AND MONUMENTS ACROSS THE NATION. AND ACROSS THE WORLD, HAVE SHOCKED AND SADDENED NOT ONLY CATHOLIC CHRISTIANS BUT CHRISTIANS OF ALL DENOMINATIONS. HAVE YOU NOTICED THAT WE HAVE NOT SEEN MUCH ... Read More »

Monsignor Yennock on Mother Francis Xavier Cabrini - Homily from July 19, 2020

Posted by Fr Thomas Ward on 7/20/20

MOTHER FRANCIS XAVIER CABRINI 2020

JULY 19, 2020

ON THURSDAY A GROUP OF PEOPLE MET AT THE COLUMBUS MONUMENT IN FRONT OF THE CATHEDRAL. I WAS ASKED TO OFFER A PRAYER ON THAT OCCASION. AS YOU KNOW THERE ARE A GROUP OF WELL-MEANING PEOPLE WHO WOULD LIKE TO HAVE ... Read More »