Homilies for Cycle B

(Fr. Phil Bloom, Pastor Holy Family, Seattle)

First Sunday of Advent: The Diagnosis

Second Advent: Sins of Impatience

Our Lady Of Guadalupe "Am I Not Your Mother?" (December 12)

Third Advent: Too Serious to Take Seriously

Fourth Advent: The Greatest Boast of our Race

Christmas: The Tiny Footsteps of Jesus

Holy Family Sunday: The Dignity of Marriage

New Year's Day: Three Lessons for the New Year

Epiphany: A Glimpse of the Mystery

Baptism of Lord: The Power of Baptism

Second Sunday Ordinary Time: Chosen with Care

Third Ordinary: Repent and Believe

Fourth Ordinary: Free of Anxiety

Presentation of the Lord: The Fortieth Day of Christmas

Fifth Ordinary: Entrusted With a Stewardship

Sixth Ordinary: The Power of Compassion

Seventh Ordinary: No Forgiveness for Darwin

Eighth Ordinary: The Days of Her Youth

Ninth Ordinary: Jesus is the Question

Ash Wednesday: Don't Waste This Crisis

First Sunday of Lent: Knee Mail

Second Lent: A Glimpse of the Mystery

Third Lent: A Jealous God

Fourth Lent: The Beauty of Humility

Fifth Lent: A Matter of Life and Death

Passion (Palm) Sunday: God's Justice

Holy Thursday: Join the Nearest Household

Good Friday: He Learned Obedience

Easter Vigil: Born Again!

Easter Sunday: Eternal Life Begins Now

Second Sunday Easter (Divine Mercy Sunday): The Eighth Day

Third Easter: The God of Our Fathers

Fourth Easter: Basics of Salvation

Fifth Easter: Because We Keep His Commandments

Sixth Easter: A Physical Relationship

Ascension: What Good-Bye Means

Pentecost: The Soul's Most Welcome Guest

Trinity Sunday: Purpose of Our Existence

Corpus Christi Sunday: What Have I Given You?

Tenth Ordinary: The Unforgivable Sin

Birth of John the Baptist: God is Gracious

Twelfth Ordinary: Who Calms Storms

Thirteenth Ordinary: For Your Love And Fidelity

Solemnity of Saints Peter and Paul: What Peter Meant to Paul

Fourteenth Ordinary: Some Requests

Fifteenth Ordinary: Repent and Pray

Sixteenth Ordinary: Rest a While

Seventeenth Ordinary: Think of All the Souls

Eighteenth Ordinary: I Am the Bread of Life

Transfiguration: The Son of Man

Nineteenth Ordinary: Mistaken Familiarity

Twentieth Ordinary: Unless You Eat

Twenty-First Ordinary: Crossing the Line

Twenty-Second Ordinary: Not Add Nor Subtract

Twenty-Third Ordinary: Hearing his Voice

Exaltation of the Holy Cross: The True Stigmata

Twenty-Fourth Ordinary: Jesus' Identity

Twenty-Fifth Ordinary: The Antidote for Envy

Twenty-Sixth Ordinary: Gehenna

Twenty-Seventh Ordinary: Male and Female He Made Them

Twenty-Eighth Sunday: The Best Exegetes

Twenty-Ninth Sunday: Whoever Wishes to be Great

Thirtieth Sunday: Mystery of Human Affliction

All Saints: Perfect Joy

All Souls: Sister Death

Thirty-First Sunday: Men have forgotten God

Dedication of Lateran Basilica: I Saw Water

Thirty-Second Sunday: God Gives It All

Thirty-Third Sunday: God's Election and Human Choice

Thanksgiving Homily: Thanksgiving and Salvation

Christ the King Sunday: I Am the Alpha and the Omega

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