Here is the homily preached to the IHM Sisters on October 22, 2015, the feast of Pope Saint John Paul the Great.

Here is the homily preached to the IHM Sisters on October 21, 2015.

Here is the homily preached to the IHM Sisters on October 20, 2015.

Here is the homily preached to the IHM Sisters on October 19, 2015.

Here is the homily preached at St. John Parish in Clonmel on the 29th Sunday in Ordinary Time [Year B], October 18, 2015.

The Twenty-ninth Sunday in Ordinary Time [B]
Isaiah 53:10-11  +  Hebrews 4:14-16  +  Mark 10:35-45
October 18, 2015

“So let us confidently approach the throne of grace to receive mercy and to find grace for timely help.”

There are two different reasons why a person might need courage.

The first reason would be that he’s the sort of person who looks for trouble:  an aggressive person.  We all know people like this, who love conflict.

The second, very different reason a man might need courage is because trouble has found him.  This is a man who is content to be peaceful and quiet, but who—for whatever reason—finds himself thrown into conflict.  There, he has to make a basic decision:  fight or flight.  If he is a Christian, this is where he needs the virtue of prudence:  to choose, in this particular setting, the better course.

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Here is the homily preached to the IHM Sisters on October 16, 2015.

Here is the homily preached to the IHM Sisters on October 15, 2015, the feast of Our Holy Carmelite Mother, Saint Teresa of Jesus.

Here is the homily preached to the IHM Sisters on October 14, 2015.

Here is the homily preached to the IHM Sisters on October 13, 2015.