In this beautiful homily for 7th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year B, Father Hanly looks at sin and forgiveness, and helps us to understand that sin is really a refusal to love and to commit a sin is very often to break a heart.
Tag: Lent
Self-Sacrificing Love
Father Hanly’s homily for 5th Sunday of Lent, Year B, is on self-sacrificing love.
The Money Changers
In his homily for 3rd Sunday of Lent, Year B, Father Hanly explains, with great kindness and understanding, the difficult story of Jesus throwing the money changers out of the temple.
Human Sacrifice
Father Hanly’s homily for 2nd Sunday of Lent, Year B, is about human sacrifice, and after looking at today’s reading about Abraham and Isaac, he tells a story from Taiwan.
Lent
For 1st Sunday of Lent, Year B, we have a touching and thought-provoking homily by Father Hanly on the topic of Lent.
“Master, The One You Love Is Ill”
“Master, The One You Love Is Ill” In this wonderful homily for 5th Sunday of Lent, Year A, Father Hanly explains that the key to understanding the gospel about the raising of Lazarus can be found in the words “Master, the one you love is ill.” Readings First Reading: Ezekiel 37:12-14 Responsorial Psalm: Psalms 130:1-2,…
Blind That I Might See
Blind That I Might See In this lovely homily for 4th Sunday of Lent, Year A, Father Hanly looks at the story of the man who was blind from birth, and then he tells the story of Florette. Readings First Reading: First Samuel 16:1, 6-7, 10-13 Responsorial Psalm: Psalms 23:1-3, 3-4, 5, 6 Second Reading:…
Thirst For More Than Water
Thirst For More Than Water In this really beautiful homily for 3rd Sunday of Lent, Year A, Father Hanly gives us a real feeling for what happened between Jesus and the Samaritan woman. Readings First Reading: Exodus 17:3-7 Responsorial Psalm: Psalms 95:1-2, 6-7, 8-9 Second Reading: Romans 5:1-2, 5-8 Gospel: John 4:5-42 or 4:5-15, 19-26,…
Transfigured by the Love of God
Transfigured by the Love of God Father Hanly’s homily for 2nd Sunday of Lent, Year A, was delivered following the earthquake and tsunami that devastated Japan in 2011. Readings First Reading: Genesis 12:1-4 Responsorial Psalm: Psalms 33:4-5, 18-19, 20, 22 Second Reading: Second Timothy 1:8-10 Gospel: Matthew 17:1-9 Recording Transcript (Tiny bit at beginning missing, but…
