Good Guys and Bad Guys?

Good Guys and Bad Guys? In this beautiful homily for 16th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year A, Father Hanly cautions us not to look at The Parable of the Weeds Among the Wheat in too simplistic a way. Readings for Sixteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year A First Reading: Wisdom 12:13, 16-19 Responsorial Psalm: Psalms…

The Prodigal Sower

The Prodigal Sower In this beautiful homily for 15th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year A, Father Hanly looks at parables in general and then he gives us some wonderful insights into the Parable of the Sower. Readings for Fifteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year A First Reading: Isaiah 55:10-11 Responsorial Psalm: Psalms 65:10, 11, 12-13,…

The Rich Man

The Rich Man Father Hanly’s homily for 26th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year C, is on the parable of the rich man and Lazarus. It is beautiful. Readings for Twenty-Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year C First Reading: Amos 6:1, 4-7 Responsorial Psalm: Psalms 146:7, 8-9, 9-10 Second Reading: First Timothy 6:11-16 Gospel: Luke 16:19-31…

More than Loaves and Fishes

More than Loaves and Fishes Father Hanly’s homily for 17th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year B, is on the Loaves and the Fishes. It is beautiful and it builds to a wonderful conclusion. Readings for Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year B First Reading: Second Kings 4:42-44 Responsorial Psalm: Psalms 145:10-11, 15-16, 17-18 Second Reading:…

Wonderful Parables

Wonderful Parables In Father Hanly’s beautiful homily for 11th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year B, he sheds light on this week’s parables and why it is that some “look but do not see, and hear but do not listen or understand.” Readings for Eleventh Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year B First Reading: Ezekiel 17:22-24 Responsorial…