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Pray and Reflect
These homilies and reflections by Father Silas explore the Readings of the Sunday Mass and the times and sesons of the Christian life
The Sixteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time (2025)
This story is a lesson in discipleship which invites us to reflect on how we recognize and welcome Jesus as he comes to us today
The Fifteenth Sunday of Ordinary Time (2025)
This Sunday’s Gospel reminds us that our commitment to live as disciples of Jesus asks that we imitate his selfless service
The Fourteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time (Cycle C)
Today, Jesus is reminding us that “the harvest is great but the laborers are few.”
The Solemnity of Saints Peter and Paul (2025)
In celebrating this Solemnity, we honor two people who gave all that they were in service of the Gospel and the Church.
The Ascension of the Lord (2025)
The Solemnity of the Ascension of the Lord reminds us that Jesus disappeared from the disciples’ physical sight so that he might become more present to the eyes of their hearts
The Fifth Sunday of Easter (2025)
We are to love others as Jesus has loved us, in dynamic and life-giving ways
Easter Sunday 2025
Living Easter means living life in the sure knowledge that everything has changed
The Second Sunday of Lent (2025)
Jesus wants us to see his glory, so that we can cling to that experience
The Eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year C)
This Sunday’s Readings are inviting us to look at our lives and on the realities of the world around us with clear eyes
The Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year C)
God doesn’t choose us because of our greatness or our giftedness
The Thirty-Second Sunday in Ordinary Time (2024)
Jesus celebrates the poor widow is giving over all her entire life and livelihood for the service of God
The Thirtieth Sunday in Ordinary Time (2024)
When we open ourselves to God’s grace, we can be healed of that blindness of spirit that sometimes prevents us from following Jesus with freedom and joy
The Twenty-Ninth Sunday in Ordinary Time (2024)
“Whoever wishes to be great among you will be your servant; whoever wishes to be first among you will be the slave of all”
October 7: The Memorial of Our Lady of the Rosary
Mary stands before us as an icon of discipleship and a model of the Church at prayer
Twenty-Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time (2024)
Our faithfulness isn’t expressed in token gestures or in rigid orthodoxy, but in living according to the mission and values of Jesus
The Twenty-Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time
To believe that Jesus is calling us to a life of discipleship means that we must be willing to place ourselves at the service of others
The Fifteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time (2024)
Like the Prophet Amos in the First Reading and the Apostles in our Gospel, we are also called entrusted with the responsibility of tirelessly proclaiming the Good News of God’s Mercy.
The Sixth Sunday of Easter (2024)
We are called to reach across the boundaries—whatever form they might take—and invite others to join us in living out this mission.
The First Sunday of Lent (Year B)
The Season of Lent ultimately reminds us that holiness is possible for us only when we enter into the struggle.