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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 Twenty-Second Sunday in Ordinary Time (2025)
Humility is that virtue that allows us to understand who and what we are as God’s children
The Twenty-First Sunday in Ordinary Time (2025)
The way we live proclaims to the world in which we live is that salvation is for all, and we are evidence of this
The Twentieth Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year C)
What are you passionate about? What stirs up the fire within you?
The Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time (2025)
God is ready and waiting to open the door when we knock, to give us what we ask, to reveal himself when we seek
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 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 Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year C)
Love of one's enemy constitutes the nucleus of the “Christian revolution”
The Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year C)
God doesn’t choose us because of our greatness or our giftedness
The Third Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year C)
Saint Luke reminds us that Jesus is the fulfillment of the promises made through the prophets and the fulness of God’s revelation
The Second Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year C)
Cana marked a beginning and in the transformation of the water into wine we discover that Jesus wasn’t simply another prophet or holy man
The Thirty-Third Sunday in Ordinary Time (2024)
As Christians, we are called to live for the future.
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”
The Twenty-Eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time (2024)
The Wisdom of God—Christ—is worth more than any sort of riches or possessions
The Twenty-Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time (2024)
It is when we allow ourselves to be little, the Lord comes close: “He gives us peace; he makes us grow.”
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