Two-Minute Homily by Fr Wrex Woolnough for the Twenty-First Sunday in Ordinary Time 2024. “We are not just a chosen people, but a people with a choice. Are you open to the living bread of life, that challenges us to see all things differently?”...

Homily given August 13, 2024, at the Cathedral of St. Mary of the Assumption.Av Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone

Two-Minute Homily by Fr Minje Kim for the Twentieth Sunday in Ordinary Time 2024. “Jesus invites us to take His Body and Blood, not because we have to do it as a formality, but because He desires our lives to be signs of eternal life.” The...

Two-Minute Reflection by Dcn Ivan and Liliana Ortiz for the Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time 2024. “The bread of life truly comes down from heaven, let us appreciate it and praise Jesus for the daily gift of the Eucharist available to us so that...

Two-Minute Homily by Dcn Andrew O'Brien for the Eighteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time 2024. “God, through his Word, poses a simple question for us today. Where is the bread of Jesus in my life?” The post Eighteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time –...

Two-Minute Homily by Fr Bob Harwood for the Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time 2024. “Having received the Eucharist, how do we distribute the impact of Christ's miracle of sacrifice and compassion to those with whom we gather?” The post...

Two-Minute Homily by Fr Tom Elich for the Sixteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time 2024. “Our prayer time is not an escape from our mission to love and care for others. Rather, our quiet time gives us the focus and the energy to do our ministry well.”...

This summer, we are celebrating 25 years of Café Catholica - our annual young adult summer series! Listen as Fr. Sean Horrigan and Vivian Ramos, two members of the team that helped to launch Café Catholica 25 years ago, reminisce about the beginnings of this annual event and why they still encourage young adults to attend today. The Café Catholica …

Two-Minute Homily by Fr Fadi Salame for the Fifteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time 2024. “The essence of the Christian message is clear, prayer first, asking for the guidance of the Holy Spirit, then go forth to proclaim the gospel without fear.”...

Two-Minute Homily by Fr William Aupito Iuliano for the Fourteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time 2024. “Although we might feel afraid, may we step forward in faith and realise it's the Lord who changes us, and makes us into the people he desires for us...

Most of us are familiar with the Corporal Works of Mercy, but the instruction to visit those in prison can be a challenge to many Catholics. Maybe we are held back by fear or intimidation or perhaps we don't know how to help or where to start. Today I'm joined by Scott Underwood, Associate Director with the Office of Correctional Ministries for the…

Two-Minute Homily by Fr Josh Whitehead for the Thirteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time 2024. “We have power to mediate God's life and love to others who are struggling with the darkness… It is the responsibility of every baptised to actively accompany...

Two-Minute Homily by Fr Jacob Kalu for the Twelfth Sunday in Ordinary Time 2024. “If we feel that Jesus is sleeping, are we comfortable enough to wake Jesus and present him with our needs?” The post Twelfth Sunday in Ordinary Time –...

Homily given June 15, 2024, at the Cathedral of St. Mary of the Assumption.Av Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone

Two-Minute Homily by Fr Anthony Mellor for the Eleventh Sunday in Ordinary Time 2024. “The way Jesus tells it, faith is about openness to growth, openness to the unexpected, openness to a harvest that is not our work but about what God desires for...

Two-Minute Homily by Fr Emmanuel Ayankudy for the Tenth Sunday in Ordinary Time 2024. “The challenges we face in this world may seem overwhelming, but our hope and trust in God sustains us.” The post Tenth Sunday in Ordinary Time –...

Two-Minute Homily by Fr Adrian Farrelly for the Feast of Corpus Christi 2024 (The Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ). “At Eucharist, in communion, we literally believe as we eat the bread and drink the cup, we take our Lord into ourselves.”...

Homily given May 25, 2024, at the Cathedral of St. Mary of the Assumption.Av Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone

Join us for a conversation with our three seminarians - Dcn. David Ramirez, Dcn. Viet Nguyen, and Dcn. Luis Armas - who are about to be ordained as priests for the Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston on Saturday, June 1 at 10 a.m. at the Co-Cathedral of the Sacred Heart in downtown Houston. They shared their vocation stories, their calling to the prie…

Two-Minute Homily by Fr Morgan Batt for the Feast of the Most Holy Trinity 2024. “Jesus says, I promise to be with you to the end of time. What does that mean? Emmanuel, God With Us, promises to be with us.” The post Feast of the Most Holy...

Homily given May 19, 2024, at the Cathedral of St. Mary of the Assumption.Av Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone

Two-Minute Homily by Fr Jack Ho for Pentecost Sunday 2024. “Today, we pray that, already filled with the Gifts of the Holy Spirit, we may go out to proclaim that peace into a world that is in so much need of it.” The post Pentecost Sunday...

Two-Minute Homily by Fr Ihemelandu Uzuegbu for the The Ascension of the Lord 2024. “The Ascension of the Lord is not the departure of Jesus from us, rather it must be seen as a new presence of Jesus among us.” The post The Ascension of the...

Two-Minute Homily by Fr Lucius Edomobi for the Sixth Sunday of Easter 2024. “When we become friends with Jesus, it changes the way we live. We begin to pray better, experience more peace, comfort, and joy in our lives, knowing that we are truly...

Almost two years ago, with their decision in the Dobbs vs. Jackson Women's Health Organization, the Supreme Court overturned Roe vs. Wade and officially overturned the constitutional right to an abortion in the United States. Since then, the decision on how abortions are handled has been relegated to each individual state, which means that the figh…

Homily given April 28, 2024, at the Cathedral of St. Mary of the Assumption.Av Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone

Two-Minute Homily by Fr John Fowles for the Fifth Sunday of Easter 2024. “The Holy Spirit comes forth from the nature of Christ and into our nature through the sacraments of His Church.” The post Fifth Sunday of Easter – Two-Minute...

Two-Minute Homily by Dcn Gary Stone for the Fourth Sunday of Easter 2024. “My lived experience is that the Spirit of ANZAC is founded on the Spirit of following Jesus as good shepherds.” The post Fourth Sunday of Easter – Two-Minute...

We often hear about high school-age teenagers today having to deal with issues and facing challenges that many of us never had to deal with when we were their age. And the idea of working with them and accompanying them on their faith journeys can be intimidating when we think about the teen culture that can sometimes seem so foreign and inaccessib…

Two-Minute Homily by Fr Regimon Gervasis for the Third Sunday of Easter 2024. “Easter invites us to believe and witness the living God. We are sent forth to share the joy and peace, as we share our story of meeting Jesus.” The post Third...

Two-Minute Homily by Dcn Peter Devenish Meares for the Second Sunday of Easter 2024. “When lost, doubting and struggling, what would you have Jesus say to you today right where you are?” The post Second Sunday of Easter – Two-Minute...

"We are an Easter people, and alleluia is our song!" Happy Easter! As Catholics, we will celebrate the season of Easter for 50 days until Pentecost. But what does it mean to be an Easter people? How do we maintain that joy long after the decorations are put away and all the Easter candy has been eaten? Fr. Richard Hinkley from St. Mary's Seminary j…

Homilía dada el 31 de marzo de 2024 en la Catedral de Santa María de la Asunción.Av Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone

Homily given March 31, 2024, at the Cathedral of St. Mary of the Assumption.Av Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone

Homily given March 28, 2024, at the Cathedral of St. Mary of the Assumption.Av Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone

Two-Minute Homily by Archbishop Mark Coleridge for Easter Sunday 2024. "Easter is the moment when Jesus rises from the tomb against all the odds. But Easter is also about the birth of the Good News from the tomb of our heart." The post Easter Sunday...

Homily given March 25, 2024, at the Cathedral of St. Mary of the Assumption.Av Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone

We have entered Holy Week, and this Thursday evening, we will leave the season of Lent and enter into the Sacred Paschal Triduum, which begins with the evening Mass of the Lord’s Supper on Holy Thursday, reaches its high point in the Easter Vigil, and closes with Evening Prayer on Easter Sunday. These three days mark the summit of our liturgical ye…

Homily given March 24, 2024, at the Cathedral of St. Mary of the Assumption.Av Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone

Homily given March 21, 2024, at the Cathedral of St. Mary of the Assumption.Av Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone

Two-Minute Homily by Fr Peter Dillon for Palm Sunday (Passion Sunday) 2024. "Traditionally during Holy week, we focus on the sufferings of Jesus. Rather, it is holy because of the inexplicable and immeasurable love that prompted that suffering." The...

Two-Minute Homily by Dcn Peter Pellicaan for the Fifth Sunday of Lent 2024. "Today we're invited to examine what we love. Do we love God more than our own lives?" The post Fifth Sunday of Lent - Two-Minute Homily: Dcn Peter Pellicaan appeared first...

Two-Minute Homily by Dcn Paul Jensen for the Fourth Sunday of Lent 2024. "We are invited to receive God's gift of grace in Christ; to humbly open ourselves to God's transcendent and sacred presence in our lives." The post Fourth Sunday of Lent - Two-Minute...