Fr. Joe Dailey Sunday Homily
conclusion of the Passion, chapter 15. Song: Crucem Tuam, Taizé
conclusion of chapter 14. Song: If I have been the source of pain. C. Maud Battersby
Jesus had been speaking of his impending death since the middle of the Gospel, but the Twelve struggled to conceive of a kingdom that would begin not with the death of their enemies, bu…
Were you there sung by Joe Dailey, Mari Reyes, Don Martus.
The Passion of St. Mark, chapter 14. Song: Stay Here and Keep Watch, Taizé.
We see Jesus when we willing to follow him, giving our lives away in love.
Nicodemus, a teacher of Israel, comes to Jesus, the light of the world, at night.
In offering his whole self to us - Body and blood - Jesus is renewing the Sinai covenant. We are being turned into the new temple that is able to participate in the life of God, who is …
On the mountain, we realize that humanity and divinity are really two sides of the same coin. Humanity is meant to become by grace, what divinity is by nature. We, too, are meant to shi…
Just as it was for Jesus in the wilderness - the angels waited on him, and he was with the wild beasts - so is true for us: both Heaven and Earth are within us.
Every year God says to us: “Lech lecha,” luring us into the Lenten wilderness beyond the confining boundaries of culture, kin and your parent’s house, so that we might once again discov…
Living inside a community of love is always costly. “Be imitators of me, as I am of Christ.” St. Paul encourages us, and then goes on to show us what that looks like: “not seeking my o…
By reading Job next to Mark, we begin to grasp the extent of the salvation that is happening here. The world is, in fact, alienated from itself and without hope. But with Jesus, the sta…
At the end of today’s Gospel, Mark returns us to the theme of authority and teaching.
Now we know that he is writing about the kind of teaching which liberates, which discerns the demoni…
Notice that what Jesus is doing is itself a sign that the kingdom of God is breaking in. Someone – John the Baptist – has been lost. In gathering a new people, Jesus is ushering in God’…
We are coming face to face with some very disturbing images of ourselves. But Jesus turns towards us, looks into us, and asks: “What are you looking for?” Jesus comes to show us the way…
In these few short verses, Mark has given us an overview of the entire story of Jesus, and Jesus has not yet spoken a single word.
When you walk by God’s shining radiance, then you shall be radiant at what you see. The meaning of this glorious feast, Epiphany, literally means “to shine upon.”
If we have lived long at all, we know that no one can love us like family, and no one can hurt us like family. “Grief is the price we pay for love.”