Fr. Joe Dailey
Fr. Joe Dailey Sunday Homily
- Update frequency
- every 6 days
- Average duration
- 9 minutes
- Episodes
- 333
- Years Active
- 2020 - 2025
Homily for Christmas 2020
God appears in, with, under, and as flesh, with a human body, a body made from the same stardust that makes up all other bodies.
Homily for the 4th Sunday of Advent, B
We too are asked to make a dwelling place for God; to put skin on God, making Christ present and living among us.
The Rabbi's Gift
I learned this story from John Shea, who received it as a gift from an Hasidic Storyteller Reuven Gold. It is sometimes attributed to "unknown origin." This is M. Scott Peck’s version …
Homily for the 3rd Sunday of Advent, B
“It is a glorious destiny to be a member of the human race, though it is a race dedicated to many absurdities and one which makes many terrible mistakes: yet, with all that, God Himself…
Homily for the 2nd Sunday Advent B
Mark's Gospel is just the beginning. After we have heard it, the Gospel continues in us. We won’t need pen and ink; we write the Gospel with our lives. In welcoming Christ among us, eve…
Homily for the 1st Sunday of Advent, B.
Advent means to come. We imagine that we are waiting for the coming of God into the world; but it is God who is waiting for us to incarnate divine love.
Homily For the Solemnity of Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe
Matthew 25 should not be read as a parable about the sorting of individuals in the afterlife according to principles of personal charity, but as a prophecy of how nations are measured i…
Homily for Sunday Ordinary 33 A
The problem with the timid servant who buried his talent is not that he was an ineffective venture capitalist, but that he fundamentally misunderstood the nature of what he had been giv…
Homily for Sunday Ordinary 32 A
The wise maidens are the ones who keep their lamps trimmed and burning, ready to lift a torch for anyone: the hungry, the poor, the stranger and the outcast.
All Souls Day Reflection
Our beloved dead are connected to God, and therefore connected to everything that God loves.
On That Day, by Joe Dailey
Hymn for the Feast of All Saints, reflection on the reading 1 John, 3:1-3
HOMILY SOLEMNITY OF ALL SAINTS
"“The only great tragedy in life, is not to become a saint.” (Léon Bloy)
Homily for Sunday Ordinary 30 A
When the Pharisees ask their last tricky question, Jesus does indeed out-trick them. But he doesn't do it by giving the right answer; he out-tricks them by actually being the right answ…
Homily for Sunday Ordinary 29 A
On our best days, remembering that we are made In the image and likeness of God, we will make God present in our living and loving. On that day, the world will have a glimpse of what Go…
Homily for Sunday Ordinary 28 A
In his new encyclical, Pope Francis points to the worldwide tragedy of the Covid-19 pandemic that momentarily revived the sense that we are a global community, all in the same boat, whe…
Homily for Sunday Ordinary 27 A
Jesus authority and power is shown quite clearly: Jesus is the one who gives life instead of taking it.
Autumn Thanksgiving
"For Autumn and the leaves of death, we give you thanks O Lord."
Homily for Sunday Ordinary 26 A
"We wanted our Bible to reflect life. In life you are not given the chance to erase your mistakes. Your only choice is to admit the mistake and then move on. In our Bible we wanted to s…
Homily Ordinary 25 A
The grumbling of the workers from the first hour reflects the grumbling of Jesus’ contemporaries who were outraged at the new thing he was beginning with his disciples: a common life th…