Fr. Joe Dailey Sunday Homily
Clinging to vengeance tortures us with our vengeance for as long as we are imprisoned by it.
When we forgive, we do not forget. Rather, we remember in a different way.
The cross is not just a singular event. It’s a statement from God that reality has a cruciform pattern.
Jesus also calls Simon the son of Jonah. Jonah was the one who went the other way when God sent him to preach to the Ninevites, who are gentiles. Peter, like Jonah, will resist this mis…
By the end of Matthew’s Gospel, the mission has changed: “Go, Make disciples of all nations." When Matthew is writing the Gospel, the Church has a mission to the Gentiles. Could it be t…
From the FRIENDS Reunion concert at Christ the Redeemer, 2006.
Words and music by Joe Dailey, copyright © 1975 Alba House Media, Canfield OH. Used with permission.
Perhaps it is the time for the church to learn to apply the lesson of the deep communion we share with God and one another.
"When Jesus heard that Herod had beheaded John the Baptist, he withdrew in a boat to a deserted place by himself." (Mt. 14:13) Let’s stop to consider what Jesus is doing; the entire pas…
Mary Magdalene wants to hold on to what she thinks she has lost; only in letting go, will she be able to receive the hidden treasure that God has prepared for us.
"Mary Magdelen" by Jane…
We have three more images today and I would like to suggest three words: Faith, hope and Love.
"Because there is one bread, we who are many are one body, for we all partake of the one bread." (1 Cor. 10:17)
During his “long and lonely” years in prison, Nelson Mandela’s passion
for the liberation of his people expanded, becoming “a hunger for the freedom of all people, white and black.” He…
Pentecost is not so much about the power of God coming from outside us, but a releasing of the power that is already within us.
What began in the Lord's resurrection is now ready to burst forth and flood the world through the work of the disciples.
When Jesus tells his disciples, “I will not leave you as orphans; I will come to you,” he is both acknowledging their impending vulnerability and reminding them that they are not alone.…
Jesus is changing the location of his father's house from the Temple to the Temple of his body. And we too, are being built Into a spiritual house.
Pope Francis' prayer to Mary for the month of May
In the very temple area filled with sheep on their way to slaughter, Joshua / Jesus declares there is a way out: “I have come that they may have life, and have it abundantly. (John 10:…