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DateHomilistReadingsHomily
01/07/2007 Deacon Mike Kulas 1st Reading: Is 60:1-6, Responsorial Psalm: Ps 72:1-2, 7-8, 10-11, 12-13, 2nd Reading: Eph 3:2-3a, 5-6, Gospel: Mt 2:1-12 The Epiphany of the Lord
01/14/2007 Deacon Chuck Dietsch 1st Reading: Is 62:1-5, Responsorial Psalm: Ps 96:1-2, 2-3, 7-8, 9-10, 2nd Reading: 1 Cor 12:4-11, Gospel: Jn 2:1-11 Second Sunday in Ordinary Time
01/21/2007 Father Joe Donnelly 1st Reading: Neh 8:2-4a, 5-6, 8-10, Responsorial Psalm: Ps 19:8, 9, 10, 15, 2nd Reading: 1 Cor 12:12-30 or 12:12-14, 27, Gospel: Lk 1:1-4; 4:14-21 Third Sunday in Ordinary Time
01/28/2007 Father William Thuer 1st Reading: Jer 1:4-5, 17-19, Responsorial Psalm: Ps 71:1-2, 3-4, 5-6, 15-17, 2nd Reading: 1 Cor 12:31—13:13 or 13:4-13, Gospel: Lk 4:21-30 Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time
02/04/2007 Father Joe Donnelly 1st Reading: Is 6:1-2a, 3-8, Responsorial Psalm: Ps 138:1-2, 2-3, 4-5, 7-8, 2nd Reading: 1 Cor 15:1-11 or 15:3-8, 11, Gospel: Lk 5:1-11 Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time
02/11/2007 Father Joe Donnelly 1st Reading: Jer 17:5-8, Responsorial Psalm: Ps 1:1-2, 3, 4 and 6, 2nd Reading: 1 Cor 15:12, 16-20, Gospel: Lk 6:17, 20-26 Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time
02/18/2007 Father Joe Donnelly 1st Reading: 1 Sm 26:2, 7-9, 12-13, 22-23, Responsorial Psalm: Ps 103:1-2, 3-4, 8, 10, 12-1, 2nd Reading: 1 Cor 15:45-49, Gospel: Lk 6:27-38 Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time
02/25/2007 Deacon Mike Kulas 1st Reading: Dt 26:4-10, Responsorial Psalm: Ps 91:1-2, 10-11, 12-13, 14-15, 2nd Reading: Rm 10:8-13, Gospel: Lk 4:1-13 First Sunday of Lent
03/04/2007 Father Joe Donnelly, Archbishop Henry Mansell 1st Reading: Gn 15:5-12, 17-18, Responsorial Psalm: Ps 27:1, 7-8, 8-9, 13-14, 2nd Reading: Phil 3:17—4:1 or 3:20—4:1, Gospel: Lk 9:28b-36 Second Sunday of Lent
03/11/2007 Deacon Mike Kulas 1st Reading: Ex 17:3-7, Responsorial Psalm: Ps 95:1-2, 6-7, 8-9, 2nd Reading: Rm 5:1-2, 5-8, Gospel: Jn 4:5-42 or 4:5-15, 19b-26, 39a, 40-42 Third Sunday of Lent
03/18/2007 Father Joe Donnelly 1st Reading: 1 Sm 16:1b, 6-7, 10-13a, Responsorial Psalm: Ps 23: 1-3a, 3b-4, 5, 6, 2nd Reading: Eph 5:8-14, Gospel: Jn 9:1-41 or 9:1, 6-9, 13-17, 34-38 Fourth Sunday of Lent
03/25/2007 Father Joe Donnelly 1st Reading: Ez 37:12-14, Responsorial Psalm: Ps 130:1-2, 3-4, 5-6, 7-8, 2nd Reading: Rm 8:8-11, Gospel: Jn 11:1-45 or 11:3-7, 17, 20-27, 33b-45 Fifth Sunday of Lent
04/07/2007 Father Joe Donnelly 1st Reading: Gn 1:1—2:2 or 1:1, 26-31a, Responsorial Psalm: Ps 104:1-2, 5-6, 10, 12, 13-14, 24, 35, 2nd Reading: Ps 33:4-5, 6-7, 12-13, 20 and 22, Gospel: Gn 22:1-18 or 22:1-2, 9a, 10-13, 15-18 Easter Sunday
04/15/2007 Father Joe Donnelly 1st Reading: Acts 5:12-16, Responsorial Psalm: Ps 118:2-4, 13-15, 22-24, 2nd Reading: Rev 1:9-11a, 12-13, 17-19, Gospel: Jn 20:19-31 Second Sunday of Easter
04/22/2007 Deacon Joe Lavoie 1st Reading: Acts 5:27-32, 40b-41, Responsorial Psalm: Ps 30:2, 4, 5-6, 11-12, 13, 2nd Reading: Rev 5:11-14, Gospel: Jn 21:1-19 or 21:1-14 Third Sunday of Easter
04/29/2007 Father Joe Donnelly 1st Reading: Acts 13:14, 43-52, Responsorial Psalm: Ps 100:1-2, 3, 5, 2nd Reading: Rev 7:9, 14b-17, Gospel: Jn 10:27-30 Fourth Sunday of Easter
05/06/2007 Father Joe Donnelly 1st Reading: Acts 14:21-27, Responsorial Psalm: Ps 145:8-9, 10-11, 12-13, 2nd Reading: Rev 21:1-5a, Gospel: Jn 13:31-33a, 34-35 Fifth Sunday of Easter
05/13/2007 Father Joe Donnelly 1st Reading: Acts 15:1-2, 22-29, Responsorial Psalm: Ps 67:2-3, 5, 6, 8, 2nd Reading: Rev 21:10-14, 22-23, Gospel: Jn 14:23-29 Sixth Sunday of Easter
05/20/2007 Father Joe Donnelly 1st Reading: Acts 7:55-60, Responsorial Psalm: Ps 97:1-2, 6-7, 9, 2nd Reading: Rev 22:12-14, 16-17, 20, Gospel: Jn 17:20-26 Seventh Sunday of Easter
05/27/2007 Father Joe Donnelly 1st Reading: Acts 2:1-11, Responsorial Psalm: Ps 104:1, 24, 29-30, 31, 34, 2nd Reading: 1 Cor 12:3b-7, 12-13, Gospel: Rom 8:8-17 Pentecost Sunday
06/03/2007 Haiti Mission Homilists 1st Reading: Prv 8:22-31, Responsorial Psalm: Ps 8:4-5, 6-7, 8-9, 2nd Reading: Rom 5:1-5, Gospel: Jn 16:12-15 The Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity
06/10/2007 Father Joe Donnelly 1st Reading: Gn 14:18-20, Responsorial Psalm: Ps 110:1, 2, 3, 4, 2nd Reading: 1 Cor 11:23-26, Gospel: Lk 9:11b-17 The Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ
06/17/2007 Deacon Mike Kulas 1st Reading: 2 Sm 12:7-10, 13, Responsorial Psalm: Ps 32:1-2, 5, 7, 11, 2nd Reading: Gal 2:16, 19-21, Gospel: Lk 7:36—8:3 or 7:36-50 Eleventh Sunday in Ordinary Time
06/24/2007 Father Joe Donnelly 1st Reading: Is 49:1-6, Responsorial Psalm: Ps 139:1b-3, 13-14ab, 14c-15, 2nd Reading: Acts 13:22-26, Gospel: Lk 1:57-66, 80 Solemnity of the Nativity of Saint John the Baptist
07/01/2007 Father Joe Donnelly 1st Reading: 1 Kgs 19:16b, 19-21, Responsorial Psalm: Ps 16:1-2, 5, 7-8, 9-10, 11, 2nd Reading: Gal 5:1, 13-18, Gospel: Lk 9:51-62 Thirteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
07/08/2007 Deacon Joe Lavoie 1st Reading: Is 66:10-14c, Responsorial Psalm: Ps 66:1-3, 4-5, 6-7, 16, 20, 2nd Reading: Gal 6:14-18, Gospel: Lk 10:1-12, 17-20 or 10:1-9 Fourteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
07/15/2007 Father Joe Donnelly 1st Reading: Dt 30:10-14, Responsorial Psalm: Ps 69:14, 17, 30-31, 33-34, 36, 37, 2nd Reading: Ps 19:8, 9, 10, 11, Gospel: Col 1:15-20 Fifteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
08/05/2007 Deacon Chuck Dietsch 1st Reading: Ecc 1:2; 2:21-23, Responsorial Psalm: Ps 90:3-4, 5-6, 12-13, 14, 17, 2nd Reading: Col 3:1-5, 9-11, Gospel: Lk 12:13-21 Eighteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
08/12/2007 Father Joe Donnelly 1st Reading: Wis 18:6-9, Responsorial Psalm: Ps 33:1, 12, 18-19, 20-22, 2nd Reading: Heb 11:1-2, 8-19 or 11:1-2, 8-12, Gospel: Lk 12:32-48 or 12:35-40 Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
08/19/2007 Father Joe Donnelly 1st Reading: Jer 38:4-6, 8-10, Responsorial Psalm: Ps 40:2, 3, 4, 18, 2nd Reading: Heb 12:1-4, Gospel: Lk 12:49-53 Twentieth Sunday in Ordinary Time
08/26/2007 Father Joe Donnelly 1st Reading: Is 66:18-21, Responsorial Psalm: Ps 117:1, 2, 2nd Reading: Heb 12:5-7, 11-13, Gospel: Lk 13:22-30 Twenty-first Sunday in Ordinary Time
09/02/2007 Father Joe Donnelly 1st Reading: Sir 3:17-18, 20, 28-29, Responsorial Psalm: Ps 68:4-5, 6-7, 10-11, 2nd Reading: Heb 12:18-19, 22-24a, Gospel: Lk 14:1, 7-14 Twenty-second Sunday in Ordinary Time
09/09/2007 Father Joe Donnelly 1st Reading: Wis 9:13-18b, Responsorial Psalm: Ps 90:3-4, 5-6, 12-13, 14-17, 2nd Reading: Phmn 9-10, 12-17, Gospel: Lk 14:25-33 Twenty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time
09/16/2007 Deacon Chuck Dietsch 1st Reading: Ex 32:7-11, 13-14, Responsorial Psalm: Ps 51:3-4, 12-13, 17, 19, 2nd Reading: 1 Tm 1:12-17, Gospel: Lk 15:1-32 or 15:1-10 Twenty-fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time
09/23/2007 Father Joe Donnelly 1st Reading: Am 8:4-7, Responsorial Psalm: Ps 113:1-2, 4-6, 7-8, 2nd Reading: 1 Tm 2:1-8, Gospel: Lk 16:1-13 or 16:10-13 Twenty-fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time
09/30/2007 Deacon Joe Lavoie 1st Reading: Am 6:1a, 4-7, Responsorial Psalm: Ps 146:7, 8-9, 9-10, 2nd Reading: 1 Tm 6:11-16, Gospel: Lk 16:19-31 Twenty-sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time
10/07/2007 Father Joe Donnelly 1st Reading: Hab 1:2-3; 2:2-4, Responsorial Psalm: Ps 95:1-2, 6-7, 8-9, 2nd Reading: 2 Tm 1:6-8, 13-14, Gospel: Lk 17:5-10 Twenty-seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time
10/14/2007 Father Joe Donnelly 1st Reading: 2 Kgs 5:14-17, Responsorial Psalm: Ps 98:1, 2-3, 3-4, 2nd Reading: 2 Tm 2:8-13, Gospel: Lk 17:11-19 Twenty-eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time
10/21/2007 Father Joe Donnelly 1st Reading: Ex 17:8-13, Responsorial Psalm: Ps 121:1-2, 3-4, 5-6, 7-8, 2nd Reading: 2 Tm 3:14-4:2, Gospel: Lk 18:1-8 Twenty-ninth Sunday in Ordinary Time
10/28/2007 Father Joe Donnelly 1st Reading: Sir 35:12-14, 16-18, Responsorial Psalm: Ps 34:2-3, 17-18, 19, 23, 2nd Reading: 2 Tm 4:6-8, 16-18, Gospel: Lk 18:9-14 Thirtieth Sunday in Ordinary Time
11/04/2007 Father Joe Donnelly 1st Reading: Wis 11:22-12:2, Responsorial Psalm: Ps 145:1-2, 8-9, 10-11, 13, 14, 2nd Reading: 2 Thes 1:11-2:2, Gospel: Lk 19:1-10 Thirty-first Sunday in Ordinary Time
11/18/2007 Father Joe Donnelly 1st Reading: Mal 3:19-20a, Responsorial Psalm: Ps 98:5-6, 7-8, 9, 2nd Reading: 2 Thes 3:7-12, Gospel: Lk 21:5-19 Thirty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time
11/25/2007 Father Joe Donnelly 1st Reading: 2 Sm 5:1-3, Responsorial Psalm: Ps 122:1-2, 3-4, 4-5, 2nd Reading: Col 1:12-20, Gospel: Lk 23:35-43 The Solemnity of Christ the King
12/02/2007 Father Joe Donnelly 1st Reading: Is 2:1-5, Responsorial Psalm: Ps 122: 1-2, 3-4, 4-5, 6-7, 8-9, 2nd Reading: Rom 13:11-14, Gospel: Mt 24:37-44 First Sunday of Advent
12/09/2007 Father Joe Donnelly 1st Reading: Is 11:1-10, Responsorial Psalm: Ps 72:1-2, 7-8, 12-13, 17, 2nd Reading: Rom 15:4-9, Gospel: Mt 3:1-12 Second Sunday of Advent
12/16/2007 Father Joe Donnelly 1st Reading: Is 35:1-6a, 10, Responsorial Psalm: Ps 146:6-7, 8-9, 9-10, 2nd Reading: Jas 5:7-10, Gospel: Mt 11:2-11 Third Sunday of Advent
12/23/2007 Deacon Chuck Dietsch 1st Reading: Is 7:10-14, Responsorial Psalm: Ps 24:1-2, 3-4, 5-6, 2nd Reading: Rom 1:1-7, Gospel: Mt 1:18-24 Fourth Sunday of Advent
12/25/2007 Father Joe Donnelly 1st Reading: Is 9:1-6, Responsorial Psalm: Ps 96: 1-2, 2-3, 11-12, 13, 2nd Reading: Ti 2:11-14, Gospel: Lk 2:1-14 The Nativity of the Lord
12/30/2007 Archbishop Henry Mansell 1st Reading: Sir 3:2-6, 12-14, Responsorial Psalm: Ps 128:1-2, 3, 4-5, 2nd Reading: Col 3:12-21 or 3:12-17, Gospel: Mt 2:13-15, 19-23 Feast of the Holy Family of Jesus, Mary and Joseph

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DateHomily
04/6/2007Holy Thursday - What's Love Got To Do With It - Part 1 - Love As Humble Service
04/7/2007Good Friday - What's Love Got To Do With It - Part 2 - Love As Sacrifice
04/8-9/2007Holy Saturday/Easter Sunday - What's Love Got To Do With It - Part 3 - Love Brings Forth Life
12/25/2007Christmas


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