https://youtu.be/SDHPchwcsik Following is the prepared text from Bishop Olmsted’s homily for the 16th Sunday in Ordinary Time. July 19, 2020 “Do you want us to go and pull up the weeds? ‘No’! He replied.” This abrupt “NO!” in the parable of the weeds catches us off guard. Why not rejoice at the offer [...]
Following is the prepared text from Bishop Olmsted’s homily for Father's Day, the 12th Sunday in Ordinary Time. June 21, 2020 “Fear no one.” – Mt 10:26 Why does Jesus repeat this mandate against fear three times in today’s Gospel passage? For at least 3 reasons: firstly, because whoever accepts Jesus’ call to follow Him [...]
Following is the prepared text from Bishop Olmsted’s homily for Corpus Christi Sunday. June 14, 2020 “I am the living bread… come down from heaven; whoever eats this bread will live forever.” - Jn 6:51 At the center of the Christian life stands the Eucharist. At the center is Jesus. The Eucharist is the [...]
https://youtu.be/1B-T5DWmJyo Father, Forgive the Sin of Racism Following is the prepared text from Bishop Olmsted’s homily from the Mass for Forgiveness of the Sin of Racism. June 8, 2020 During His sorrowful Passion in the Garden of Gethsemane and while dying on the Cross on Calvary, Jesus found in the Psalms words to cry out [...]
Following is the prepared text from Bishop Olmsted’s homily for Trinity Sunday. June 7, 2020 “God so loved the world the world that He gave His only Son.” – John 3:16 “God so loves…” At the foundation of the world, at the creation of the universe, God’s love was the source of all that [...]
Following is the prepared text from Bishop Olmsted’s homily for the Ordination of Transitional Deacon, Ian Wintering May 31, 2020 By God’s providence, you are being ordained a deacon on the day when the Church celebrates the great Feast of Pentecost. Pentecost is not a history lesson; not an event stuck in the past. [...]
Following is the prepared text from Bishop Olmsted’s homily for the Ascension of the Lord. May 24, 2020 St. Paul writes to the Ephesians (Eph 1:18f), “May the eyes of your hearts be enlightened that you may know…what is the surpassing greatness of His power for us who believe.” This prayer of Saint Paul [...]
Following is the prepared text from Bishop Olmsted’s homily for the sixth Sunday of Easter.
Following is the prepared text from Bishop Olmsted’s homily from Mother's Day, the fifth Sunday of Easter.
Following is the prepared text from Bishop Olmsted’s homily from the fourth Sunday of Easter.
