Father Andy's Weekly Homilies

Listen here to my homily for Solemnity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, the Mother of God. It was given to Saint Brigid Parish, Meadville, PA on Wednesday, January 1, 2020, at the 9:30 am parish mass. A Reading from the Holy Gospel according to Luke The shepherds went in haste to Bethlehem and found Mary and Joseph, and the infant lying in the manger. When they saw this, they made known the message that had been told them about this child. All who heard it were amazed by what had been told them...

Listen here to my homily for Christ the King Sunday. It was given to Saint Mary of Grace Parish, Meadville, PA on Sunday, November 24,, 2019, at the 11:00 am parish mass. A reading from the Holy Gospel according to Luke The rulers sneered at Jesus and said,"He saved others, let him save himselfif he is the chosen one, the Christ of God." Even the soldiers jeered at him. As they approached to offer him wine they called out,"If you are King of the Jews, save yourself." Above him there was an...

Listen here to my homily for the Twenty-sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time. It was given to Allegheny College Newman Club, Meadville, PA on Sunday, September 29, 2019, at the 6:30 pm mass. A Reading from the Book of the Prophet Amos Thus says the LORD the God of hosts: Woe to the complacent in Zion! Lying upon beds of ivory, stretched comfortably on their couches, they eat lambs taken from the flock, and calves from the stall! Improvising to the music of the harp, like David, they devise their...

Listen here to my homily for the Eighteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time. It was given to Saint Mary of Grace Parish, Meadville, PA on Sunday, August 4, 2019, at the 11:00 AM parish mass. A Reading from the Holy Gospel according to Luke Someone in the crowd said to Jesus,“Teacher, tell my brother to share the inheritance with me.” He replied to him,“Friend, who appointed me as your judge and arbitrator?” Then he said to the crowd,“Take care to guard against all greed,for though one may be...

Listen here to my homily for the Sixteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time. It was given to Saint Mary of Grace Parish, Meadville, PA on Sunday, July 21, 2019, at the 11:00 AM parish mass. A Reading from the Holy Gospel according to Luke Jesus entered a village where a woman whose name was Martha welcomed him.She had a sister named Marywho sat beside the Lord at his feet listening to him speak. Martha, burdened with much serving, came to him and said,"Lord, do you not carethat my sister has left me...

Listen here to my homily for the Fifteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time. It was given to Our Lady of the Lake Parish, Edinboro, PA on Sunday, July 7, 2019, at the 11:00 AM parish mass. A Reading from the Holy Gospel according to Luke There was a scholar of the law who stood up to test Jesus and said, "Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?" Jesus said to him, "What is written in the law? How do you read it?" He said in reply,"You shall love the Lord, your God, with all your heart, with...

Listen here to my homily for the Fourteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time. It was given to Saint Mary of Grace Parish, Meadville, PA on Sunday, July 7, 2019, at the 11:00 AM parish mass. A Reading from the Holy Gospel according to Luke At that time the Lord appointed seventy-two otherswhom he sent ahead of him in pairsto every town and place he intended to visit. He said to them,"The harvest is abundant but the laborers are few;so ask the master of the harvestto send out laborers for his harvest....

Listen here to my homily for the Thirtieth Sunday in Ordinary Time. It was given to Saint Mary of Grace Parish, Meadville, PA on Sunday, October 28, 2018, at the 11:00 AM parish mass. A Reading from the Holy Gospel according to Mark As Jesus was leaving Jericho with his disciples and a sizable crowd,Bartimaeus, a blind man, the son of Timaeus,sat by the roadside begging.On hearing that it was Jesus of Nazareth,he began to cry out and say,"Jesus, son of David, have pity on me."And many...

Listen here to my homily for the Twenty-Second Sunday in Ordinary Time. It was given to Saint Mary of Grace Parish, Meadville, PA on Sunday, September 2, 2018, at the 11:00 AM parish mass. A Reading from the Holy Gospel according to Mark As Jesus was setting out on a journey, a man ran up, knelt down before him, and asked him, "Good teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?" Jesus answered him, "Why do you call me good? No one is good but God alone. You know the commandments: You...

Listen here to my homily for the Twenty-Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time. It was given to Saint Brigid Church, Meadville, PA on Sunday, October 7, 2018, at the 9:30 AM parish mass. A Reading from the Holy Gospel according to Mark The Pharisees approached Jesus and asked, "Is it lawful for a husband to divorce his wife?" They were testing him. He said to them in reply, "What did Moses command you?" They replied, "Moses permitted a husband to write a bill of divorce and dismiss her." But Jesus...

Listen here to my homily for the Twenty-Second Sunday in Ordinary Time. It was given to Saint Mary of Grace Parish, Meadville, PA on Sunday, September 2, 2018, at the 11:00 AM parish mass. A Reading from the Holy Gospel according to Mark When the Pharisees with some scribes who had come from Jerusalem gathered around Jesus, they observed that some of his disciples ate their meals with unclean, that is, unwashed, hands. —For the Pharisees and, in fact, all Jews, do not eat without carefully...

Listen here to my homily for the Twenty-First Sunday in Ordinary Time. It was given to Saint Mary of Grace Parish, Meadville, PA on Sunday, August 26, 2018, at the 11:00 AM parish mass. A Reading from the Holy Gospel according to John Many of Jesus' disciples who were listening said, "This saying is hard; who can accept it?" Since Jesus knew that his disciples were murmuring about this, he said to them, "Does this shock you? What if you were to see the Son of Man ascending to where he was...

Listen here to my homily for the Eleventh Sunday in Ordinary Time, Father's Day. It was given to Ss. Cosmas & Damian Parish in Punxsutawney, PA on Sunday, June 17, 2018, at the 10:00 AM parish mass. A Reading from the Holy Gospel according to Mark Jesus said to the crowds: “This is how it is with the kingdom of God; it is as if a man were to scatter seed on the land and would sleep and rise night and day and through it all the seed would sprout and grow, he knows not how. Of its own accord...

Listen here to my homily for Trinity Sunday. It was given to Ss. Cosmas & Damian Parish in Punxsutawney, PA on Sunday, May 27, 2018, at the 11:00 AM parish mass. This is my last homily as a deacon, so this blog will be undergoing major changes in just about 2 weeks! A Reading from […]

Listen here to my homily for the Sixth Sunday of Easter. It was given to Ss. Cosmas & Damian Parish in Punxsutawney, PA on Sunday, May 6, 2018, at the 11:00 AM parish mass. A Reading from the Holy Gospel according to John Jesus said to his disciples: “As the Father loves me, so I […]

Listen here to my homily for the Second Sunday of Lent. It was given to Ss. Cosmas & Damian Parish in Punxsutawney, PA on Sunday, February 25, 2018, at the 11:00 AM parish mass. A Reading from the Holy Gospel according to Mark Jesus took Peter, James, and Johnand led them up a high mountain […]