
Sunday Homily, January 11, 2026
“This is my beloved Son, with whom I am well pleased.”
Weekly homilies that break open the Sunday Scriptures through the lens of the Passionist charism and today’s lived experience.

“This is my beloved Son, with whom I am well pleased.”

The magi follow the star and they find the baby Jesus, and offer him gifts of “gold, frankincense, and myrrh.”

Feast of the Holy Family Sacred vs Scared Sunday is the Feast of the Holy Family: Jesus, Mary and Joseph. We see this family as holy – Jesus as the Son of God Incarnate, Mary as His Blessed Mother, and…

As we move through the closing days of Advent, we keep in mind the call we have to make room for Jesus to enter more deeply into our hearts and lives.

This Sunday, being the Third Sunday of Advent, is referred to as Gaudete Sunday. “Gaudete” means “Rejoice!” We rejoice that Christmas is coming!

May we hold onto hope and not give in to apathy or despair.

Christ does not seek to control us but to lead us into trusting His love for us and being willing to love each other and the world.

When we reflect on the love God has for us from the Cross, and thus our commandment to love others, it is harder for us to be deceived by false prophets.

May we be the Church God calls us to be.

“Everything that the Father gives me will come to me, because I came down from heaven not to do my own will but the will of the one who sent me."