Readings: Wisdom 2:12, 17-20, Ps 54:3-4, 5, 6 and 8, James 3:16—4:3 and The Gospel of Mark 9:30-37 Everyone wants to be the best he or she can be. Everyone likes to come out on top, beat the competition, wind the medal. It’s so human! Yet Jesus chastises his disciples who want to be “the greatest.” He does so because…
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HOMILY on the ASSUMPTION OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY 2021
By Father James DiLuzio C.S.P. I enjoin you today to contemplate with me the beauty of this weekend’s commemoration of the Blessed Virgin Mary’s Assumption beginning with this recent quote from Bishop Robert Barron’s writings. Bishop Baron is an Auxiliary Bishop of Los Angeles and Director of WORD ON FIRE ministries. “When we speak of…
Consider Faith in God
This article by Ross Douthat MUST BE READ by anyone who engages in questions about God — no matter your religion or struggle with faith in a God who willed Creation into being. So engaging! So beautifully, logically and amazingly articulated! WOW. I welcome all Comments and subsequent Conversation on this piece! God bless!…
The Times Are A’Changing –BECAUSE THEY MUST!
Today I invite us to consider the number “40” as part of our hope not only to recover from the pandemic but for substantial change in our world, especially to let economics SERVE THE PEOPLE, no the people serve economics . It’s time. We have approached or are approaching (depending where you live) the 40th…
MY YOUNG AT HEART SERIES on YouTube
JOIN ME FOR YOUNG AT HEART — a SERIES OF VIDEOS with Rhymes and Stories and Songs on YOUTUBE to keep us YOUNG AT HEART. HERE’S A RECENT SAMPLE as I begin to share SIR GAWAIN and THE GREEN KNIGHT For More YOUNG @ HEART and LUKE LIVE! ONLINE GO TO https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=JAMES+DILUZIO…
Homily for the Second Sunday in Ordinary Time Fr. James DiLuzio C.S.P.
Every family seems to comprise an individual or two who love to brag about certain relations, be they sons or daughters, nieces or nephews. Oddly, they rarely praise the individual in person, only to other relatives. They weary us with the list of this one or that one’s virtues and accomplishments and we wonder, “how…
Paulist Fathers Need Your Support
I am here today for the Annual Paulist Appeal. Once again, asking for your financial support to maintain our lives and collaboration with you, the Catholic faithful. We are grateful to be blessed that so many of you work with us in our service to the Church and society. We hope and pray you do,…
FROZEN II movie review
FROZEN II Review by Father James DiLuzio Elsa and Anna, Olaf, Kristoff and Sven are off on a new adventure and the Disney animators have outdone themselves in visuals. I saw Frozen II in IMAX and the vistas and panoramas of Arendelle, Forests, Glaziers and Canyons are stunning, and the characterizations, especially emotive eyes of…
Christ Now!
Homily for Thirty-Third Sunday In Ordinary Time November 2019 Mal 3:19-20a Ps 98:5-6, 7-8, 9 2 Thes 3:7-12 Lk 21:5-19 6 AM New York City. Wednesday November 13th. Twenty-three degrees Fahrenheit with a windchill well below that found a hundred or more young women and teens lining along Avenue of the Americas at 48th Street…
Jesus’ Take on “The Grasshopper & The Ants”
HOMILY FOR 19TH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME 2019 Gospel: Lk 12:32-48 Five Hundred or so years before Jesus, Aesop recorded a Fable entitled “The Grasshopper and The Ants.” It went like this: One bright day in late autumn a family of Ants were bustling about in the warm sunshine, drying out the grain they had…
