Roc Homily – 3rd Sunday Easter 2015

Third Sunday of Easter 2015 (9:00 a.m. Mass) + First Communion Sunday   Homily by Roc O’Connor, SJ, associate pastor of the Church of the Gesu (April 19, 2015)   Luke 24:35-48    “While they were still speaking about this, he stood in their midst and said, ‘Peace be with you.’ But they were startled and terrified and thought […]

017-St. Francis and the Leper

St. Francis and the Leper This legend of St. Francis of Assisi returned to me as I wrote “In the Midst of Our Storms.” On the one hand, it sums up one key direction of the spiritual life of each disciple. Embracing that which we find abhorrent in our own lives – and being embraced […]

Roc Homily – 2nd Sunday Easter 2015

Second Sunday of Easter 2015 (4:30 p.m. Vigil Mass)   Homily by Roc O’Connor, SJ, associate pastor of the Church of the Gesu (April 11, 2015)   John 20:19-31    “But he said to them, “Unless I see the mark of the nails in his hands and put my finger into the nail marks and put my hand into his […]

JPS Homily – 2nd Sunday Easter 2015

John Schlegel, SJ, Matt Walsh, SJ, & Ministers of the Eucharist share the Body & Blood of Christ to Gesu parishioners at the Easter Vigil, 2015   Second Sunday of Easter – 11:30 am Celebration   Homily by Fr. John P. Schlegel, SJ, pastor of the Church of the Gesu (April 12, 2015)    John 20:19-31   Thomas, called Didymus, […]

Roc Homily – Easter Sunday 2015

Easter Sunday 2015 (9:30 a.m. Mass)   Homily by Roc O’Connor, SJ, associate pastor of the Church of the Gesu (April 5, 2015)   John 13:1-15   “When Simon Peter arrived after him, he went into the tomb and saw the burial cloths there, and the cloth that had covered his head, not with the burial cloths but rolled up in a […]

JPS Homily – Easter Sunday 2015

John Schlegel, SJ, Matt Walsh, SJ, & Ministers of the Eucharist share the Body & Blood of Christ to Gesu parishioners at the Easter Vigil, 2015   Easter Sunday 11:30 am Celebration   Homily by Fr. John P. Schlegel, SJ, pastor of the Church of the Gesu (April 5, 2015)    John 13:1-15   “When Simon Peter arrived after him, he […]

Matt Homily – Easter Vigil 2015

Easter Vigil 2015 Homily by Matt Walsh, SJ, associate pastor of the Church of the Gesu (April 4, 2015) Mark 16:1-7      On entering the tomb they saw a young man sitting on the right side, clothed in a white robe, and they were utterly amazed.  He said to them, “Do not be amazed!  You seek Jesus of […]

Matt Homily – Good Friday (evening service) 2015

  Good Friday 2015 (evening service)   Homily by Matt Walsh, SJ, associate pastor of the Church of the Gesu (April 3, 2015)   John 18:1 – 19:42    “There they crucified him, and with him two others, one on either side, with Jesus in the middle. Pilate also had an inscription written and put on the cross. […]

Roc Homily-Good Friday 2015

Good Friday 2015    Homily by Roc O’Connor, SJ, associate pastor of the Church of the Gesu (April 3, 2015)   John 18:1 – 19:42    “There they crucified him, and with him two others, one on either side, with Jesus in the middle. Pilate also had an inscription written and put on the cross.  It read, ‘Jesus the […]

JPS Homily – Holy Thursday, Evening Mass of the Lord’s Supper 2015

John Schlegel, SJ, Matt Walsh, SJ, & Ministers of the Eucharist share the Body & Blood of Christ to Gesu parishioners at the Easter Vigil, 2015   Holy Thursday – Evening Mass of the Lord’s Supper    Homily by Fr. John P. Schlegel, SJ, pastor of the Church of the Gesu (April 2, 2015)    John has preached very well, especially in […]

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