Deep Calls to Deep Roc Homily for Feast of the Ascension & Mothers Day
Jesus told the disciples he will send them to preach “repentance, for the forgiveness of sins…” These disciples are like mothers today and all women who nurture others – sent to proclaim something they haven’t accomplished yet. It has seemed to me for a long time that many women, not all, I’m sure, are burdened […]
Roc Homily for 6th Sunday of Easter 2016
Baptism & the Holy Spirit – it’s about receiving! Catholic theology of the sacraments says that sacraments always give grace (ex opere operato). What might it look like when we receive fully the gift given? (ex opere operantis) Perhaps what living out our baptismal call and receiving the Holy Spirit looks like has to do with this […]
Announcing: Scripture with Scholars…
sponsored by the Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist & the Archdiocese of Milwaukee for the Year of Mercy “A Disciple’s Journey into Mercy” – Reflections on the Road to Emmaus story through music, teaching, & prayer with Fr. Roc O’Connor, SJ, Associate Pastor, Church of the Gesu At the Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist, Milwaukee, Tuesday, 10 May, 2016, 7:00 pm
Roc Homily for 5th Sunday of Easter 2016
What is your next step in your spiritual life? Might it have to do with this from today’s gospel: “Love one another AS I have loved you…” Jesus’ glorification happened on the cross when he died and handed over the Spirit. That is, he revealed God. Jesus revealed that he abides in the Father and […]
Roc Follow-up [1] on Homily for 4th Sunday of Easter 2016
GIRM 78 says that the Eucharistic Prayer is a prayer of thanksgiving and consecration. For what do we give thanks? For whom do we give thanks? Seems to me [and this is something I wish to underline] we give thanks to God and the Lamb through the Spirit for redemption – that Christ has opened […]
Roc Homily for 4th Sunday of Easter 2016
I actually preached on one key aspect of the Mass coming from the 2nd reading (Revelation) – the multitude from every people, nation, and language praising God and the Lamb because offers a picture of the Church at prayer in Mass standing at the beginning of the Eucharistic Prayer and singing, “Holy, Holy, Holy!” See what […]
Roc Homily for 3rd Sunday of Easter 2016
Sit with this for a moment if you will: How do you respond with Simon Peter to Jesus’ question, “Do you love me?” This may be the most revelatory question in the whole gospel in that it can reveal to you, to me, where we are with God revealed in Christ through the Spirit. “Do […]
Roc Homily for 2nd Sunday of Easter (Divine Mercy)
Second Sunday of Easter (Divine Mercy) Some propositions for your consideration: 1. Thomas did not doubt. Rather, he stated a fact: “Unless I put my finger into his hands…” 2. The phrase, “whose sins you retain are retained,” may be the worst translation in the NAB. The Greek, krateo, is translated as “to hold fast, to grasp (a […]
Roc Homily for Easter Sunday 2016
Easter Sunday (March 27, 2016 – 11:30 am Mass) The author of the Gospel of John used 4 different verbs in Greek to demonstrate some fine distinctions between the Magdalene, Simon Peter, and the disciple whom Jesus loved… as well as possible differences each of us can experience in our walk with and encounter with […]
Holy Thursday Homily – Mass of the Lord’s Supper
In chapter 9 of “In the Midst of Our Storms,” I proposed a focus for the foot washing other than service: As we identify with Simon Peter’s resistance, we can discover a part of our lives heretofore neglected – our precious and terrible vulnerability. And I proposed this again on Holy Thursday (3/24)… and with a slight […]
Deep Calls to Deep 