Deep Calls to Deep Roc Homily – 6th Sunday Easter 2015
Sixth Sunday of Easter 2015 (11:30 a.m. Mass) + Mothers’ Day Homily by Roc O’Connor, SJ, associate pastor of the Church of the Gesu (May 10, 2015) John 15:9-17 “No one has greater love than this, to lay down one’s life for one’s friends. You are my friends if you do what I command you. I no […]
018-The Importance of Spiritual Companionship
Spiritual companionship / direction as a requisite for discipleship I will soon begin a chapter-by-chapter study of my book (above!). One of the most important insights I have gained I share here now. Don’t attempt to delve into the mysteries of the inner life alone. Yes, this is what we do. “I can handle it!” […]
Roc Homily – 4th Sunday Easter 2015
Fourth Sunday of Easter 2015 (9:00 a.m. Mass) Homily by Roc O’Connor, SJ, associate pastor of the Church of the Gesu (April 26, 2015) John 10:11-18 “Jesus said: “I am the good shepherd. A good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep…”
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Esse est percipi #3
Once more with feeling! Esse est percipi: The following excerpt comes from pages 67-68 in my book (above). Perhaps these observations will speak to some readers on this Holy Thursday in preparing for the Mass of the Lord’s Supper. “The eighteenth century British philosopher, Bishop Berkeley, bequeathed to us this tidy little saying, esse est percipi, “to […]
Deep Calls to Deep 