HOMILIES and sermons

This volume is a collection of homilies and sermons given on sundry occasions to different audiences. These homilies are a dimension of this sociologist’s pastoral ministry.

The volume is divided into Sections, which are further arranged chronologically.

  1. Feast days following the liturgical year
  2. Weddings
  3. Birthdays
  4. Homilies on Special Occasions─ Final Vows, Golden & Diamond Jubilees
  5. Irene Heredia─Birthday, Funeral, Memorials
  6. Miscellaneous Occasions: Labour Day and Prayers

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Homilies and Sermons

LIST OF homilies IN VOLUME xV

SECTION 1: FEAST DAYS FOLLOWING THE LITURGICAL YEAR

  1. CELEBRATING THE SANCTITY OF CHILDHOOD─Christmas 1995
  2. PEACE AND POWER OF CHRISTMAS─Christmas 1999
  3. ON EASTER JOY─Easter 1999
  4. LIBERTY AND LOVE─Maundy Thursday 2000
  5. METAPHORS OF THE PASSION─Good Friday 2000
  6. RESURRECTION JOY─Easter 2000
  7. WAR ON TERROR OR JIHAD FOR PEACE?─Christmas 2001
  8. THE PASSION IN OUR TIMES─Good Friday 2002
  9. SIGNS OF HOPE─Easter 2002
  10. CHRISTMAS CELEBRATES OUR JOY─Christmas 2006
  11. THE JOY OF EASTER─Easter 2006
  12. THE HOLY FAMILY─Christmas 2006
  13. THE MEANING OF EASTER─Easter 2007
  14. WAITING IN JOY─Gaudete Sunday, Third Sunday Of Advent
  15. PEACE ON EARTH, GOODWILL TO MEN─Christmas 2009
  16. MARY, AN INSPIRATION─The Presentation Of Mary 2013
  17. DIVERSITY AND OPENNESS─Feast Of St Bartholomew
  18. CHRISTMAS AND CORONA─Christmas 2021
  19. GIVING THANKS, PLEDGING FIDELITY, SHARING HOPE─Feast Of St Francis Of Assisi
  20. THE ROAD TO EMMAUS─Third Sunday Of Easter

SECTION 2: WEDDINGS

  1. LOVE IS ITS OWN REASON─14 Feb 2012
  2. TWO BECOME ONE─A Wedding Homily For Claire And Henrik

SECTION 3: BIRTHDAYS

  1. WALKING INTO THE FUTURE, SEEKING A BLESSING─76th Birthday Homily, 2017
  2. NEW HORIZONS─80th Birthday
  3. A FUTURE ALREADY NOW BUT NOT FULLY YET─81st Birthday
  4. THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING HOPEFUL─82nd Birthday Homily
  5. LOOK BACK IN GRATITUDE, BE FAITHFUL IN THE PRESENT AND LOOK FORWARD IN HOPE─83rd Birthday

SECTION 4: HOMILIES ON SPECIAL OCCASIONS

  1. FULFILLING PROMISES – WHY DID I BECOME A JESUIT?─Final Vows
  2. IDENTITY, COMMUNITY, MISSION: GOLDEN JUBILEE REFLECTIONS FOR MY FRIENDS AND COMPANIONS
    Golden Jubilee Of My Priesthood
  3. MY THREE AVATARS─Diamond Jubilee Of Priesthood, 2020

SECTION 5: IRENE HEREDIA

  1. IRENE’S MAGNIFICAT─Irene Heredia’s 90th Birthday
  2. IRENE MEANS PEACE─Irene Heredia’s Funeral Mass
  3. SWEET INCENSE UNTO GOD─Irene Heredia Memorial Mass, 28 Jan 2013
  4. REMEMBERING TO CELEBRATE IRENE HEREDIA─Irene Heredia’s Month’s Mind Mass
  5. GUARDIAN ANGEL ON OUR ROAD TO EMMAUS─First Anniversary Mass & Homily

SECTION 6: MISCELLANEOUS

36. WALK TOGETHER─Labour Day Homily

37. PRAYERS