September 5, 2025 - Friday of the 22nd week of Ordinary Time

Col 1:15-20; Lk 5:33-39

HOMILY

In the first reading, taken from the Letter to the Colossians, Paul gives us a Christological hymn consisting of two stanzas, one referring to creation, the other to redemption. In the first, Christ is presented as the firstborn of creation, before all creatures; in the second, He is presented as the firstborn from the dead, the firstborn of a multitude of brothers, all firstborn, born to new life in the waters of baptism.

3 septembre 2025 - mercredi, 22ème semaine du TO

Co 1, 1-8 ; Lc 4, 38-44

H O M É L I E 

          En cette 22ème semaine du Temps Ordinaire, nous abordons deux Livres de l'Écriture Sainte. Nous avons commencé de lire l'Évangile de Luc lundi, et nous débutons aujourd'hui, comme première lecture, la lettre de Paul aux Colossiens. Cette Lettre de Paul aux Colossiens fait partie de ce qu'on appelle les Lettres de Captivité. C'est donc une oeuvre qui se situe à l'époque de la maturité de la pensée spirituelle de l'Apôtre.

5 septembre 2025 - vendredi de la 22^ème semaine du TO

Col 1- 15-20 ; Lc 5, 33-39

H O M É L I E

          Dans la première lecture, tirée de la Lettre aux Colossiens, Paul nous transmet un hymne christologique constitué de deux strophes, l'une se rapportant à la création, l'autre à la rédemption. Dans la première, le Christ est présenté comme le premier-né de la création, avant toute créature; dans la seconde il est présenté comme le premier-né d'entre les morts, le premier-né d'une multitude de frères tous premiers-nés, nés à une vie nouvelle dans les eaux du baptême.

3 September 2025 - Wednesday, 22nd week of Ordinary Time

Col 1:1-8; Lk 4:38-44

Homily

In this 22nd week of Ordinary Time, we turn to two books of Sacred Scripture. We began reading the Gospel of Luke on Monday, and today we begin, as the first reading, Paul's letter to the Colossians. This letter from Paul to the Colossians is part of what are known as the Letters of Captivity. It is therefore a work that dates from the period of maturity in the Apostle's spiritual thought.

4 September 2025 - Thursday of the 22nd week of Ordinary Time

Col 1:9-14; Lk 5:1-11

Homily

‘Leaving everything, they followed him.’ This last sentence obviously gives us the key to understanding the passage we have just heard. One cannot attach oneself to Jesus without detaching oneself from everything else. One cannot follow Him without abandoning everything that might hold one back elsewhere. At the beginning of his Gospel, Luke wants to show how the Apostles, and Peter in particular, made this radical break.

3 September 2025 - Wednesday, 22nd week of Ordinary Time

Col 1:1-8; Lk 4:38-44

Homily

In this 22nd week of Ordinary Time, we turn to two books of Sacred Scripture. We began reading the Gospel of Luke on Monday, and today we begin, as the first reading, Paul's letter to the Colossians. This letter from Paul to the Colossians is part of what are known as the Letters of Captivity. It is therefore a work that dates from the period of maturity in the Apostle's spiritual thought.