September 7, 2025, 23rd Sunday in Ordinary Time, Cycle C

Wisdom 9:13-18; Philemon 9-17; Luke 14:25-33

Homily

As we enter the final phase of the liturgical year, the cycle of Sunday Bible readings reminds us with increasing insistence of certain fundamental aspects of Christian life, especially the need to belong radically to Christ.

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.

6 septembre 2025 -- samedi de la 22ème semaine du TO

Col 1, 21-23 ; Lc 6, 1-5

H O M É L I E

          Comme en beaucoup d'autres cas, c'est encore aujourd'hui la dernière phrase de la lecture de l'Évangile qui donne son sens au texte que nous avons lu: "Le Fils de l'homme est maître du sabbat." Par ces paroles Jésus nous révèle le sens ultime de la loi -- de toute loi.

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.

6 September 2025 -- Saturday of the 22nd week of Ordinary Time

Col 1:21-23; Lk 6:1-5

HOMILY

As in many other instances, it is once again the last sentence of the Gospel reading that gives meaning to the text we have read: ‘The Son of Man is Lord of the Sabbath.’ With these words, Jesus reveals to us the ultimate meaning of the law -- of all law.

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.