Word Alive Fr. Cristiano’s Homilies

July 10th, 2020 - Fifteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time, C. The mark of Christ is the extravagance of involvement. There is no longer a barrier between human and divine blood. “Love with all your heart”. As we have been loved, we are sent on the roads of the world to “go and do likewise”. (St 30:10-14; Col 1:15-20; Lk 10:25-37)

June 5th, 2022 - Pentecost Sunday. “The Spirit is the invisible fragrance of the Paradise that has arisen in our midst. He can create in you what doesn’t exist and He can make disappear what appeared to be or removable. So you run your hand over the smooth skin from which the wound has vanished by a miracle.” (Hans Urs von Balthasar, “Heart of the world”)

May 29th, 2022 - VII Sunday of Easter, C. “We don’t see the very deepest things, those that really sustain life and the world, but we can see and feel their effects.” (Pope Benedict XVI) “Faith in Christ brings salvation because in him our lives become radically open to a love that precedes us, a love that transforms us from within, acting in us and through us.” (Pope Francis) (Acts 7:55-60; Rev 22:12-14, 16-17, 20; Jn 17:20-26)

May 26th, 2022 - Solemnity of the Ascension of the Lord - “My earthly desires have been crucified, and there no longer burns in me the love of perishable things, but a living water speaks within me, saying: ‘Come to the Father’.” (St. Ignatius of Antioch) (Acts 1:1-11; Eph 1:17-23; Lk 24:46-53)

May 21st, 2022 - Sixth Sunday of Easter. Followed by His “Shalom”, this communication of Peace of the Risen One, there is an outpouring of the Holy Spirit, who turns the pain of the Cross into a reviving force of Resurrection. (Acts 15:1-2,22-29; Rev 21:10-14,22-23; Jn 14:23-29)

May 7th, 2022 - Vigil Mass - Fourth Sunday of Easter. Following Jesus, the Good Shepherd, is the primary cornerstone of our Christian life. We rely on His voice, His word, His Spirit! “Those who appoint themselves as their own masters are disciples of a fool.” (St. Bernard)

April 17th, 2022, Easter Sunday. Love alone empties tombs. Love has the power to bring Life back. A Holy Easter! Shalom!

March 6th, 2022, First Sunday of Lent, C. “If I find in myself desires which nothing in this world can satisfy, the only logical explanation is that I was made for another world.” (C. S. Lewis, Mere Christianity)

March 2nd, 2022. Ash Wednesday. Lent is a journey back to God. Not tomorrow, though, but today! “Now is a very acceptable time, now is the day of salvation.” This NOW is the only decisive time for love. God breathes His Spirit of Life on our “dust”, He re-creates us and lead us through the desert, giving us a new principle of life. (Jl 2:12-18; 2 Cor 5:20-6:2; Mt 6:1-6,16-18)

Feb 27th, 2022, Eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time, C. Today we’re invited to take care of our hearts, realizing the disconnection between what we end up claiming to know about others and what we have to deal with within our own hearts. “From the fullness of the heart the mouth speaks.” (Sir 27:4-7; Lk 6:39-45)