Category: Fr. Altier’s Sunday Sermons

Readings: Is 52:7-10; Heb 1:1-6; Jn 1:1-18 Today is the celebration of the greatest joy. A baby is born into the world, but it is not the usual kind of birth. We all know...

Readings: Is 7:10-14; Rom 1:1-7; Mt 1:18-24 In the second reading today St. Paul says that he was made an Apostle in order to bring about the obedience of faith for the sake of...

Readings: Is 35:1-6a, 10; Jas 5:7-10; Mt 11:2-11 In the Gospel reading today Jesus asks the crowds who made the journey to hear St. John the Baptist what they went out into the desert...

Readings: Is 11:1-10; Rom 15:4-9; Mt 3:1-12 In the readings today we are presented with Messianic prophecy. In the first reading Isaiah speaks about the shoot that will sprout from the stump of Jesse,...

Readings: Is 2:1-5; Rom 13:11-14; Mt 24:37-44 In the second reading today St. Paul tells the Romans that it is time for them to wake from their sleep. He tells them that the night...

Readings: 2 Sam 5:1-3; Col 1:12-20; Lk 23:35-43 Most people, when they think about our Lord Jesus Christ, as King of the Universe, have an image of our Lord enthroned in glory at the...

Readings: Mal 3:19-20a; 2 Thes 3:7-12; Lk 21:5-19 As we come toward the end of another Church year, we are provided with readings that correspond to what will happen at the end of the...

Readings: 2 Mac 7:1-2, 9-14; 2 Thes 2:16-3:5; Lk 20:27-38 In the first reading today we hear about the heroic family who all suffered death at the hands of a tyrant who was trying...

Readings: Wis 11:22-12; 2Thes 1:11-2:2Lk 19:1-10 In the first reading today we are given a good perspective on things: before the Lord, the entire universe is less than a drop of morning dew on...

Readings: Sir 35:12-14, 16-18; 2Tim 4:6-8, 16-18; Lk 18:9-14 In the first reading today we hear about the people whose prayers are heard by the Lord. It states clearly that those who serve God...