Our readings for Sunday are here, for All Souls’ Day, and here for the regular Cycle C readings that Fr Dennis’ homilies were based on. Well. And on reflection, I think D2’s 31st OT homilies fit well with the readings for All Souls’ Day (though they understandably don’t capture the richness of a specific commemoration!).Continue reading “The Commemoration of All The Faithful Departed / Thirty-First Sunday of Ordinary Time, Cycle C”
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Thirtieth Sunday of Ordinary Time, Cycle C
Our readings for Sunday are here. These are the poems, my notes, and interpretations of Fr Dennis’ homilies from the Masses of October 23, 2016 5PM October 27, 2013 8:30AM _______ The poems Fr Dennis references this year are: 2016 homily — The Necessity for Irony by Eavan Boland 2013 homily — the Cambridge ladiesContinue reading “Thirtieth Sunday of Ordinary Time, Cycle C”
Twenty-Ninth Sunday of Ordinary Time, Cycle C
Our readings for Sunday are here. These are the poems, my notes, and interpretations of Fr Dennis’ homilies from the Masses of October 16, 2016 10AM October 20, 2013 8:30AM _______ The poems Fr Dennis references this year are: 2016 homily — Sabbaths 1999, VII and For a Five-Year-Old by Fleur Adcock 2013 homily —Continue reading “Twenty-Ninth Sunday of Ordinary Time, Cycle C”
Twenty-Eighth Sunday of Ordinary Time, Cycle C
Our readings for Sunday are here. These are the poem, my notes, and interpretations of Fr Dennis’ homilies from the Masses of October 13, 2019 8:30AM October 9, 2016 Noon _______ The poem Fr Dennis references is: Kindness by Stephen Dunn no poem in 2016 as there was a baptism In 2019, we reflected onContinue reading “Twenty-Eighth Sunday of Ordinary Time, Cycle C”
Twenty-Seventh Sunday of Ordinary Time, Cycle C
Our readings for Sunday are here. These are the poems, my notes, and interpretations of Fr Dennis’ homilies from the Masses of October 6, 2019 October 2, 2016 10AM October 6, 2013 Sat 5PM & Sun 8:30AM _______ The poems Fr Dennis references these years are: The More Loving One by W.H. Auden Sonnet 19Continue reading “Twenty-Seventh Sunday of Ordinary Time, Cycle C”
Twenty-Sixth Sunday of Ordinary Time, Cycle C
Our readings for Sunday are here. These are the poem, my notes, and interpretations of Fr Dennis’ homily from the Mass of September 29, 2013 10:10AM _______ The poem Fr Dennis references this year is: To Dives by Hilaire Beloc In 2013, we reflected on — “carried away by angels to the bosom of Abraham”Continue reading “Twenty-Sixth Sunday of Ordinary Time, Cycle C”
Twenty-Fifth Sunday of Ordinary Time, Cycle C
Our readings for Sunday are here. These are the poem, my notes, and interpretations of Fr Dennis’ homily from the September 22, 2013 5PM _______ The poems Fr Dennis references in these years are: Starfish by Eleanor Lerman In 2013, we reflected on — The steward makes use of worldly means for worldly ends; heContinue reading “Twenty-Fifth Sunday of Ordinary Time, Cycle C”
Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross / Twenty-Fourth Sunday of Ordinary Time, Cycle C
Our readings for Sunday of 2025 are here, and the traditional Twenty-Fourth Sunday of Ordinary Time, Cycle C are here from 2022. [A brief apology for the belatedness of these next few entries — the trip to Europe, covid, and trying to get a used car have been pretty time-consuming!] This Sunday, September 14, 2025,Continue reading “Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross / Twenty-Fourth Sunday of Ordinary Time, Cycle C”
Twenty-Third Sunday of Ordinary Time, Cycle C
Our readings for Sunday are here. These are the poems, my notes, and interpretations of Fr Dennis’ homilies from the Masses of September 4, 2016 September 8, 2013 _______ The poems Fr Dennis references in these years are: 2016 homily — The Skylight by Seamus Heaney and Ten thousand flowers in spring, the moon inContinue reading “Twenty-Third Sunday of Ordinary Time, Cycle C”
Twenty-Second Sunday of Ordinary Time, Cycle C
Our readings for Sunday are here. Fr Dennis Dillon, SJ might have had this Sunday off (all Cycle C years!! — 2013, 2016, 2019). Oftentimes, having “held the fort” while his Jesuit brothers directly ministering to the students took their breaks during the summer, Fr Dennis then headed out for his time away as theContinue reading “Twenty-Second Sunday of Ordinary Time, Cycle C”
