St. Monica Catholic Church

Homily for the Twenty-seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time by Fr. Stephen Hamilton.

Reading 1 Isaiah 5:1-7

Responsorial Psalm Psalm 80:9, 12, 13-14, 15-16, 19-20

Reading 2 Philippians 4:6-9

Alleluia Cf. John 15:16

Gospel Matthew 21:33-43

Homily for the Twenty-seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time by Fr. Stephen Hamilton.

Reading 1 Isaiah 5:1-7

Responsorial Psalm Psalm 80:9, 12, 13-14, 15-16, 19-20

Reading 2 Philippians 4:6-9

Alleluia Cf. John 15:16

Gospel Matthew 21:33-43

Homily for the Twentieth Sunday in Ordinary Time by Fr. Stephen Hamilton.

Reading 1 Isaiah 56:1, 6-7

Responsorial Psalm Psalm 67:2-3, 5, 6, 8

Reading 2 Romans 11:13-15, 29-32

Alleluia Cf. Matthew 4:23

Gospel Matthew 15:21-28

Homily for the Fourteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time by Fr. Stephen Hamilton.

Reading 1 Zechariah 9:9-10

Responsorial Psalm Psalm 145:1-2, 8-9, 10-11, 13-14

Reading 2 Romans 8:9, 11-13

Alleluia Cf. Matthew 11:25

Gospel Matthew 11:25-30

Homily for Pentecost Sunday at the Vigil Mass by Fr. Stephen Hamilton.

Reading I Genesis 11:1-9

Responsorial Psalm Psalm 33:10-11, 12-13, 14-15

Reading 2 Exodus 19:3-8a, 16-20b

Responsorial Psalm Daniel 3:52, 53, 54, 55, 56

Reading 3 Ezekiel 37:1-14

Responsorial Psalm Psalm 107:2-3, 4-5, 6-7, 8-9

Reading 4 Joel 3:1-5

Responsorial Psalm Psalm 104:1-2, 24, 35, 27-28, 29-30

Epistle Romans 8:22-27

Gospel John 7:37-39

Homily for the Fifth Sunday of Easter by Fr. Stephen Hamilton.

Reading 1 Acts 6:1-7

Responsorial Psalm Psalm 33:1-2, 4-5, 18-19

Reading 2 1 Peter 2:4-9

Alleluia John 14:6

Gospel John 14:1-12

Homily for Second Sunday of Easter (or Sunday of Divine Mercy) by Fr. Stephen Hamilton.

Reading 1 Acts 2:42-47

Responsorial Psalm Psalm 118:2-4, 13-15, 22-24

Reading 2 1 Peter 1:3-9

Alleluia John 20:29

Gospel John 20:19-31

Homily for Holy Saturday At the Easter Vigil in the Holy Night of Easter by Fr. Stephen Hamilton.

Reading I Gn 1:1—2:2

Responsorial Psalm Ps 104:1-2, 5-6, 10, 12, 13-14, 24, 35

Reading II Gn 22:1-18

Responsorial Psalm Ps 16:5, 8, 9-10, 11

Reading III Ex 14:15—15:1

Responsorial Psalm Ex 15:1-2, 3-4, 5-6, 17-18

Reading IV Is 54:5-14

Responsorial PsalmPs 30:2, 4, 5-6, 11-12, 13

Reading V Is 55:1-11

Responsorial Psalm Is 12:2-3, 4, 5-6

Reading VI Bar 3:9-15, 32--4:4

Responsorial Psalm Ps 19:8, 9, 10, 11

Reading VII Ez 36:16-17a, 18-28

Homily for the Holy Thursday-Evening Mass of the Lord’s Supper by Fr. Stephen Hamilton.

Reading I Exodus 12:1-8, 11-14

Responsorial Psalm Psalm 116:12-13, 15-16bc, 17-18.

Reading II 1 Corinthians 11:23-26

Verse Before the Gospel John 13:34

Gospel John 13:1-15

Homily for the Second Sunday of Lent by Fr. Stephen Hamilton.

Reading 1 Genesis 12:1-4a

Responsorial Psalm Psalm 33:4-5, 18-19, 20, 22

Reading 2 2 Timothy 1:8b-10

Verse Before the Gospel Matthew 17:5

Gospel Matthew 17:1-9

The Baptism of Christ (c. 1622–1623), Guido Reni. Public domain

Homily for the Second Sunday in Ordinary Time by Fr. Stephen Hamilton.

Reading 1 Isaiah 49:3, 5-6

Responsorial Psalm Psalm 40:2, 4, 7-8, 8-9

THE VIRGIN MARY FROM THE GHENT ALTARPIECE, BY JAN VAN EYCK 1432. PUBLIC DOMAIN

Homily for the Solemnity of Mary, the Holy Mother of God (The Octave Day of the Nativity of the Lord) by Fr. Stephen Hamilton.

Reading I Numbers 6:22-27

Responsorial Psalm Psalm 67:2-3, 5, 6, 8

Reading II Galatians 4:4-7

Alleluia Hebrews 1:1-2

Gospel

Reading I Isaiah 9:1-6

Responsorial Psalm Psalm 96: 1-2, 2-3, 11-12, 13.

Reading II Titus 2:11-14

Alleluia Luke 2:10-11

Gospel Luke 2:1-14

Homily for the Third Sunday of Advent by Fr. Stephen Hamilton.

Reading 1 Isaiah 35:1-6a, 10

Responsorial Psalm Psalm 146:6-7, 8-9, 9-10.

Reading 2 James 5:7-10

Alleluia Isaiah 61:1 (cited in Lk 4:18)

Gospel Matthew 11:2-11

Homily for the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary by Fr. Stephen Hamilton.

Reading 1 Genesis 3:9-15, 20

Responsorial Psalm Psalm 98:1, 2-3ab, 3cd-4

Reading 2 Ephesians 1:3-6, 11-12

Alleluia See Luke 1:28

Gospel Luke 1:26-38

Homily for The Solemnity of Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe by Fr. Stephen Hamilton.

Reading 1 2 Samuel 5:1-3

Responsorial Psalm Psalm 122:1-2, 3-4, 4-5

Reading 2 Colossians 1:12-20

Alleluia Mark 11:9, 10

Gospel Luke 23:35-43

Homily for the Twenty-eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time by Fr. Stephen Hamilton.

Reading I 2 Kings 5:14-17

Responsorial Psalm Psalm 98:1, 2-3, 3-4

Reading II 2 Timothy 2:8-13

Alleluia 1 Thessalonians 5:18

Gospel Luke 17:11-19

Homily for the Twenty-seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time by Fr. Stephen Hamilton.

Reading 1 Habakkuk 1:2-3; 2:2-4

Responsorial Psalm Psalm 95:1-2, 6-7, 8-9

Reading 2 2 Timothy 1:6-8, 13-14

Alleluia 1 Peter 1:25

Gospel Luke 17:5-10

Homily for the Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross by Fr. Stephen Hamilton.

Reading 1 Numbers 21:4b-9

Responsorial Psalm Psalm 78:1bc-2, 34-35, 36-37, 38

Reading 2 Philippians 2:6-11

Gospel John 3:13-17

Homily for the Twentieth Sunday in Ordinary Time by Fr. Stephen Hamilton.

Reading 1 Jeremiah 38:4-6, 8-10

Responsorial Psalm Psalm 40:2, 3, 4, 18

Reading 2 Hebrews 12:1-4

Alleluia John 10:27

Gospel Luke 12:49-53

Homily for the Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary by Fr. Stephen Hamilton.

Reading 1 Revelation 11:19A; 12:1-6A, 10AB

Responsorial Psalm Psalm 45:10, 11, 12, 16

Reading II 1 Corinthians 15:20-27

Gospel Luke 1:39-56

Homily for the Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time by Fr. Stephen Hamilton.

Reading 1 Wisdom 18:6-9

Responsorial Psalm Psalm 33:1, 12, 18-19, 20-22

Reading 2 Hebrews 11:1-2, 8-19

Alleluia Matthew 24;42a, 44

Gospel Luke 12:32-48

Homily for the Sixteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time by Fr. Stephen Hamilton.

Reading 1 Genesis 18:1-10a

Responsorial Psalm Psalm 15:2-3, 3-4, 5

Reading 2 Colossians 1:24-28

Alleluia Cf. Luke 8:15

Gospel Luke 10:38-42

Homily for the Fourteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time by Fr. Stephen Hamilton.

Reading 1 Isaiah 66:10-14c

Responsorial Psalm Psalm 66:1-3, 4-5, 6-7, 16, 20

Reading 2 Galatians 6:14-18

Alleluia Colossians 3:15a, 16a

Gospel Luke 10:1-12, 17-20 

Homily for the The Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity by Fr. Stephen Hamilton.

Reading I Proverbs 8:22-31

Responsorial Psalm Psalm 8:4-5, 6-7, 8-9

Reading II Romans 5:1-5

Alleluia Cf. Revelation 1:8

Gospel John 16:12-15

Homily for the Solemnity of the Ascension of the Lord by Fr. Stephen Hamilton.

Reading I Acts 1:1-11

Responsorial Psalm Psalm 47:2-3, 6-7, 8-9

Reading II Hebrews 9:24-28; 10:19-23

Alleluia Matthew 28:19a, 20b

Gospel Luke 24:46-53

John of Patmos watches the descent of New Jerusalem from God in a 14th-century tapestry. Extracted from the Tapestry of the Apocalypse of the Château d'Angers, France. PUblic domain

Homily for the Fifth Sunday of Easter by Fr. Stephen Hamilton.

Reading I Acts 14:21-27

Responsorial Psalm Psalm 145:8-9, 10-11, 12-13

Reading II

Homily for the Third Sunday of Easter by Fr. Stephen Hamilton.

Reading 1 Acts 5:27-32, 40b-41

Responsorial Psalm Psalm 30:2, 4, 5-6, 11-12, 13

Reading 2 Revelation 5:11-14

Gospel John 21:1-19 

Homlily for Holy Saturday At the Easter Vigil in the Holy Night of Easter by Fr. Stephen Hamilton.

Reading I Genesis 1:1—2:2

Responsorial Psalm Psalm 104:1-2, 5-6, 10, 12, 13-14, 24, 35

Reading II Genesis 22:1-18

Responsorial Psalm Psalm 16:5, 8, 9-10, 11

Reading III Exodus 14:15—15:1

Responsorial Psalm Exodus 15:1-2, 3-4, 5-6, 17-18

Reading IV Isaiah 54:5-14

Responsorial Psalm Psalm 30:2, 4, 5-6, 11-12, 13   

Reading V Isaiah 55:1-11

Responsorial Psalm Isaiah 12:2-3, 4, 5-6

Reading VI Baruch 3:9-15, 32-4:4

Responsorial Psalm Psalm 19:8, 9, 10, 11 

Reading VII Ezekiel 3...

Homily for Holy Thursday by Fr. Stephen Hamilton.

Reading I Exodus 12:1-8, 11-14

Responsorial Psalm Psalm 116:12-13, 15-16bc, 17-18.

Reading II 1 Corinthians 11:23-26

Verse Before the Gospel John 13:34

Gospel John 13:1-15

Homily for the Fifth Sunday of Lent by Fr. Stephen Hamilton.

Reading I Isaiah 43:16-21

Responsorial Psalm Psalm 126:1-2, 2-3, 4-5, 6.

Reading II Philippians 3:8-14

Verse before the Gospel Joel 2:12-13

Gospel John 8:1-11

Homily for the Third Sunday of Lent by Fr. Stephen Hamilton.

Reading I Exodus 3:1-8a, 13-15

Responsorial Psalm Psalm 103: 1-2, 3-4, 6-7, 8, 11.

Reading II 1 Corinthians 10:1-6, 10-12

Gospel Luke 13:1-9

Homily for the First Sunday of Lent by Fr. Stephen Hamilton.

Reading I Deuteronomy 26:4-10

Responsorial Psalm Psalm 91:1-2, 10-11, 12-13, 14-15

Reading II Romans 10:8-13

Verse Before the Gospel Matthew 4:4b

Gospel Luke 4:1-13

Homily for Ash Wednesday by Fr. Stephen Hamilton.

Reading 1 Joel 2:12-18

Responsorial Psalm Psalm 51:3-4, 5-6ab, 12-13, 14 and 17

Reading 2 2 Corinthians 5:20—6:2

Verse Before the Gospel Psalm 95:8

Gospel Matthew 6:1-6, 16-18

Homily for the Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time by Fr. Stephen Hamilton.

Reading I Jeremiah 17:5-8

Responsorial Psalm Psalm 1:1-2, 3, 4 & 6

Reading II 1 Corinthians 15:12, 16-20

Alleluia Luke 6:23ab

Gospel Luke 6:17, 20-26

Homily for the Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time by Fr. Stephen Hamilton.

Reading 1 Isaiah 6:1-2a, 3-8

Responsorial Psalm Psalm 138:1-2, 2-3, 4-5, 7-8

Reading 2 1 Corinthians 15:3-8, 11

Alleluia Matthew 4:19

Gospel Luke 5:1-11

Homily for the Second Sunday in Ordinary Time by Fr. Stephen Hamilton.

Reading I Isaiah 62:1-5

Responsorial Psalm Psalm 96:1-2, 2-3, 7-8, 9-10

Reading II 1 Corinthians 12:4-11

Alleluia 2 Thessalonians 2:14

Gospel John 2:1-11

Homily for The Nativity of the Lord (Christmas) Mass during the Night by Fr. Stephen Hamilton.

Reading I Is 9:1-6

Responsorial Psalm Ps 96: 1-2, 2-3, 11-12, 13.

Reading II Ti 2:11-14

Alleluia Lk 2:10-11

Gospel Lk 2:1-14

Homily for the Third Sunday of Advent by Fr. Stephen Hamilton.

Reading I Zep 3:14-18a

Responsorial Psalm Is 12:2-3, 4, 5-6.

Reading II Phil 4:4-7

Alleluia Is 61:1 (cited in Lk 4:18)

Gospel Lk 3:10-18

Homily for the Rorate Mass before dawn on Saturday, Dec. 14, 2024 by Fr. Stephen Hamilton.