LITURGICAL  INDEX  OF  HOMILIES
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A Bit Much! ------------------------------------------------ 26th Sunday of the Year (C) 2004
A Blessed World ------------------------------------------ Rogation Mass for Blessing of Fields, 1987
A Bonding Beauteous ---------------------------------- 2nd Sunday of the Year (C) 2001
A Fragile Beauty That Perdures --------------------- Solemnity of Saint Benedict, 1994
A Glorious Prelude to Disaster  ----------------------
2nd Sunday of Lent (B), 2006
A God of Mercy ---------------------------------------------
2nd Sunday of Easter (B), 2006
A Great Man of God ------------------------------------- Solemnity of St. Bernard, 2004
A Lovely Flower Unfolding --------------------------- 6th Sunday of Easter (B), 2000
A Stunning Truth ---------------------------------------- Solemnity of the Ascension (B), 2003
A Superior Metaphor of God ------------------------- Millennium Midnight Mass (A), 1999
A Very Beautiful Thing! ------------------------------- Reception of George Devine, 1994
A Whimsical God? --------------------------------------- 17th Sunday of the Year (A) 1999
Acting Out Vicarious Guilt ---------------------------- 1st Sunday of Lent (C), 1995
Acting Out Vicarious Guilt[2] ----------------------- 1st Sunday of Lent [2] (A), 2002
Adoro Te...Latens Deitas
Community Chapter Talk, Oct. 16, 2005
All is of God and for His Glory ----------------------- 2nd Sunday of Easter (A), 1987
All Is Symbol
5th Sunday of EAster (A), 1990
Avoid Extremes: Go Gently---------------------------- 13th Sunday of the Year (A), 1999
Begin in Your Own Heart ----------------------------- 8th Sunday of the Year (C), 2001
Be Not Ashamed ----------------------------------------- 5th Sunday of the Year (C), 1992
Blessed Are The Poor... -------------------------------- 25th Sunday of the Year (C), 1998
Both Darkness and Light ----------------------------- 27th Sunday of the Year (B), 2000
Bringing the Sword, Not Peace ---------------------- 29th Sunday of the Year (A), 1996
Called to Final Wholeness: A Dance of Love ---- 7th Sunday of Easter (A), 1987
Chasms ----------------------------------------------------- 26th Sunday of the Year (C), 1992
Christ's Food: Our Faith ------------------------------ 3rd Sunday of Easter (B), 1997
Christ's Splendid Dream ------------------------------ Solemnity of Saint Joseph, 1997
Christ: The Model for All ------------------------------ Feast of the Holy Family, (A) 1984
Climbing the Tree ---------------------------------------- 31st Sunday of the Year (C), 2001
Coincidence? —Or Angels? --------------------------- Community Chapter Talk, Sept. 11, 2005
Cruelty is Not Christian -------------------------------- Rogation Mass for Blessing of Fields, 1970
Darkness in the Garden of Beauty ------------------ Christmas Midnight Mass (B), 1993
Death: A Call to Faith --------------------------------- Funeral of Patsy Ann Ritchie, 1997
Death and the Spirit World -------------------------- All Souls' Day, 1983
Death From An Angry God? ------------------------- Ash Wednesday (A), 1999
Death: The Ultimate Mystery ------------------------ Memorial Mass for Jack B. Ritchie, Jan. 24, 2003
Deep Waters ----------------------------------------------- 32nd Sunday of the Year (C), 1995
Deepest of Mysteries -------------------------------------
Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity (B), 2006
Desolation Row ------------------------------------------ Gethsemani Retreat Conference, Jan. 1970
Do You Love Me? --------------------------------------- 3rd Sunday of Easter (C), 2004
Engagement With Evil --------------------------------- 6th Sunday of the Year (A), 1996
Even There, Even Then:  I am with you ------------ 12th Sunday of the Year (C), 2004
Faithful to the Core ------------------------------------- Anniv. of  Dedication of Gethsemani church (2003)
Faith Or Chance? ---------------------------------------- Solemnity of Saint Joseph, 1998
Fantasy Vs. Reality ----------------------------------------
19th Sunday of the Year (A)
Flying Blind in Total Trust ----------------------------- 2nd Sunday of Easter (A), 1999 
Foresight ---------------------------------------------------- 32nd Sunday of the Year (A) 2002
Forgive – It's Christ -like! ------------------------------ 5th Sunday of Lent (C), 2001
From an Unprovided Death Deliver Us ------------- 3rd Sunday of Advent (C), 1994
God's Broken Heart and His Dream ----------------- Solemnity of the Assumption, 1996
God's Delicate Providence ----------------------------- Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception, 1999
Greatest of Sacraments ---------------------------------- Holy Thursday (A) , 2002
He is Come! -------------------------------------------------- 14th Sunday of the Year (C), 1995
He Lives On in His Mysteries --------------------------- 3rd Sunday of Easter (B), 1994
His Ministry Continues ---------------------------------- Solemnity of St. John the Baptist, 1996
His Original Dream --------------------------------------- Solemnity of the Assumption, 2002
Holy Recreation -------------------------------------------- 25th Sunday of the Year (A), 2002
Human Freedom: Our Greatest Gift ------------------- Solemnity of the Annunciation, 1998
Immortality Carried to Full Term ---------------------- Solemnity of Saint Bernard, 1994
In God's Eternal Now ------------------------------------- Paschal Vigil Mass (A), 1996
Interdependence ------------------------------------------- 2nd Sunday of the Year (A), 1993
Is God Less Creative Than Man?----------------------
Solemnity of the Epiphany (B), 2006
Just One Thing After Another -------------------------- 2nd Sunday of Easter (C), 1992
Lazarus and the Death of the Young ----------------- 5th Sunday of Lent (A), 1999
Let Love Triumph Over Hate --------------------------- Service for Captive Algerian Monks, 1996
Light of the World, Salt of the Earth ------------------
5th Sunday of the Year (A), 2005
Look Up!  Look Heavenward! ------------------------- Solemnity of the Ascension (A), 1999
Love Become Holy ---------------------------------------- Solemnity of the Annunciation (A), 1993
Loyalty to Our Best Traditions -------------------------
Anniv. of  Dedication of Gethsemani church (2005)
Many Are Called, Few Choose ------------------------ 28th Sunday of the Year (A) 1999
Mary, the New Eve ---------------------------------------- Solemnity of the Assumption (2000)
Memories Of Merton ---------------------------------------
Community Chapter Talk, Nov. 6, 2005
Mercy Toward Our Forebearers ---------------------- Feast of the Holy Family (C), 1997
Mercy and Forgiveness ---------------------------------- 24th Sunday of the Year (A), 1984
Moral Power ----------------------------------------------- 31st Sunday of the Year (C), 2004
Mystical Time: God's NOW ----------------------------- 2nd Sunday of Advent (A), 1998
Narrow the Gate -------------------------------------------- 21st Sunday of the Year (C), 1995
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