Fr. Coutts' Homilies

Fr. Coutts’ Homilies - We are blessed to have Fr. Michael Coutts (Toronto Canada) homilies on-line:

Michael Coutts S.J. is a Jesuit of the English speaking Canada Province. He is the eldest of seven sons. Michael began his early Jesuit training in India. He was then posted to Guyana, South America in 1969. He worked there till 1985 except for 1970-73 when he studied theology at University of London, England. Most of his priestly life has been in parishes - in Canada, he has worked in Georgetown, Chepstow and Thunder Bay. From 1991 - 1998, Michael worked at the Martyrs' Shrine, Midland. Ont. Since then, he has been working in parishes, while stationed at the Manresa Retreat House, Pickering Ont. Now he is full time in Parish Ministry again, at Our Lady of Lourdes Parish, in Toronto. Michael's mother lives in Toronto, his dad died in March, 2001 at the age of 94 year.

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NOTE: "These homilies were not written for publication - but for preaching: Do not look out for a polished style or scriptural quotations or references. It is meant for a local Canadian parish and consequently it will have references to the local situation - not general or abstract context. It is meant to get people to know the Kingdom of God and come closer to God. Please read it in that context."

To print the readings, you may go to a link off The Word Among Us (Daily Reflections on Daily Readings from Mass).

  • First Week of Lent - Luke directly links this narrative of the Temptations with the Passion of Jesus by saying, “after this Satan left Jesus alone until an opportune time.”  It is no surprise then, that the followers of Christ – would be faced with the same temptations, at crucial times in their own lives. And so we pray once again the Responsorial Psalm (psalm 91) “Be with me Lord, when I am in trouble.”
     
  • Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time - The proof our faith and the beliefs that we affirm in the Creed are seen in the way we live our lives, in the compassion we show to others, the way we handle our sufferings and pain, the respect and time with elders, care for children, time with homeless, street people, uneducated and the disabled.  In these things, we are blessed as Jesus says in the Gospel. Jesus says “Blessed are the poor” – the actual poor. 
     
  • Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time - Here I am Lord. I will go Lord since you need me. I will tell the people of your death and resurrection, and of your new commandment: To love as you have loved us. The Call is there, loud and clear: What is your answer? Not me, try someone else OR Here I am Lord, Send me.
     
  • Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time - Like Jeremiah, and like Jesus, we too received the “Spirit that anoints” – at the time of the baptism. We too were called to be priest, prophet and king. We fulfil that prophetic role in the way our lives unfold in faith, hope and love.
     
  • Third Sunday In Ordinary Time - May we too listen attentively to the readings from Scriptures, so that moved by the Spirit, we may worship as one community. We are different in talents, character and devotion, but we are one in and through Jesus. We are his Body inspired by the Spirit.
     
  • Second Sunday In Ordinary Time - It is our choice of light or whether we prefer to be in the darkness. The Lord delights in us like a young man delights in his bride. The Lord has called us His delight and so does the Lord rejoice in us.
     
  • Epiphany 2010 - “The commission of God’s grace was given to me”. We were not put into this world just as adornments. We were not told to “be there, look good and pretty or handsome.” We were not called to be “with it” whatever that implies.  The responsorial psalm tells us quite dramatically: All the ends of the earth will adore the Lord.
     
  • Christmas Day 2009 - As we share gifts on this Holy Day, may our hearts welcome joyfully the Gift of God to each one of us: Jesus born in a manger. As we eat our own Christmas dinners, may we remember the nourishment we receive from the table of the Lord.
     
  • Fourth Sunday of Advent - Like Mary and Elizabeth, God has a specific role for each of us in the continued Salvation History of us all. In most cases, we have to make known the goodness of God to our own families, to our spouses, to our children and grandchildren, to those who are our neighbours. But every now and then – God will send a total stranger in our paths, - a stranger who needs to hear from us, and through our lives of God’s saving power, of God’s wondrous care, of  God’s concern for our well being.
     
  • Third Sunday of Advent - And so we wait in eager anticipation for the coming of Jesus. Paul tells us that “the Lord is near” – what will the face of Jesus look like, according to you?
     
  • Second Sunday of Advent - In our second reading we have a Picture of thanksgiving and optimism. In our Gospel we have a Picture of History and Anticipation.  We are not called to be chickens, we are called to soar like eagles, and hence we Prepare the way of the Lord.
     
  • First Sunday of Advent - Our liturgy today on this First Sunday of Advent could be summed up in three words: Promise, Hope, Vigil.
     
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