Thursday, August 15, 2013

Homily for the Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary

Our priest, Father Noel Zamora, is one of the best (perhaps, the best) homilists I have ever heard. Today's Homily for the Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary was great even by his standards:
Rapunzel has her long golden hair, Snow her white skin and name. Aurora is a beauty both awake and asleep. Yet, none of them can compare with Mary, the woman clothed with the sun, whose feet are shod with the moon, whose head is crowned with stars (cf. Rev. 12:1). She alone is blessed among women; her alone all generations call blessed (cf. Lk. 1:42, 48). 
She was not imprisoned in a tower by a wicked witch. She ate no poisoned apple nor pricked her finger on a spindle. Yet, Mary was not spared from sorrow and distress. A seven headed horned dragon threatened to devour her Son when she gave birth (cf. Rev. 12:3, 4). A people she called her own plotted to kill that Son, the Christ, by nailing Him on the cross ...
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1 comment:

  1. Lee11:45 AM

    What's the difference between a homily and a sermon?

    Based on my experience, about forty minutes.

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