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Bishop Taylor Homily Library
Bishop Anthony B. Taylor celebrates Mass across Arkansas and beyond. This library features the homilies delivered from March 2014 to the present. To listen to earlier homilies, please visit the bishop's Homily Archive.
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Wednesday, 24th Week in Ordinary Time, Cycle II Published: Wednesday, September 17, 2014 So today we thank you for your service and dedication, we pray for your safety and we ask God to shower special graces upon you. |
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23rd Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year A Published: Saturday, September 6, 2014 |
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Friday, 22nd Week in Ordinary Time, Year A Published: Friday, September 5, 2014 The idea here is that Jesus is the pilot who steers the boat and we are the slaves who pull with all our might as Jesus directs. Literally as "oarsmen of Christ." |
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22nd Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year A Published: Sunday, August 31, 2014 The cross, when embraced with love and trust that God knows what he's doing, changes us. |
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21st Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year A Published: Sunday, August 24, 2014 Most Americans no longer believe in an all-powerful God capable of creating win-win situations that benefit everyone. |
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20th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year A Published: Saturday, August 16, 2014 Catholicism is more than just a collection of beliefs, it is also an attitude of welcome and inclusion and respect; openness to everyone. |
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Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary Published: Friday, August 15, 2014 Elizabeth cries out with words that we now pray in the Hail Mary: "Blessed are you among women and blessed is the fruit of your womb." |
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Wednesday, 19th Week in Ordinary Time, Cycle II Published: Wednesday, August 13, 2014 Children may not have any weight in society, but unless we become like children, we will not enter the kingdom of heaven. Don't write off that troublesome black sheep. |
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19th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year A Published: Sunday, August 10, 2014 Since God can do all things — starting with walking on water and calming storms — what is there to fear? |
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Saturday, 18th Week in Ordinary Time, Cycle II Published: Saturday, August 9, 2014 Every one of you has been given the gift of faith and Jesus sends you forth to live that faith in a world dominated by evil. |
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18th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year A Published: Sunday, August 3, 2014 We are surprised to discover our deepest needs and the deepest desires of our heart to have been satisfied in a way we would never have expected |
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Ozark Liturgical Conference Published: Saturday, August 2, 2014 Hence also Pope Francis' insistence that "the joy of the Gospel fills the hearts and lives of all who encounter Jesus. Those who accept his offer of salvation are set free from sin, sorrow, inner emptiness and loneliness." |
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17th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year A Published: Sunday, July 27, 2014 We pledge allegiance to the Kingdom of God every time we say the Lord's Prayer. |
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16th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year A Published: Saturday, July 19, 2014 When Adam and Eve sinned, the world was broken by sin and thus in need of redemption, but not rendered evil in itself. |
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15th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year A Published: Sunday, July 13, 2014 We must break up the hard packed soil of resistance that produce superficiality instead of understanding |
