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Catholic Diocese of Little Rock
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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The Nativity of the Lord (Christmas) 2025 Published: Thursday, December 24, 2026 This light, which enlightens everyone, has now come into the world. |
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Catholic Arkansas Sharing Appeal 2026 Published: Sunday, February 8, 2026 This is one way in which you can be the salt of the earth and the light of the world in Arkansas today. Please join me in making not only CASA but indeed this entire year a shared blessing for everyone. |
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Mass for Life 2026 Published: Sunday, January 18, 2026 Meaning that we too must address the evils of our day — not turn a blind eye to them with a live and let live attitude. |
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Memorial of Saint Anthony, Abbot Published: Saturday, January 17, 2026 There has been amazing scientific progress in recent years, but medical skill alone is not enough. Much courage is also required. |
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The Baptism of the Lord 2026 Published: Sunday, January 11, 2026 You might be a bad Catholic or a fallen-away Catholic, but you're still a Catholic, whether you end up going to heaven or not. |
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Feast of the Holy Family of Jesus, Mary and Joseph 2025 Published: Sunday, December 28, 2025 When you and I say family, we usually think of the nuclear family of a husband, wife and children, even though only 36 percent of American households fit that pattern. |
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Third Sunday of Advent 2025 Published: Sunday, December 14, 2025 "...immigrants make great sacrifices so that their children could have a better life than was available to them," |
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Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe 2025 Published: Thursday, December 11, 2025 "I am here to proclaim to you that the light is stronger than the darkness and that the Lord can intervene in unexpected ways to give you hope amid your suffering." |
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Second Sunday of Advent 2025 Published: Sunday, December 7, 2025 "...we got to experience the kindness and impressive piloting skills of three members of the Placer County search and rescue team," |
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Mass before relics of St. Therese of Lisieux Published: Saturday, November 8, 2025 St. Thérèse sought holiness through her “little way” of fidelity to God in the small things of everyday life. |
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The Commemoration of All the Faithful Departed (All Souls) 2025 Published: Sunday, November 2, 2025 "death does not really separate us in any definitive or lasting way. " |
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Twenty-ninth Sunday in Ordinary Time 2025 Published: Sunday, October 19, 2025 Ask him to make you courageous in times of trouble and loving when you feel hate. |
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Deacon Recommitment Mass 2025 Published: Saturday, October 18, 2025 And though there will sometimes be disappointment and rejection, those are just challenges that are part of the journey. |
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Twenty-seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time 2025 Published: Sunday, October 5, 2025 If that's true, why do good at all? |
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Catholic Educators Professional Day 2025 Published: Friday, September 26, 2025 Who we are is partly given to us and partly the result of our own choices. |
