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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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Saturday, 23rd Week of Ordinary Time, Cycle I Published: Saturday, September 12, 2015 You will face some excessively dry periods in which if neglected, your spiritual life could shrink and your foundation crack due to lack of spiritual moisture. |
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Friday, 23rd Week, Ordinary Time, Cycle I Published: Friday, September 11, 2015 The cure for hypocrisy, the cure for pretense, is humility. |
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23rd Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year B Published: Sunday, September 6, 2015 The purpose of faith is to empower us to love and serve God in this life so as to be happy with him forever in the next. |
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19th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year B Published: Sunday, August 9, 2015 In today's Gospel Jesus clarifies that the bread that he will give is his flesh, for the life of the world. |
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Mass with Seminarians and Parents 2015 Published: Saturday, August 8, 2015 So it is important to remember that it's not about us and if we take opposition personally, it may be because we feel our authority to be threatened, which was what Jesus' adversaries were feeling. |
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Monday, 18th Week, Ordinary Time, Cycle I Published: Monday, August 3, 2015 God will see to it that our needs will be provided for. And not just material needs, our human needs as well. |
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18th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year B Published: Sunday, August 2, 2015 They should seek this spiritual bread with at least the same desire and effort that they invest in working for perishable earthly bread. |
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Memorial of St. Alphonsus Liguori, Bishop, Doctor of the Church Published: Saturday, August 1, 2015 When the night is at its darkest, that is the time when our Church needs to stand out at its radiant best. |
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Thursday, 17th Week, Ordinary Time, Cycle I Published: Thursday, July 30, 2015 Jesus goes on to affirm that the challenges we face are only temporary, lasting only until the Kingdom of God is manifest in all of its fullness. |
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Memorial of St. Martha Published: Wednesday, July 29, 2015 Sitting at the feet of the master was the traditional place where disciples sat to learn from the master. |
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17th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year B Published: Sunday, July 26, 2015 Do you trust Jesus enough to hand over to him your five loaves and your two fishes, confident that he can use your gift of self to continue to provide for his people even today? |
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15th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year B Published: Saturday, July 11, 2015 Since we have been given more and understand more, we will be held to a higher standard. |
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Silver Jubilee of Sister Josita López, OSB Published: Saturday, July 11, 2015 Jesus has chosen you for love: "This is my commandment: Love one another as I love you." And how has he loved us? Completely, totally, to the death. |
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14th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year B Published: Sunday, July 5, 2015 There is no reason to feel unsettled, uncertain or confused: We are in the hands of a provident God in whom we trust and to whom we pray. |
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2015 Priest Jubilarian Mass Published: Tuesday, June 30, 2015 Jubilarians, I want to thank you, in the name of the Church for your faithfulness to Jesus all these years. |
