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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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Fifth Sunday of Easter, Year B Published: Saturday, April 28, 2018 Sometimes I have to prune and trim, which isn't always all that pleasant. But most of the time it's just a daily process of hoeing and pulling weeds and watering and even putting down a little manure once in awhile. I don't care what we smell like, what I care about is caring for the Lord’s garden, producing abundant fruit. |
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Third Sunday of Easter, Year B Published: Sunday, April 15, 2018 When Jesus rose from the dead on the third day we had for the first time in human history direct confirmation that bodily resurrection of the dead can indeed occur, because it did in the case of Jesus. This gives us confidence that God's promise to raise us up on the last day will be verified in us as well. |
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Sixth Sunday of Easter, Year A Published: Sunday, May 21, 2017 But no parish can have nine current seminarians without the strong witness of a pastor who loves his priesthood and wants other young men to share in the joy that he has found in serving God's people as a priest. |
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Fourth Sunday of Easter, Year C Published: Sunday, April 17, 2016 "Jesus tells us that he has come to give his sheep eternal life and that we shall never perish — meaning that even though death occurs, it has no lasting power over us. If you are looking for a shepherd able to support you in time of suffering and guide you through the final passage to the next life, then Jesus is all you really need." |
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Sixth Sunday of Easter, Year B Published: Sunday, May 10, 2015 Today we celebrate Mother's Day, and I can tell you that as a group, mothers have more to teach us about sacrificial love than almost anyone else on this planet. |
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Fifth Sunday of Easter, Year B Published: Sunday, May 3, 2015 If Jesus is the nourishment that gives life to all the branches of the vine, isn't it obvious that the Eucharist is the sacramental means by which we receive that nourishment? |
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Fourth Sunday of Easter, Year B Published: Sunday, April 26, 2015 Jesus did that on Good Friday, for sure. But actually he had already laid down his life for us years earlier. That's what the story of his temptations was about at the beginning of his public ministry: death to self. |
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Third Sunday of Easter, Year B Published: Sunday, April 19, 2015 If it doesn't lead us to obedience, to the doing of God's will, then it is not knowledge at all — no matter how eloquently we philosophize or how intensely we feel. |
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Divine Mercy Sunday 2015 Published: Tuesday, April 14, 2015 Pope Francis will open the holy year "Door of Mercy" at St. Peter's in Rome, through which he reminds us, "anyone who enters will experience the love of God who consoles, pardons and instills hope." |
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Sixth Sunday of Easter, Year A Published: Sunday, May 25, 2014 Jesus sends us forth to continue his mission of rescuing people from the power of darkness and forming them in the way of truth and life |
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Fifth Sunday of Easter, Year A Published: Sunday, May 18, 2014 By uniting themselves to Jesus, they will not be separated from him even once he has gone |
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Third Sunday of Easter, Year A Published: Sunday, May 4, 2014 Sacraments are all about encountering God's mercy and it is this heart-opening encounter with Jesus' mercy that makes a sacrament a sacrament |
