Bishop Taylor Homily Library

Homilías en Español

E.g., 03/18/2024
E.g., 03/18/2024

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.

Baptism of the Lord 2021
Published: Sunday, January 10, 2021
That's the third way, the way of Jesus Christ. Not fight or flight, but rather standing there with the even greater courage required to resist evil with the costly, personally vulnerable, non-violent force of good.
The Epiphany of the Lord 2021
Published: Sunday, January 3, 2021
I now realize that the exclusiveness of the "in crowd" was not an expression of self-confidence; rather, it was a reflection of their own fear and insecurity, and I was beginning to discover that freedom-from-fear that comes from seeking to do God's will rather than my own.
Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God 2020
Published: Friday, January 1, 2021
I hope that every one of us can discover and take ownership for those areas of our lives where we know we're not clean, because we all have them. Things of which we're not proud and for which we know we need a savior, areas of weakness that have the potential for great spiritual fertility because it's precisely where we're weakest that God's grace can do the most good.
Holy Family of Jesus, Mary and Joseph 2020
Published: Sunday, December 27, 2020
Today is the last Sunday of the year and so is a time for taking stock. Looking back over this most difficult year in memory, I hope the Lord has used this time to help all of us grow in spiritual strength and wisdom too. After all, in a lot of ways we are all children: everyone of us still has room to grow!
Nativity of the Lord (Christmas) 2020
Published: Friday, December 25, 2020
COVID-19 has turned our lives upside down and I want to take this opportunity to thank you for how selflessly you have complied with all the protocols forced on us by this pandemic. For the first time since 1918 we had to suspend the celebration of Mass for seven weeks starting in March and have only been able to resume public worship since May 4 under very restrictive conditions, including the use of masks, which nobody likes, and physical distancing.
Third Sunday of Advent 2020
Published: Sunday, December 13, 2020
What is God saying to us today? What about the desert we live in? It's not a desert of sand and stone, but it's a desert just the same: lives built on shifting sand, hearts of stone, people held captive by addiction, ignorance, selfishness and all the other vices, people who long for freedom and healing, people lost in a wasteland of their own making, looking for love in all the wrong places, searching in the darkness for a way out.
Second Sunday of Advent 2020
Published: Sunday, December 6, 2020
Jesus has already come once and will one day come again to inaugurate a new earth in which righteousness dwells. Therefore, we should be eager to be found without spot or blemish before him.
Thanksgiving 2020
Published: Saturday, November 21, 2020
The Eucharist is our sacrament of thanksgiving. We gather around this altar of hope and join our grateful hearts to the loving heart of Jesus as he continues to offer himself in total sacrifice for us, who otherwise would not have a good eternal future.
Solemnity of Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe 2020
Published: Saturday, November 21, 2020
Most kings dine lavishly on the finest foods but our King is hungry today. Seated upon his throne, he looked back to this very day and said: “I was hungry ... and you gave me no food.” We have all seen him on TV. He is starving in war-ravaged regions of Yemen and South Sudan and among the malnourished poor in COVID-19 impacted countries throughout the world.
33rd Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year A
Published: Sunday, November 15, 2020
They were grateful that the master had entrusted them with the money and they wanted to put it to good use — partly out of a desire to please the master, and partly because they felt honored that the master trusted them. ... By contrast, the third servant didn’t seem to care much. He wasn’t grateful. He didn’t have much desire to please the master. So, he just put the money in storage and forgot about it.
32nd Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year A
Published: Sunday, November 8, 2020
Jesus also comes to us in the miracles of daily life: the birth of a child, any time we pray, the sacraments we receive, the Scriptures we read, moments of insight and discovery, moments of shame and repentance, moments of fear and faith and hope.
All Saints Day 2020
Published: Sunday, November 1, 2020
Happiness comes not from worldly success, but rather from humble service. Yet we resist going down this ladder because we're insecure and can't see where we're going or what will be waiting for us when we get there.
Installation of Prioress Sr. Kimberly Prohaska, OSB
Published: Friday, October 30, 2020
So today we are gathered to pray for you, that God will shower upon you the trusting grace you will need to pour yourself out in love for the sisters entrusted to your care.
30th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year A
Published: Sunday, October 25, 2020
"What would Jesus do?" Given his Gospel of Life and his preferential love for the poor and oppressed because their needs are greater, "How would Jesus vote?" And also, considering his dealing with the political leaders of his day, "How would Jesus have us hold our leaders to account once the election is over?"
29th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year A
Published: Sunday, October 18, 2020
You and I have a lot to pray about between now and Nov. 3: a renewed politics that focuses on moral principles, the defense of life, the needs of the weak and the pursuit of the common good. And of course, we must also consider a candidate's character, philosophy and performance, and at the same time make a prudential judgment regarding the lay of the land going forward.

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