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.

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Mass 2019
Published: Saturday, January 19, 2019
Daniel Rudd’s Catholic faith was his anchor in the storm, the foundation for his courage and his comfort in the darkness he experienced. He passed to his eternal reward at 78 years of age in 1932.
Dedication of Blessed Sacrament Church in Jonesboro
Published: Sunday, January 13, 2019
Today we — the Church — are gathered to dedicate this house of God and we do so in a series of ritual acts culminating in the celebration of the Eucharist whereby God takes up residence in this building sacramentally for the very first time.
Nativity of the Lord (Christmas) 2018
Published: Tuesday, December 25, 2018
God's sign is the baby in need of help and in poverty. God made himself small in part to inspire us to open our hearts to welcome him also in those who — like that baby born 2,000 years ago — are poor and defenseless in our world today.
Fourth Sunday of Advent, Year C
Published: Sunday, December 23, 2018
The Hail Mary, on the other hand is not worship, but it is a spiritual conversation with the mother of God in heaven. In it we praise Mary, profess our faith in her Son and ask for her prayers.
Third Sunday of Advent, Year C
Published: Saturday, December 15, 2018
And now in this Mass 10 of our other seminarians will receive ministries that are proof that they are willing to do just that: set aside whatever initial fears of commitment they might have had. These 10 will now take the next step in responding to the call of the Lord in their lives.
Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe 2018
Published: Wednesday, December 12, 2018
We all have darkness in our lives. Things we worry about and bad things we simply have to endure. But we are people of hope. That is the message of Our Lady of Guadalupe and the message of Advent and especially the message of Christmas. In our lives too, the light can be — and is — stronger than any darkness we will ever have to face.
Advent Lessons and Carols 2018
Published: Sunday, December 9, 2018
Jesus is at the door and is knocking. Listen to his voice, grab that knob and open the door, receive him into your heart now, and thus also on Christmas and for always, until his second coming on the last day.
Solemnity of Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe 2018
Published: Sunday, November 25, 2018
Sister Anu, in the name of the Church, I thank you for your total gift of self as you make your solemn profession today. May you grow more and more in love with Jesus, your king, whose bride you now become!
Thanksgiving 2018
Published: Thursday, November 22, 2018
God grant that in bringing our needs to the Lord we too will draw on our faith, be persistent, respond completely and immediately to Jesus as we experience him present, and then filled with gratitude and thanksgiving, go forth to follow Jesus down the road, "giving glory to God!"
31st Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year B
Published: Saturday, November 3, 2018
When your life flashes before your eyes, what will you see? Memories of a self-centered life leading to eternal separation from God in hell? Memories of missed opportunities to do things to benefit others, leading to reform school in purgatory? Or memories of a life of faithful service of God and neighbor, putting you on the fast track to heaven?
All Souls Day 2018
Published: Friday, November 2, 2018
What happens to those who die without mortal sins but are not innocent enough to go straight to heaven? They undergo a process of purification called purgatory to equip them eventually to participate in the perfect joy of heaven.
Solemnity of All Saints 2018
Published: Thursday, November 1, 2018
Most people want to live good lives, but they desire holiness in only a rather vague or general way ... so when difficult situations occur, they are not prepared to make the sacrifices that doing the right thing demands, especially when they know some people will not like the results.
29th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year B
Published: Sunday, October 21, 2018
Self-promotion will get you nowhere in the Kingdom of God, where greatness is not measured by rank or position. The greatest people in heaven are those who — like Jesus — made themselves the "slaves of all" and gave their lives as a "ransom for many."
28th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year B
Published: Sunday, October 14, 2018
On the last day you will have to account for what you have done with all that God has entrusted to your care. If what matters to you most is doing God’s will and taking care of the family God has entrusted to you, well I am sure you will pass successfully through the eye of that needle.
Dedication of St. Scholastica Monastery
Published: Sunday, October 7, 2018
May you always be one and may your lives be filled with joy. You are countercultural, just like those first disciples and it is your obvious unity and evident joy that will give most eloquent witness to the presence of the Lord in our midst going forward.

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