Fr. Luan Nguyen's Homily
Homily for the Third Sunday of Lent, Year A: 2023
Posted by Clare Nielson on 3/13/23
Five years ago, I made a mission trip to Honduras where water was so precious. We had to buy bottles of water every day to drink and to brush our teeth. One evening, after a working day, I took a shower in the rain. Living in those third world ... Read More »
Homily for the Second Sunday of Lent, Year A: 2023
Posted by Clare Nielson on 3/06/23
It is difficult if we have to leave our ancestor land to go to a new land that we do not know about. Abraham experienced those difficult feelings when God told him to go to a land which God promised for his people. Abraham must have a lot of ... Read More »
Homily of the First Sunday of Lent, Year C: 2023
Posted by Clare Nielson on 2/27/23
If you visit the Manchester Art Gallery, in England, you will see a drawing of Spencer Stanhope with the title “Eve.” In the drawing, a snake is whispering his ideas into Eve’s ears. Looking at the delightful face of Eve, people think that she is excited about things he ... Read More »
Homily of the Seventh Sunday of OT, Year A: 2023
Posted by Clare Nielson on 2/21/23
The movie Romeo and Juliet was famous in the 70's. I was glad I had a chance to watch it in Vietnam in 1990. The movie talks about the enmity between two rich families in France. The two heads of the two families could not reconcile to each other ... Read More »
Homily for the Sixth Sunday of OT: Year A, 2023
Posted by Clare Nielson on 2/13/23
There were two monks who traveled together on a long journey. When they came to a little creek, they met a beautiful young lady who was waiting for someone to help her to cross the water without getting wet. She asked the first monk to carry her to the ... Read More »
Homily for the Fifth Sunday of OT: Year A, 2023
Posted by Clare Nielson on 2/06/23
There was a young man walking on the beach. He saw a man who was picking up starfishes and threw them back to the sea. With curiosity the young man asked the stranger: what are you doing? The man answered: I am trying to save starfish by helping them ... Read More »
Homily for the Fourth Sunday of OT: Year A: 2023
Posted by Clare Nielson on 1/30/23
Listening to the eight beatitudes of Jesus, many of us can wonder: How can Jesus attract people to follow him with these radical ways of life? Secular people look at us and say: Jesus’ disciples are nuts. Why? It is because we are following a man who loves the ... Read More »
Homily for the Second Sunday of OT, Year A: 2023
Posted by Clare Nielson on 1/17/23
One of the most popular sayings of Buddha was: “I am only a finger which points to the moon.” Through this saying, Buddha told his disciples: he is not God, but a human being like us. He found his calling is to introduce people to a way of life ... Read More »
Homily of the Epiphany Sunday, Year A: 2023
Posted by Clare Nielson on 1/09/23
If you watched the movie “The Nativity Story”, you saw the journey of the three wise men was not an easy one. They found the star and they believe the star will lead them to the true King. They sometimes were lost when the “guiding star” disappeared or dimmed. ... Read More »
Homily of the Feast of Mary, Mother of God, 2023
Posted by Clare Nielson on 1/03/23
The title “Mother of God” carries a deep meaning of our faith in Jesus Christ. During the third century, many heresy denied the divinity of Christ. They claimed that Jesus is the only man like us. So, in council Nicaea, the Church Fathers acclaimed Jesus to have two natures: human ... Read More »