Homilies from the Notre Dame-Newman Centre: Recent Episodes
Notre Dame-Newman Centre for Faith and Reason
These are the weekly Sunday homilies given from Newman University Church, founded by Saint John Henry Newman and the home of the Notre Dame-Newman Centre for Faith and Reason. Website: newman.nd.edu
Fr. Gary Chamberland, CSC;
30 May 2021;
Solemnity of the Holy Trinity;
Matthew 28:16-20
Fr. Gary Chamberland, CSC
November 22, 2020
Solemnity of Christ the King
Matthew 25:31-46
Fr. Gary Chamberland, CSC
November 15, 2020
33rd Sunday in Ordinary Time
Matthew 25:14-30:
Jesus spoke this parable to his disciples: ‘The kingdom of Heaven is like a man on his way abroad who summoned his servants and entrusted his property to them. To one he gave five talents, to another two, to a third one; each in proportion to his ability. Then he set out. ‘The man who had received the five talents promptly went and traded with them and made five more. The man who had received two made two more in the same way. But the man who had received one went off and dug a hole in the ground and hid his master’s money. ‘Now a long time after, the master of those servants came back and went through his accounts with them. The man who had received the five talents came forward bringing five more. “Sir,” he said “you entrusted me with five talents; here are five more that I have made.” ‘His master said to him, “Well done, good and faithful servant; you have shown you can be faithful in small things, I will trust you with greater; come and join in your master’s happiness.” ‘Next the man with the two talents came forward. “Sir,” he said “you entrusted me with two talents; here are two more that I have made.” His master said to him, “Well done, good and faithful servant; you have shown you can be faithful in small things, I will trust you with greater; come and join in your master’s happiness.” ‘Last came forward the man who had the one talent. “Sir,” said he “I had heard you were a hard man, reaping where you have not sown and gathering where you have not scattered; so I was afraid, and I went off and hid your talent in the ground. Here it is; it was yours, you have it back.” But his master answered him, “You wicked and lazy servant! So you knew that I reap where I have not sown and gather where I have not scattered? Well then, you should have deposited my money with the bankers, and on my return I would have recovered my capital with interest. So now, take the talent from him and give it to the man who has the five talents. For to everyone who has will be given more, and he will have more than enough; but from the man who has not, even what he has will be taken away. As for this good-for-nothing servant, throw him out into the dark, where there will be weeping and grinding of teeth.”’
Fr. Gary Chamberland, CSC
November 8, 2020
32nd Sunday in Ordinary Time
Matthew 25:1-13
Fr. Gary Chamberland, CSC
October 25, 2020
30th Sunday in Ordinary Time
Matthew 22:34-40
Fr. Gary Chamberland, CSC
October 19, 2020
29th Sunday in Ordinary Time
John 17:11, 17-23
Fr. Gary Chamberland, CSC
October 4, 2020
27th Sunday in Ordinary Time
Matthew 21:33-43
Fr. Gary Chamberland, CSC
September 27, 2020
26th Sunday in Ordinary Time
Matthew 21:28-32
Fr. Gary Chamberland, CSC.
September 20, 2020
25th Sunday in Ordinary Time
Matthew 20:1-16
Fr. Gary Chamberland, CSC
September 13, 2020
24th Sunday in Ordinary Time
Matthew 18:21-35
Fr. Gary Chamberland, CSC.
September 6, 2020
23rd Sunday in Ordinary Time
Matthew 18:15-20
Fr. Gary Chamberland, CSC
August 30, 2020
22nd Sunday in Ordinary Time
Matthew 16:21-27
Fr. Gary Chamberland, CSC
August 16, 2020
20th Sunday of Ordinary Time
Matthew 16:13-20
Fr. Gary Chamberland, CSC
August 16, 2020
20th Sunday of Ordinary Time
Matthew 15:21-28
Fr. Gary Chamberland, CSC.
August 9, 2020
19th Sunday of Ordinary Time
Matthew 14:22-33
Fr. Gary Chamberland, CSC.
August 2, 2020
18th Sunday of Ordinary Time
Matthew 14:13-21
"The gift of the Eucharist, the gift of coming to this place, is a gift we have painfully been separated from. And we contemplate the need for racial unity, the need for seeing God in our neighbor. We know how poignant it is to be separated from this feast, and to be separated from one another as well."
"We experienced something so beautiful in Creation that we recognized it as our Creator. We met a man so holy and so loving that we knew somehow it was our Creator, too. It was that same God in our very midst."