Here is my homily for Sunday May 31, 2009 – The Feast of Pentecost. Thanks for reading! Fr. Jim Chern HOMILY: There is a story about a mother who bought a ticket to a concert that was being given by the great Polish pianist named Ignace Paderewski. She took her five year old son […]
Month: May 2009
Q & A – May 28, 2009
Hi Father Jim, How are you, i hope your doing great. Well my question is about the Holy Spirit i want to connect with the Holy Spirit and i try to close all windows i sit in my chair in my room for quietness and i try not too talk too much so i can […]
ARE ALL NEW YORKERS LIKE THIS?
Here’s my homily for the 7th Sunday of Easter. The readings can be found at https://www.usccb.org/nab/readings/052409a.shtml . Thanks for reading! God Bless – Fr Jim HOMILY: A writer for the New York Post a few weeks ago explained a difficult day that she recently had. After being able to get free internet access from a […]
ASCENSION THURSDAY
In lieu of a Q&A this week, here in NJ, the Feast of the Ascension of the Lord is still a Holy Day of Obligation, so here is my homily for today’s feast – God Bless! Our lives are full of “transitions.” We are always moving from one relatively comfortable place to a […]
WHATS LOVE GOT TO DO WITH IT?
Hey everyone – I actually have the weekend off from preaching this weekend, so here’s a homily I wrote some years back… It’s an interesting experience reading back on some old homilies. Anyway, I hope the Holy Spirit can speak through a “repeat” – ha ha.. The readings can be found at https://www.usccb.org/nab/readings/051709.shtml God […]
Q & A – MAY 14
Dear Fr Jim: I am a 47, going on 48 year old woman. I have never been married or had children. I am not sure if it is physically possible for me to still bear children and although I love children I am not sure starting a family at my age is a good […]
GOT HEALING?
Here is my homily for the Fifth Sunday of Easter – May 10, 2009. The readings can be found at https://www.usccb.org/nab/readings/051009.shtml – Thanks for reading and all your feedback. At a meeting, the other day, of all the campus ministers and chaplains at Montclair State University, a very interesting phenomenon was identified that has been on […]
Q & A – May 7, 2009
Father, I would appreciate some clarity, please. I keep getting conflicting responses from people regarding whether or not I am free to marry in the Church. I am divorced from a non-Catholic, went to my parish priest to find out what I needed to do to start the annulment process and was advised by […]
10 years of Priesthood…
This is my homily for the 4th Sunday of Easter, May 3, 2009, (the readings can be found at https://www.usccb.org/nab/readings/050309.shtml ) the World Day of Prayer for Vocations. This evening I’m celebrating my upcoming 10th Anniversary of Ordination to the Priesthood with the students from Montclair State University. Thank you all for reading and […]
Q & A – April 30, 2009
Father, I am divorced since December of 2007. My ex was abusive, some physically, mostly verbal.I kept up a good front. Went to church each week, my girls involved in church and I would sit next to him in the pew and think terrible terrible things. Why did I stay? First of all it became […]
