Homily Library

The homily is part of the Liturgy of the Word at Mass. It is a living commentary of the Word of God just proclaimed. Pope Francis says that the homily is like a mother teaching her children. There is a long tradition of monastic homilies. The homily in a monastery is usually a kind of oral and public lectio divina on the part of the monk who is delivering it. Every day the brother who presides at Mass gives a brief homily that is at once personal and also sheds evangelical light on the realities the brothers and guests are living through at the moment. We are happy to offer some of our monastic homilies here.

Below are links to a number of homilies preached at New Melleray and Our Lady of the Mississippi by members of our community.

October
Fr. Stephen VerbestOctober 9, 2024Wednesday in the Twenty-Seventh Week of Ordinary Time
Fr. Stephen VerbestOctober 4, 2024Memorial of St. Francis of Assisi
September
Fr. Stephen VerbestSeptember 30, 2024Memorial of St. Jerome
Fr. Jerome MacharSeptember 29, 2024Tlwenty-Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Fr. Stephen VerbestSeptember 29, 2024Twenty-Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time at Mississippi Abbey
Fr. Jerome MacharSeptember 28, 2024Saturday in the Twenty-Fifth Week of Ordinary Time
Fr. Stephen VerbestSeptember 23, 2024Tuesday in the Twenty-Fifth Week of Ordinary Time
Fr. Jerome MacharSeptember 23, 2024Memorial of Saint Padre Pio
Fr. David BockSeptember 22, 2024Twenty-Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Fr. Jerome MacharSeptember 19, 2024Thursday in the Twenty-Fourth Week of Ordinary Time
Fr. Stephen VerbestSeptember 18, 2024Wednesday, Twenty-Fourth Week in Ordinary Time
Fr. Brendan FreemanSeptember 16, 2024Funeral Mass for Br. Gilbert Cardillo
Fr. Stephen VerbestSeptember 15, 2024Twenty-Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Fr. Stephen VerbestSeptember 13, 2024Memorial of St. John Chrysostom
Fr. Jerome MacharSeptember 12, 2024Thursday in the Twenty-Third Week of Ordinary Time
Fr. Jerome MacharSeptember 9, 2024Monday in the Twenty-Third Week of Ordinary Time
Fr. Stephen VerbestSeptember 6, 2024Friday in the Twenty-Second Week of Ordinary Time
Fr. Jerome MacharSeptember 5, 2024Thursday in the Twenty-Second Week of Ordinary Time at Mississippi Abbey
Fr. Stephen VerbestSeptember 1, 2024Twenty-Second Sunday of Ordinary Time at Mississippi Abbey
August
Fr. Jerome MacharAugust 26, 2024Monday in the Twenty-First Week of Ordinary Time
Fr. David BockAugust 25, 2024Twenty-First Sunday of Ordinary Time
Fr. Stephen VerbestAugust 24, 2024Feast of the Apostle St. Bartholomew
Fr. Stephen VerbestAugust 19, 2024Memorial of Blessed Guerric of Igny
Fr. Stephen VerbestAugust 17, 2024Saturday in the Nineteenth Week of Ordinary Time
Fr. Jerome MacharAugust 15, 2024Solemnity of the Assumption of Mary into Heaven
Fr. Stephen VerbestAugust 11, 2024Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Fr. Jerome MacharAugust 10, 2024Feast of St. Lawrence
Fr. Jerome MacharAugust 8, 2024Memorial of St. Dominic
Fr. Stephen VerbestAugust 7, 2024Wednesday in the Eighteenth Week of Ordinary Time
Fr. Jerome MacharAugust 1, 2024Memorial of St. Alphonsus Liguori
July
Fr. Stephen VerbestJuly 31, 2024Memorial of St. Ignatius of Loyola
Fr. David BockJuly 28, 2024Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Fr. Jerome MacharJuly 27, 2024Saturday in the Sixteenth Week of Ordinary Time
Fr. David BockJuly 25, 2024Feast of St. James the Apostle
Fr. Jerome MacharJuly 21, 2024Sixteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Fr. Jerome MacharJuly 18, 2024Thursday in the Fifteenth Week of Ordinary Time
Archbiship Thomas ZinkulaJuly 16, 2024Solemnity of the Dedication of New Melleray
Fr. Stephen VerbestJuly 15, 2024Memorial of St. Bonaventure
Fr. Stephen VerbestJuly 13, 2024Memorial of Virgin Mary, Health of the Sick
Fr. Jerome MacharJuly 8, 2024Monday in the Fourteenth Week of Ordinary Time
Fr. Stephen VerbestJuly 7, 2024Fourteenth Sunday in Ordinay Time at Mississippi Abbey
Fr. Jerome MacharJuly 6, 2024Saturday in the Thirteenth Week of Ordinary Time
Fr. Stephen VerbestJuly 2, 2024Tuesday in the Thirteenth Week of Ordinary Time
June
Fr. David BockJune 30, 2024Thirteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Fr. Stephen VerbestJune 30, 2024Thirteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time at Mississippi Abbey
Fr. Jerome MacharJune 27, 2024Thursday in the Twelfth Week of Ordinary Time
Fr. Jerome MacharJune 24, 2024Solemnity of the Nativity of Saint John the Baptist
Fr. Stephen VerbestJune 23, 2024Twelfth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Fr. Stephen VerbestJune 19, 2024Wednesday in the Eleventh Week of Ordinary Time
Fr. Stephen VerbestJune 18, 2024Tuesday in the Eleventh Week Ordinary Time
Fr. Jerome MacharJune 16, 2024Eleventh Sunday in Ordinary Time
Fr. Stephen VerbestJune 12, 2024Memorial of St. Alice, Cistercian Nun, at Mississippi Abbey
Fr. Stephen VerbestJune 11, 2024Memorial of St. Barnabas
Fr. Stephen VerbestJune 8, 2024Immaculate Heart of Mary
Fr. Stephen VerbestJune 5, 2024Wednesday in the Ninth Week of Ordinary Time at Mississippi Abbey
Fr. Stephen VerbestJune 3, 2024Memorial of Charles Lwanga and Companions
Fr. David BockJune 2, 2024Corpus Christi
May
Fr. Stephen VerbestMay 31, 2024Feast of the Visitation
Fr. Stephen VerbestMay 19, 2024Pentecost
Fr. Stephen VerbestMay 14, 2024Feast of St. Matthias, Apostle