This is a collection of various homilies I've preached over the past several years (St. Pius in Conyers, Ga.; Holy Family in Marietta, Ga.; and Sacred Heart in Griffin, Ga. and its missions). These homilies may not be reprinted without permission, however, priests and deacons are welcome to borrow ideas for preaching. I try my best to give credit to my sources when I borrow ideas and themes (we call this "preacher's privilege"), but I'm sure I missed a few.
I rarely write-out my English sermons nowadays, but I hope to translate and preach some of these into Spanish over the coming years. I'll post those as I finish them.
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Enjoy, Fr. Paul D. Williams, Jr.
The most important sermon I ever preached: the funeral for my father, September 15th, 1995.
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Ordinary Time A
2 (1996) - "This is God's chosen One" 3 (1996) - "What happened to the class of 1991?" (anniversary of Roe v. Wade) 4 (1996) - "Only God lasts" 5 (1999) - "Why do people always call me a genius?" 6 (1996) - "Don't even think about it!" 7 (1996) - "I choose all" 11 (1996) - "The undeserved gift of fatherhood" 13 (1996) - "Quo vadis, Domine?" 14 (1996) - "Maria Goretti: I do not want to commit a sin" 15 (1999) - "The weeds, you see, have taken liberty to grow" 16 (1999) - "The problem of evil" 17 (1999) - "Hell is good for you" 18 (1999) - "This is how I treat all my friends" 19 (1999) - "Earn this" 20 (1996) - "If I did not perish in error, it was due to the daily tears of my mother, who was so full of faith" 21 (1996) - "Bad Catholics" 21 (1999) - "Why be Catholic?" 22 (1999) - "Why do I have to go to Church to pray to God?" 23 (1999) - "Gossip = vomit" 25 (1996) - "Holiness, suffering, and priesthood" (Day of prayer for the sanctification of priests) 27 (1996) - "Saying 'no' to abortion" (Respect Life Sunday) 28 (1996) - "Are there too many hypocrites at church?" 30 (1999) - "The Titanic and true love" 32 (1999) - "Want to go to heaven when you die?" 33 (1996) - "Couch potatoes" |
Ordinary Time B
16 (2000) - "Interrupting the world with prayer" 21 (2000) - "The one bible verse all husbands know by heart" 22 (2000) - "Yo-yo" 23 (1997) - "Sacraments and sacramentals" 26 (1997) - "Nothing Catholic" (Critique of ABC/Disney's TV show, including the letter I wrote) 27 (1997) - "Father! Here's your baby!" (Respect Life Sunday) 29 (1997) - "Greatness in heaven" 30 (1997) - "Bread and chocolate"
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Ordinary Time C
2 (1998) - "Why are we bored?" 3 (1998) - "The science of virtue" 4 (1998) - "Miracles do happen" 6 (1998) - "Evangelical Counsels" 7 (1998) - "Just War Theory" 13 (1998) - "Cheap grace" 14 (1995) - "The new evangelization" 15 (1995) - "Works of mercy" 16 (1995) - "For there we shall be fed" 17 (1998) - "Scientists praying for bacteria, orphans praying for food" (about Jamaica mission) 18 (1998) - "They have already received their reward" (Jamaica, again) 19 (1995) - "Termites" 21 (1998) - "Have you been saved?" (incomplete) 22 (1998) - "1. There is a God. 2. You are not him." 23 (1998) - "They had subverted their own ability to pass anything along to their children" (on Humanae Vitae) 25 - (1998) - "Avarice" 29 - (1998) - "It is easy to be a heretic It is always simple to fall; there are an infinity of angles at which one falls, only one at which one stands" 30 (1998) - "I only know one Hail Mary" 32 (1998) - "Is there life after birth?" 33 (1995) - "I'd sink the 8-ball in the corner pocket"
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Lent
Lent 1 A (1999) - "Termites" (expanded) Lent 2 A (1999) - "No wonder Peter wanted to stay!" Lent 3 A (1999) - "Father, have you ever looked Jesus in the eyes?" Lent 5 A (1996) - "Syphillis outbreak among teens" Lent 5 C (1998) - "A dangerous story" Palm Sunday A (1998) - "You did that for me and I don't give a damn!" Good Friday (1997) - "On the physical death of Jesus Christ" (not for the squeamish) Good Friday (1996) - "Calvary made present" |
Easter Season
Easter Sunday B (1996) - "Tell us oh Mary" Easter 2 B (1997) - "Objections to the Resurrection" Easter 2 C (1998) - "Ten thousand difficulties do not make a single doubt" Easter 3 A (1996) - "Why bother?" Easter 3 A (1999) - "All the rest of life is expendable" Easter 4 A (1999) - "The Good Shepherd" Easter 5 A (1996) - "Heaven and hell" Easter 6 C (1998) - "That is where the Most Blessed Trinity dwells" Easter 7 A (1999) - "It is in them that I have been glorified" Pentecost A (1996) - "Chutzpah" Pentecost B (1997) - "But in just a few minutes, Lord, I'm going to get out of bed" Pentecost C (1995) - "I came to cast fire upon the earth" |
Advent and Christmas
Advent 1 A (1995) - "How are you preparing for Christmas?" Advent 1 B (1996) - "People die like they live" Advent 2 A (1995) - "Why am I wearing purple?" Advent 2 B (1996) - "Dung covered with snow?" Advent 3 A (1995) - "Yeah, they probably would have crucified him" Advent 3 A (1998) - "A brush with greatness" Advent 3 C (1997) - "Guadalupe" Advent 4 B (1996) - "And he shall reign for ever and ever" Advent 4 C (1997) - "Divinity is always where you least expect to find it" Christmas C (1997) - "For your sake, God became man" Epiphany (1996) - "Yes, I will bring my heart to the manger" Baptism B (1997) - "A priest gripes" |
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Thematic Sermons
Call by Name (1995) - "Mom, he's smiling" |
Special Feast Days
Guadalupe (1997) - "She who crushes the head of the serpent" Trinity A (1999) - "On relations" All Souls (1997) - "Praying for the dead" Christ the King C (1998) - "On politics" |
Others |