Father Paul's Homily Page

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.

Please visit also my Astronomy page and my personal homepage with pictures page.

Enjoy, Fr. Paul D. Williams, Jr.

The most important sermon I ever preached: the funeral for my father, September 15th, 1995.

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"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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"

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

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