The news of the last few months has been difficult; the loss of innocent lives, the assassination this week of Charlie Kirk leaving his wife and two young children. The flood disasters in Texas young schoolgirls lost their lives. Fires …
Ordination to the Priesthood 2025
Ordination to the Priesthood
May 24, 2025
St. James Cathedral
Homily of Bishop John Noonan
Welcome to St James Cathedral on this joy-filled day for by the work of God’s hand, two of our brothers will be ordained to the …
We become His Beloved – January 2025
Comfort is something for which we all long. That word, comfort, can mean different things to different people in our secular world. For some, comfort is a soft-cushioned couch on which to sit and watch television. For others, comfort might …
Rejoice in the Lord Always – November 2024
My Sisters and Brothers in Christ:
We rejoice in all circumstances over what God has done for us and what He will accomplish! Jesus Christ is yesterday, today, and forever! St. Paul also tells the community of Philippi to rejoice …
Spread peace, forgiveness of Christ to each other – November 2024
My Sisters and Brothers in Christ:
Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. Like St. Paul and his co-workers, I always pray for you with thanksgiving. I pray that by all our efforts …
How can we be ‘pilgrims of hope’? – November 2024
My Sisters and Brothers in Christ:
During November, we praise God and offer our thanksgiving for He is the Creator of heaven and earth and all within it. He offers Himself to us as we receive the Eucharist, and we …
Saints help us nourish the desire for holiness – October 2024
Beloved:
We are the people who long to see the face of God. He calls us His beloved, for we know in the depth of our soul this matchless love which God, throughout all eternity — now and forever — …
Humankind interwoven with God’s gift of life – October 2024
Beloved People of God:
Grace and Peace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you. St. Paul speaks to us about our living through, with and in God. Like Jesus, he tells us that we are servants, serving one another …
God’s love enfolds the world’s people – October 2024
My Sisters and Brothers in Christ:
During the celebration of Mass, we jubilantly proclaim, “Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord!” We follow in the footsteps of God’s people who journeyed across sea and dry land …
Blue Mass Homily
September 30, 2024
By Bishop John Noonan
On the Feast of St. Michael the Archangel and all the Angels, the Diocese of Orlando recognizes the service and sacrifice of our First Responders throughout Central Florda communities at this annual Blue …