Fr. Jay's homilies are usually in outline format. You may want to review "Interpreting Fr Jay's homily" below before viewing the attached homilies.

October 19, 2008 - October30, 2008

Interpreting Fr Jay's homily

My homilies are normally very complete outlines

When something is underlined that means the word or phrase is to be repeated It is repeated after every slash mark (-) in that sentence Or it is repeated when the following symbol is in the text ^^^
When a side slash (/) is used the repeating stops

When things are bracketed as follows [ ], it implies that this section is in more of an outline form and is not word for word what was said in the homily

There are a number of things that appear in the text that are instructions for how I am to say something. When words are italicized, it indicates that I should change the inflection in my voice. When there is bold print I should give the word or phrase more emphasis. When these brackets appear { }- those are usually gesture instructions for me - where to point or how to say a particular phrase, etc.

When something is highlighted in yellow, it means each word is said very distinctly

Occasionally the following initials appear- "b, b, s, & d" (Body, blood, soul, and Divinity) or "h, s, m, & st" (Loving God with all our heart, soul, mind and strength)

MDP = My dear people of God