Msgr. James Bartylla gave the following homily at the White Mass held on May 19 at St. Maria Goretti Church in Madison.
Category: From the Diocesan Administrator
Driving through the night — A faithful co-worker of the Lord
Following is a homily given by Msgr. James Bartylla, diocesan administrator, for the fifth Sunday of Lent.
The Gospel account of the woman caught in the sin of adultery is one of our favorite Gospel passages — one of the passages most people remember best.
The Parable of Brotherly Envy
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Following is a homily given by Msgr. James Bartylla, diocesan administrator, for the fourth Sunday of Lent.
The Parable of the Prodigal Son on the fourth Sunday of Lent is a parable well known to most of us. I’ve often thought of it as the New Testament version of the Book of Job in its impact.
If the Book of Job might be conveniently subtitled, “Why do bad things happen to good people?”, the Parable of the Prodigal Son might be subtitled, “Why do good to bad people?” (i.e., to the prodigal son), and “Are good people really so good?” (i.e., the older son’s behavior).
Running to stand still: the futility of sin
Following is a homily given by Msgr. James Bartylla, diocesan administrator, for the third Sunday of Lent.
In today’s Gospel, Jesus moves us from the “news of the Jerusalem Gazette” to the “Jerusalem Farmers’ Almanac” in the short span of one Gospel passage.
Dedication of altar at St. Michael Church, Dane
Thank you to Fr. Scott Jablonski and all the members of Blessed Trinity Parish who worked so diligently on this beautiful sanctuary renovation as we dedicate this new altar today at St. Michael Church in Dane.
Dealing with the temptation to fear
Msgr. James Bartylla, diocesan administrator, gave the following homily at the Rite of Election held Sunday, March 10, at St. John the Baptist Church, Waunakee.
Greetings in Jesus Christ to the catechumens and candidates gathered here today at the Rite of Election!
The artistry of loving your enemies
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Following is the homily Msgr. James Bartylla preached on Sunday, Feb. 24, for the Cistercian Sisters, Prairie du Sac .
The message of Christ in the Gospel for the Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time, to love one’s enemies and bless those who curse you, is as challenging and mysterious to us today as it was in Jesus’ time. That challenge and mystery stems from both divine and human elements.
Pride meets humility in the quiet of the desert
On the First Sunday of Lent, in all three liturgical years of the Gospels of Matthew, Mark, and Luke, we’re confronted with the account of Our Lord’s temptation in the desert by the devil.
This is a beautiful text, because in a way the history of the world was played out in a quiet desert, away from the busy cities, between God-made-man and the fallen angel.
Christmas: The gift of tender particularity
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Following is the homily at the Cathedral Parish of St. Raphael in Madison given at Christmas Midnight Mass by Msgr. James Bartylla, diocesan administrator.
There is often an accusation made against Christianity that is called the “Scandal of Particularity”. In its essence, it emphasizes the difficulty of believing a single man (Jesus) could be the Savior of all mankind and the only way to the Father.
It argues that it is “unreasonable” or “fanciful” to believe in this salvific universality of Jesus Christ. After all, he was born in Bethlehem, during a census by Caesar Augustus, under the governorship of Quirinius, and raised in Nazareth? How could the Savior of the whole world, including Rome, Greece, Persia, and Africa, and for all time, be from little Bethlehem?