Twenty-Third Sunday in Ordinary Time Homily
Alex Solsma's Homilies
Deacon Alex Solsma's homily for the Twenty-Third in Ordinary Time (Year C). It was given during a Mass at Saint Agnes Catholic Church in West Chester, Pennsylvania, on September 7, 2025. Gospel: Luke 14:25-33, First Reading: Wisdom 9:13-18b *** This podcast features homilies from Deacon Alex Solsma. Solsma was ordained as a transitional deacon for the Diocese of Arlington on April 26, 2025. He has been a seminarian for the Diocese of Arlington studying at Saint Charles Borromeo Seminary in Philadelphia since August of 2021. As part of the training and preparation process for...
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Nineteenth Sunday In Ordinary Time Homily
Alex Solsma's Homilies
Deacon Alex Solsma's homily for the Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year C). It was given during a Mass at Saint Timothy Catholic Church in Chantilly, Virginia, on August 10, 2025. Gospel: Luke 12:32-48, Second Reading: Hebrews 11:1-2, 8-19 *** This podcast features homilies from Deacon Alex Solsma. Solsma was ordained as a transitional deacon for the Diocese of Arlington on April 26, 2025. He has been a seminarian for the Diocese of Arlington studying at Saint Charles Borromeo Seminary in Philadelphia since August of 2021. As part of the training and preparation process for...
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Eighteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time (The Rich Fool) Homily
Alex Solsma's Homilies
Deacon Alex Solsma's homily for the Eighteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year C). It was given during a Mass at Saint Timothy Catholic Church in Chantilly, Virginia, on August 3, 2025. Gospel: Luke 12:13-21, Second Reading: Colossians 3:1-5, 9-11 *** This podcast features homilies from Deacon Alex Solsma. Solsma was ordained as a transitional deacon for the Diocese of Arlington on April 26, 2025. He has been a seminarian for the Diocese of Arlington studying at Saint Charles Borromeo Seminary in Philadelphia since August of 2021. As part of the training and preparation process...
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Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time Homily
Alex Solsma's Homilies
Deacon Alex Solsma's homily for the Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year C). It was given during a Mass at Saint Timothy Catholic Church in Chantilly, Virginia, on July 27, 2025. Gospel: Luke 11:1-13, First Reading: Genesis 18:20-32, Psalm 138 *** This podcast features homilies from Deacon Alex Solsma. Solsma was ordained as a transitional deacon for the Diocese of Arlington on April 26, 2025. He has been a seminarian for the Diocese of Arlington studying at Saint Charles Borromeo Seminary in Philadelphia since August of 2021. As part of the training and preparation process...
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Sixteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time (Martha and Mary) Homily
Alex Solsma's Homilies
Deacon Alex Solsma's homily for the Sixteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year C). It was given during a Mass at Saint Timothy Catholic Church in Chantilly, Virginia, on July 20, 2025. Gospel: Luke 10:38-42 (Martha and Mary), Second Reading: Colossians 1:24-28 *** This podcast features homilies from Deacon Alex Solsma. Solsma was ordained as a transitional deacon for the Diocese of Arlington on April 26, 2025. He has been a seminarian for the Diocese of Arlington studying at Saint Charles Borromeo Seminary in Philadelphia since August of 2021. As part of the training and preparation...
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Fifteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time (The Good Samaritan) Homily
Alex Solsma's Homilies
Deacon Alex Solsma's homily for the Fifteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year C). It was given during a Mass at Saint Timothy Catholic Church in Chantilly, Virginia, on July 13, 2025. Gospel: Luke 10:25-37 (The Good Samaritan), First Reading: Deuteronomy 30:10-14 *** This podcast features homilies from Deacon Alex Solsma. Solsma was ordained as a transitional deacon for the Diocese of Arlington on April 26, 2025. He has been a seminarian for the Diocese of Arlington studying at Saint Charles Borromeo Seminary in Philadelphia since August of 2021. As part of the training and...
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Fourteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time Homily
Alex Solsma's Homilies
Deacon Alex Solsma's homily for the Fourteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year C). It was given during a Mass at Saint Timothy Catholic Church in Chantilly, Virginia, on July 6, 2025. Gospel: Luke 10:1-12, 17-20, Second Reading: Galatians 6:14-18 *** This podcast features homilies from Deacon Alex Solsma. Solsma was ordained as a transitional deacon for the Diocese of Arlington on April 26, 2025. He has been a seminarian for the Diocese of Arlington studying at Saint Charles Borromeo Seminary in Philadelphia since August of 2021. As part of the training and preparation process for...
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Solemnity of Saints Peter and Paul Homily
Alex Solsma's Homilies
Deacon Alex Solsma's homily for the Solemnity of Saints Peter and Paul. It was given during a Mass at Saint Timothy Catholic Church in Chantilly, Virginia, on June 29, 2025. Gospel: Matthew 16:13-19, First Reading: Acts 12:1-11, Second Reading: 2 Timothy 4:6-8, 17-18 *** This podcast features homilies from Deacon Alex Solsma. Solsma was ordained as a transitional deacon for the Diocese of Arlington on April 26, 2025. He has been a seminarian for the Diocese of Arlington studying at Saint Charles Borromeo Seminary in Philadelphia since August of 2021. As part of the training and...
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Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ (Corpus Christi) Homily
Alex Solsma's Homilies
Deacon Alex Solsma's homily for the Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ (Corpus Christi). It was given during a Mass at Saint Timothy Catholic Church in Chantilly, Virginia, on June 22, 2025. Gospel: Luke 9:11b-17, Second Reading: 1 Corinthians 11:23-26 *** This podcast features homilies from Deacon Alex Solsma. Solsma was ordained as a transitional deacon for the Diocese of Arlington on April 26, 2025. He has been a seminarian for the Diocese of Arlington studying at Saint Charles Borromeo Seminary in Philadelphia since August of 2021. As part of the training and...
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Second Sunday of Easter Homily - A Defense of Doubting Thomas
Alex Solsma's Homilies
Deacon Alex Solsma's first homily after his ordination to the diaconate was at a Mass for the Second Sunday of Easter. It was given on April 27, 2025, at the Basilica of Saint Mary in Alexandria, Virginia. Gospel: John 20:19-31 *** This podcast features homilies from Deacon Alex Solsma. Solsma was ordained as a transitional deacon for the Diocese of Arlington on April 26, 2025. He has been a seminarian for the Diocese of Arlington studying at Saint Charles Borromeo Seminary in Philadelphia since August of 2021. As part of the training and preparation process for ordination to...
info_outlineDeacon Alex Solsma's homily for the Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year C). It was given during a Mass at Saint Timothy Catholic Church in Chantilly, Virginia, on July 27, 2025.
Gospel: Luke 11:1-13, First Reading: Genesis 18:20-32, Psalm 138
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This podcast features homilies from Deacon Alex Solsma.
Solsma was ordained as a transitional deacon for the Diocese of Arlington on April 26, 2025. He has been a seminarian for the Diocese of Arlington studying at Saint Charles Borromeo Seminary in Philadelphia since August of 2021.
As part of the training and preparation process for ordination to the priesthood, transitional deacons continue to take classes but also work in parishes to gain pastoral experience. God willing, Deacon Solsma will be ordained to the priesthood in June of 2026.