Jesus will give you what you need. But the question we must ask ourselves, when will I decide to love Jesus more than everything else? When will I allow the gifts He has given me to make this world a better place, a more holy place, a more peaceful place?' That's the great challenge.
Monday, November 24, 2008
11/16/08 Your Greatest Love
Homily from the Thirty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time.
Jesus will give you what you need. But the question we must ask ourselves, when will I decide to love Jesus more than everything else? When will I allow the gifts He has given me to make this world a better place, a more holy place, a more peaceful place?' That's the great challenge.
Jesus will give you what you need. But the question we must ask ourselves, when will I decide to love Jesus more than everything else? When will I allow the gifts He has given me to make this world a better place, a more holy place, a more peaceful place?' That's the great challenge.
Sunday, November 23, 2008
11/09/08 What is Your Life Built On?
Homily from the Feast of the Dedication of the Lateran Basilica in Rome.
"We must ask ourselves, 'Have I been consumed with the zeal for my Father's House? Do I desire to spend eternity in Heaven more than I desire anything else?'"
Readings from November 9, 2008:
Ezekiel 47: 1-2, 8-9, 12
Psalm 46: 2-3, 5-6, 8-9
1 Corinthians 3:9-11, 16-17
John 2: 13-22
Readings from November 9, 2008:
11/02/08 We Remember
Homily from All Souls Day.
"This is what the Church says to us today: Whether your name is written in the book for all to see, or you're simply a soul no one knows about, there is One who knows you and loves you: that is the Father who created you."
Readings from November 2, 2008:
Wisdom 3: 1-9
Psalm 23: 1-6
Romans 5: 5-11
John 6: 37-40
"This is what the Church says to us today: Whether your name is written in the book for all to see, or you're simply a soul no one knows about, there is One who knows you and loves you: that is the Father who created you."
Readings from November 2, 2008:
11/01/08 He Knows
Homily from All Saints Day.
"If you look to all of the beatitudes, it shows us one thing: that blessing is possible for each and every one of us if we will allow God to bless us in the way in which He desires to do it."
"If you look to all of the beatitudes, it shows us one thing: that blessing is possible for each and every one of us if we will allow God to bless us in the way in which He desires to do it."
Thursday, November 20, 2008
Monday, October 27, 2008
10/26/08 To The Men
Homily from the Thirtieth Sunday in Ordinary Time.
"What I want to feel and think and hear is, 'Paul, go out and be a man. Be dangerous. Risk your life for me. Be willing to stand up in a crowd and to say the truth, to respect other people, to give them what is due, and to know you'll probably be beaten, probably laughed at and pushed around. And yet if you know who you are, you will stand with the truth, and you will defend the truth, and you will live the truth.'"
Readings from October 26, 2008:
Exodus 22: 20-26
1 Thesselonians 1:5-10
Matthew 22:34-40
Readings from October 26, 2008:
Wednesday, October 22, 2008
10/19/08 Give to God What is God's
Homily from the Twenty-Ninth Sunday in Ordinary Time.
"For if you understood what Jesus has said to us today, you would understand that that is the greatest question we can ask: What was I created for? How can I give back my life to the Lord?"
Readings from October 19, 2008:
Isaiah 45:1, 4-6
1 Thessalonians:1-5b
Matthew 22:15-21
Readings from October 19, 2008:
Tuesday, October 14, 2008
10/12/08 What's Your Answer?
Homily from the Twenty-Eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time.
"We have been invited to taste and see the goodness of the Lord, but not with the eyes of man, but with the eyes of faith. When we receive the Eucharist, we are fed with the Bread of Angels, the Body and Blood of Jesus Christ, and yet too often we fail to see it, we fail to taste It, and touch It, because too often we are simply for ourselves. We count the cost, we ask ourselves, 'What have I gotten out of this?'"
Readings from October 12, 2008:
Isaiah 25: 6-10
Phillipians 4: 12-14, 19-20
Matthew 22: 1-14
Readings from October 12, 2008:
Monday, October 6, 2008
10/05/08 The Gift of Life
Homily from the Twenty-Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time.
"What our Lord will simply ask us to do is to see if we can produce the good fruits of the Spirit. That we might create a place in which there is peace and justice, where there is an understanding that humanity is seen as not just an object to look at, or to use, but it's a reflection of the gift of God."
Readings from October 5th, 2008:
Isaiah 5:1-7
Philippians 4:6-9
Matthew 21:33-43
Readings from October 5th, 2008:
Monday, September 29, 2008
09/28/08 True Obedience
Homily from the Twenty-Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time.
"There is only one way to be truly obedient: and that is first to know the love of the Person that you must be obedient to."
Readings from September 28th, 2008:
Ezekiel 18: 25-28
Phillipians 2: 1-11
Matthew 21: 28-32
Readings from September 28th, 2008:
Tuesday, September 23, 2008
09/21/08 Why Do It?
Homily from the Twenty-Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time:
"We must ask ourselves, 'Do I go to Church, do I do the things I do because I love our Lord, or am I trying to punch a ticket to get into Heaven?"
Readings from September 21st, 2008:
Isaiah 55:6-9
Psalm 145: 2-3.8-9,17-18
Phillipians 1:20c-24, 27a
Matthew 20:1-16a
Readings from September 21st, 2008:
09/14/08 Gratitude
Homily from the Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross:
It's easy to become ungrateful when you don't see what it cost. It's easy to look at a Cross and just sort of think it's nice. But when you look at a Crucifix, and you see our Lord beaten, bruised, cut, crucified...you have to stop and ask yourself, "Am I grateful?"
Readings from September 14th, 2008:
Numbers 21: 4-9
Phillipians 2:6-11
John 3: 13-17
Readings from September 14th, 2008:
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