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Sunday, March 27, 2022

The Older Son is Blind to All His Blessings

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  Homily for the 4 th Sunday of Lent, 2022   There is a line in our Gospel today that I would like to preach on, and it is this: “He sa...
Saturday, March 26, 2022

The Gift of Smallness...a homily on the Annunciation, 2022

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  Annunciation 2022   Several years ago, if anyone had asked me a question about the state of our country or ways to improve the Catholi...
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Sunday, March 13, 2022

"Their god is their stomach"

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  “For many conduct themselves as enemies of the cross of Christ.   Their God is their stomach” Saint Paul warns the Philippians that many...
Sunday, March 6, 2022

The War in Ukraine and Our Lady of Fatima

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  “The war in Ukraine, and Fatima” - Homily for March 5 th and 6 th   At the beginning of our Eucharistic Prayer, we will once again sa...

For the Victims

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 Please share this with any victims of Catholic clergy sexual assault/abuse/harassment.  Thank you!
Friday, March 4, 2022

Do not let your fast be another person's penance?

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  “Your Fast ends in quarreling”   I had heard the phrase a lot these past couple of years – “Do not let your fast be another person’s p...
Sunday, February 27, 2022

The importance of our speech

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  The importance of speech – Homily for February 26 th and 27 th , 2022 Sirach says in our first reading that one’s speech disclose the b...
Monday, February 21, 2022

"Love Our Enemies" - Homily for the 7th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year C

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  In today’s Gospel, Jesus twice says we are to “love our enemies”    We have all heard this phrase so often, it likely flows over us wi...
Monday, February 14, 2022

Homily on wrapping up year 2 of our pandemic

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  “In the Year of drought, it shows no distress” – homily for Feb 12 th and 13 th , 2022   We have in our first reading today: “Blesse...
Sunday, February 6, 2022

When were you saved?

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  Homily for the 5 th Sunday in Ordinary Time, February 5 th and 6 th “Through the gospel I preached you are also being saved ”   A...
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Sunday, January 30, 2022

Speaking of "Truth" and "Love"

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4th Sunday in Ordinary Time - TRUE Love

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  Love – Homily for January 29 th   Saint Paul in our 2 nd reading today gives us an examination of conscience about whether we have tr...
Thursday, January 27, 2022

Promised Land by Toby Mac

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I was always anti-praise and worship but given the absolute plummeting of my interest in secular music, I have turned more to praise and wor...
Sunday, January 23, 2022

3rd Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year C, January 22nd and 23rd

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 "Adoptionism" and other Heresies Adoptionism is a heresy that says Jesus Christ was adopted by God the Father at His Baptism.   B...
Sunday, January 16, 2022

Homily on Evangelization, January 16th 2022

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  Our Psalm today is “Proclaim his marvelous deeds to all the nations” and “Announce His salvation day after day” I want to ask us all to ...
Saturday, January 15, 2022

The Chosen

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 I cannot recommend "The Chosen" enough.  Click HERE to watch the first episode https://watch.angelstudios.com/thechosen/watch?vi...
Sunday, January 9, 2022

The Baptism of the Lord 2022

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"He shall bring forth Justice to the nations, not crying out, not shouting, not making his voice heard in the street”   We are all ...
Sunday, January 2, 2022

Epiphany 2022

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  I had been trying all week to come up with a homily for the Epiphany, but for some reason, nothing came to mind.   And then, on New Year’s...
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Saturday, January 1, 2022

January 1st: Mary the Mother of God 2022

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  “Mary kept all these things, reflecting on them in her heart.”   I want to issue a challenge to all men: pray the rosary every day  ...
Saturday, December 25, 2021

Christmas 2021

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  “She wrapped him in swaddling clothes and laid him in a manger”   Saint John Chrysostom said about Christ’s birth, that Christ could h...
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