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Enjoy This Blessing!
Enjoy This Blessing!
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We are, right now, in the kingdom of God; and Christ is in our midst, speaking to us, inviting us to partake of a great banquet, a great feast! So... Read more...
Ponder the Mystery: Corpus Christi Homily
Ponder the Mystery: Corpus Christi Homily
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Take a minute to consider the honor your heavenly Father bestows on you; the respect He shows you; the kindness and thoughtfulness He has for you; the gift He offers... Read more...
The Trinity in Action
The Trinity in Action
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Perhaps it feels like the Feast of the Holy Trinity celebrates one of those cold, impersonal, esoteric doctrines that has very little to do with what’s going in the world.... Read more...
Prayer is Not Nothing: Pentecost Homily
Prayer is Not Nothing: Pentecost Homily
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For nine days the Holy Apostles and 120 others are in the upper room praying. From the outside, it looks like the ascension of Christ has left them bewildered, lost,... Read more...
The Finding of the Holy Cross (May 3)
The Finding of the Holy Cross (May 3)
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There are two feasts of the Holy Cross that are celebrated in the Western Rite calendar. The one shared with the Eastern Rite is September 14, which we know as... Read more...
Meeting Fear: Easter I homily
Meeting Fear: Easter I homily
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Fear paralyzed the disciples. That is why they locked themselves in the upper room. They were afraid of the same folks who had conspired and come out against Jesus. Their... Read more...
Unimaginable Joy? Easter Day Homily
Unimaginable Joy? Easter Day Homily
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Christ is risen! Nothing else matters. Which is why one of our bishops once said that, “Other people would not think this a time for festival. [But] far from being... Read more...
Imitating Death: Good Friday Homily
Imitating Death: Good Friday Homily
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What we offered Our Lord, and what He graciously took from us, was the consequence of the contagion of sin. We offered a body capable of death, a body incapable... Read more...
Loving to the End: Holy Thursday Homily
Loving to the End: Holy Thursday Homily
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To love someone to the end is to do whatever you must for their good, their well-being, their health, their safety, their care. It means sacrificing your ideas of what... Read more...
Tears of Repentance: Holy Wednesday Homily
Tears of Repentance: Holy Wednesday Homily
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When we see people suffer, when we contemplate the scale of misery and grief, it seems right to feel sorry for them: to pity their circumstances, and the trauma that... Read more...
Forsaking Our Lord: Holy Tuesday Homily
Forsaking Our Lord: Holy Tuesday Homily
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“They forsook him and fled.” That is by far the most devastating sentence in the story of Our Lord’s Passion. It means that He was left lonely, bereft of the... Read more...
The Aroma of Life: Holy Monday Homily
The Aroma of Life: Holy Monday Homily
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Like the perfume of the incense which clings to our clothing and to our hair, the sweet-smelling savor of the costly ointment from Mary filled the whole room. Certainly, that... Read more...