Homilies

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Twenty-Second Sunday in Ordinary Time

Father Ellis, the Vocations Director for our Diocese, highlighted the importance of all vocations and asked us to pray a Hail Mary for religious vocations every time we wash our hands.

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Eighteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time

Even though Christ was grieving the loss of His cousin, He was still moved with pity for the crowds. Pray for a heart full of zeal for spreading the Gospel to return the love that Christ has for us.

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Fourteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time

Christ’s yoke is easy because it is given in love and Father reminds us that the reason Christ wants us to take His yoke is because it is life-giving and sanctifying.

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The Most Holy Trinity

Father Michael reminds us that even though our minds cannot grasp the idea of the Trinity, we do know that God is merciful, gracious, and loving. He is the guide for how to live our lives.

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Pentecost Sunday

Father Michael shares how the Holy Spirit guided him to the priesthood and reminds us that our vocations are from God but also that we need to pray for each other to live those vocations.

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Seventh Sunday of Easter

Deacon Mark helps us to see that teaching and learning are always a part of life and that we are called to go out into the world and share what we have learned about Christ by the way we live our lives.

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Sixth Sunday of Easter

On this Mother’s Day, Father Michael shares that the Blessed Sacrament feeds us in a way that nothing else can. It is the language of love and transformation which gets inside of us and rewrites us and heals us.

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Fifth Sunday of Easter

Father Michael reminds us that while we all have a place at the banquet table in God’s Kingdom, we also need to prepare a place for Christ at the table of our lives through our sacrificial love of others.

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Third Sunday of Easter

Father Michael points out the roadmap for our faith in today’s Gospel reading that Jesus patiently shares with the disciples on the road to Emmaus. Christ wants us to understand His teachings as well and is patient to guide us if we will let Him.

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Easter Sunday

Father reminds us that, while we are all broken, God sees every one of us as His beautiful, beloved children and He delights in us no matter who we are. Through Christ’s death and resurrection, we are called to show that same love and mercy to everyone.

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