Homilies

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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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Holy Thursday—Mass of the Lord’s Supper

Deacon Ben highlights the real presence of Christ in the Eucharist that we have the opportunity to receive at every Mass and the close relationship that we have with Christ as a result.

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Palm Sunday

Deacon Mark reminds us that often times we are like the people in today’s gospel account: cheering for Jesus one minute and denying Him the next. With God’s help, we can be Jesus’s hands and feet in our world. May we share Christ with the world this Holy Week and always.

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5th Sunday of Lent

Father reminds us that out of His abundant love for us, Christ wants to raise us from the death of our sin into life with Him!

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4th Sunday of Lent

Deacon Ben teaches us that the church gives us Lent as a time to become aware of and face our blind spots so that we can share the light of Christ’s resurrection with the world.

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3rd Sunday of Lent

We hear from Bishop Reidy about the ministries served by the Annual Catholic Appeal

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2nd Sunday of Lent

Deacon Mark reminds us that Lent is a journey of faith where we can step out of comfort in order to step closer to God.

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1st Sunday of Lent

Fr. Michael shares with us ways that we can be more attentive to the movement of God in our lives this Lenten season. He invites us to connect through the Lent devotion “CRUX” and reminds us that the world needs the witness of our faith.

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Ash Wednesday

Deacon Ben advises us that whatever we need to do to resolve, repent, renew ourselves and draw closer to God this Lent, “Just Do It.”

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6th Sunday in Ordinary Time

In today’s readings we are reminded that our actions begin with a thought. Deacon Mark helps us to see that our actions begin with at thought and that Jesus cautioned us to be aware of thoughts that could lead us to sin. Deacon also reminds us that when we do sin we can choose to seek out God’s Mercy.

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5th Sunday in Ordinary Time

Father Michael encourages us to ask the question “How can I serve you today?” to everyone we come in contact with and by doing this we will bring Christ’s Light to the World.

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