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Advent Resources

God is Offering You a Grace this Advent - Don’t miss out on it!

Advent - Preparing our hearts for the the Second Coming of Jesus

Penance Services

stories about Advent

First Sunday of Advent

Related Homilies: God is Offering You a Grace this Advent - Don’t miss out on it!

Advent - Preparing our hearts for the the Second Coming of Jesus

Second Sunday of Advent

Separating the Wheat from the Chaff in our lives will bring us Harmony within ourselves, with others and with God 2007
Related Homilies: God is Offering You a Grace this Advent - Don’t miss out on it!

Advent - Preparing our hearts for the the Second Coming of Jesus

First Reading The Joyful Expectation of Advent

Third Sunday of Advent

Happy the Man or Woman in Prison who does not Lose Faith in Jesus

Related Homilies: God is Offering You a Grace this Advent - Don’t miss out on it!

Advent - Preparing our hearts for the the Second Coming of Jesus

Fourth Sunday of Advent

Joseph, Man of Faith, and Patron of the Church

Stories: Joseph’s Struggle (a dialogue)

Christmas Season and Baptism of Our Lord

See homilies in Years A, B and C

Second Sunday

Can you see Jesus in the Crowd?

Jesus is the Lamb of God who takes away our sins

Behold the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world 2008
On Jesus taking away the sins of the world see homilies on the Sacrament of Reconciliation

 

March for Life Life Homilies

Third Sunday

Only Jesus is the Solution to the World’s Problems

Leave the Boat and build up God’s Kingdom

Related Homilies: If Jesus could use the Twelve apostles with their weaknesses he can use us

Answering God’s Call - Vocations in the Bible

Homilies on priesthood

stories Fr John Corapi’s Vocation

stories Cardinal Lustiger’s conversion to Catholicism

March for Life Life Homilies

Fourth Sunday

Jesus’ Prescription for Happiness - the Beatitudes

The Beatitudes were lived perfectly by Jesus 2008
Related Homilies: Jesus’ description of happiness

Blessed are you who are poor...Our cross draws us closer to God 2007

stories about about reversals

stories: difficulty of teaching the Beatitudes

stories: dialogue on the Beatitudes

Fifth Sunday

Salt and Light

Sixth Sunday

Related Homilies: If your hand should cause you to sin cut it off! - Avoiding occasions of sin

What God has joined together man must not divide

The Church’s Teaching on Marriage

Seventh Sunday

Related Homilies: on love of neighbor: Seeing Jesus in others

Eighth Sunday

Related Homilies: on first reading: God will never forget us 2007

First Sunday of Lent

Overcoming Sin and Temptation during Lent - Prayer, Fasting and Almsgiving

Dying and Rising with Jesus during Lent

Overcoming Temptation and Giving Up Sin during Lent because We Love Jesus 2008

Related Homilies: Decide to Overcome Sin

Reliving the temptations of Jesus

stories for Lent

Second Sunday of Lent

The Transfiguration: Look Beyond Present Pain to the Presence of God

Jesus’ Transfiguration: Let us remember who we really are and not be negative

Related Homilies: We live by faith not sight but treasure experiences of God’s personal love

Jesus is the Promised Messiah. Listen to Him even as He predicts his Passion and Death!

stories about divine light

Third Sunday of Lent

Drink the Living Water of Jesus and You Will Never again Thirst

Putting the Picture of Jesus back together again during Lent 2008

stories about conversion

Fourth Sunday of Lent

Let us wash spiritually in the Sacrament of Reconciliation and be filled with Jesus’ Light

Jesus touches you when you receive the sacraments 2008

Related Homilies: Jesus as healer Jesus Our Healer heals us through the Mass and Sacraments

Let us have faith in the power of Jesus to heal us and pick us up

on the Psalm Jesus is the Good Shepherd

stories about divine light

Light of Jesus

Inexplicable light in form of embryo in Guadalupe

Fifth Sunday of Lent

Come out of your tomb, be unbound and set free

Jesus invites you to see life in a new way and live with his life now 2008

Holy Week to Easter Sunday

See Holy Week Homilies

Second Sunday of Easter

Peace Be With You after Being Sifted Like Wheat by Satan

God is doing a new thing and Jesus’ resurrection shows this 2008


Related Homilies: Trust, Surrender, Believe, Receive

Divine Mercy Sunday

Why confess sins to a priest?

stories about faith

Third Sunday of Easter

Attitudes Healed on the Road to Emmaus by meeting Jesus

We meet Jesus at Mass like the two disciples on the road to Emmaus 2008

Related Homilies: Homilies on the Eucharist

Fourth Sunday of Easter - Vocation Sunday

Jesus is the Good Shepherd

See Vocation Sunday in Years A, B and C

Related Homilies: Jesus the Good Shepherd carries us and lays down his life for us

Fifth Sunday of Easter

Trust in God

Sixth Sunday of Easter

If you love me you will keep my Commandments

Related Homilies: Loving God with all our heart and loving our neighbor as ourselves

By loving God and Neighbor we are filled with God’s Light and Miracles Follow

Mother Teresa of Calcutta

Do you love me?

Ascension

Related Homilies: Enlightened to our Calling and Destiny

Jesus Continues to be Present in his Church after his Ascension

Waiting in Prayer for the Outpouring of the Holy Spirit

First reading, witnesses to the ends of the earth: Church growing through trials

Seventh Sunday of Easter

Waiting in Prayer for the Outpouring of the Holy Spirit

Pentecost Sunday

see homilies for Years A, B and C

Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity

 We are drawn into the love at the heart of the Trinity

Related Homilies: The Most Holy Trinity: Abba, Emmanuel, Helper

Belonging to the Holy Trinity since baptism

Father who sought me, Son who bought me, Spirit who taught me

Story: St. Augustine and the Mystery of the Trinity

Corpus Christi

See homilies in Years A, B and C

Tenth Sunday

Related Homilies: Mercy Sunday

stories about God’s forgiveness

Commentary: excerpt of Enjoying the Bible 1

Eleventh Sunday

Cure the sick, raise the dead, cast out devils - Priesthood

Related Homilies: on curing the sick see Jesus our Healer

Twelfth Sunday

Declaring Ourselves for Jesus in the Presence of Others

Related Homilies: Let us Take a Stand for Jesus

stories about witnessing to Jesus

Thirteenth Sunday

Related Homilies: Taking up our Cross after Jesus

Carrying Our Cross after Jesus, disciples of Jesus

When problems loom let us turn to Prayer

stories about our cross

Fourteenth Sunday

Revealed to Mere Children

Come to Me all you who labor and are overburdened

Fifteenth Sunday

May We Produce Fruit for the Kingdom

Related Homilies: on the word of God Your Word is a Lamp for my Steps and a Light for my Path

They have the Scriptures, let them listen to them!

Second Reading, Rom 8:18 present suffering and future glory Faith in the Resurrection enables us to endure Suffering

Stories: Parable of the Sower (a dialogue)

Sixteenth Sunday

Weeds Among the Wheat - Patience with Ourselves and Others

Related Homilies: Second Reading, Rom 8:26 Spirit helping us pray Pentecost

Stories: Weeds among the Wheat, God’s Infinite Mercy (a dialogue)

Seventeenth Sunday

Jesus is Our Treasure

Finding the hidden treasure and pearl of great value

Related Homilies: Happiness

Eighteenth Sunday

Let Jesus Feast With You!

The miracle in the dump at Juarez - Give to Jesus and he gives to you

Related Homilies: Jesus expands our vision; our small vision vs. Jesus’ limitless vision

The Eucharist and the Priesthood were born during the Last Supper

Faith in the Real Presence of Jesus and Eucharistic Miracles

When we eat this bread and drink this cup...

Healed Through the Mass

Four Presences of Jesus when we celebrate the Eucharist

Alexandrina lived only on Jesus in the Eucharist for thirteen years

On Pope John Paul II’s Letter on the Eucharist, Ecclesia de Eucharistia

The Eucharist: Jesus living in us and we in Jesus - Little Nellie of Holy God

The Eucharist and St John Bosco

stories about the Eucharist

Nineteenth Sunday

Courage! It is I! Do Not Be Afraid!

Amazing Grace that saved a Wretch like Me!

Let us Grow Through Trials as Peter did

stories about faith

Twentieth Sunday

Let us persist in prayer like the Canaanite woman and St Monica

Related Homilies: on faith When problems loom let us turn to prayer

Happy the Man or Woman in Prison who does not Lose Faith in Jesus

Why pray when God knows what we want? - The Healing of Bartimaeus

on healing Jesus Our Healer heals us through the Mass and Sacraments

Let us have faith in the power of Jesus to heal us and pick us up

stories about persistence

on breaking down barriers see excerpt of Enjoying the Bible

Twenty-First Sunday

The Church - “Flesh and Blood” vs. “Revelation of Jesus’ Father”

You are the Christ, the Son of the living God

Palestine expected a different Messiah - Let us take our values from Jesus

Related Homilies: Peter grew to consider suffering for Jesus an honor

stories about the Pope

Twenty-Second Sunday

Related Homilies: Carrying Our Cross after Jesus

Carrying the Cross after Jesus

Palestine expected a different Messiah - Let us take our values from Jesus

Peter grew to consider suffering for Jesus an honor

mp3 meditation on Psalm 63

stories about our cross

stories about division

Twenty-Third Sunday

Related Homilies: second reading Seeing Jesus in others

second reading “If anyone wants to be first he must be servant of al”

stories about reconciliation

stories second reading related helping others

stories about seeing God in others

Twenty-Fourth Sunday

Forgiving Others

stories about forgiveness

Twenty-Fifth Sunday

Why be envious because I am generous?

Related Homilies: Equal in Dignity before God

the last being first: Curé of Ars

stories about positive thinking

Twenty-Sixth Sunday

We believe in God but live as if God does not exist!

Related Homilies: first reading Decide to overcome sin

October - Respect Life Month

Life Homilies

Twenty-Seventh Sunday

What type of Vineyard Tenants Are We?

God Continues to Call us to Bear Fruit

Producing Fruit for the Kingdom

Related Homilies: Bearing Fruit - Our love is not to be just words or mere talk

Twenty-Eighth Sunday

Wearing the Wedding Garment for the Wedding Feast - a Good Christian Life

Related Homilies: on the Psalm Jesus is the Good Shepherd

Twenty-Ninth Sunday - also Mission Sunday

Mission Sunday

Thirtieth Sunday

Loving God with all our heart, soul and mind, and our neighbor as ourselves

Related Homilies: By loving God and Neighbor we are filled with God’s Light and Miracles Follow

If you love me you will keep my commandments

Loving others as Jesus loved us

on love of neighbor Seeing Jesus in others

Bear with one another charitably - love your children

To be first you must be servant of all

Love your enemies

stories about helping others

stories about seeing God in others

Do you love me?

Thirty-First Sunday

Have we not all one Father? The greatest among you must be your servant

Related Homilies: The Parable of the Pharisee and the Tax-Collector

We are all equal in dignity before God

Be gentle in carrying out your business

on service: Jesus helping his disciples and the crowds

stories about humility and pride

Thirty-Second Sunday

We pass this way only once - Choose Well

Related Homilies: “Stay Awake, Praying at all Times”

A second opportunity to live, that opportunity is now

Preparing for the Second Coming of Jesus

Fr Steven Scheier’s near death experience video

mp3 meditation on Psalm 63

What God Won’t Ask

Thirty-Fourth Sunday - Christ the King

Jesus is in My Neighbor

Our Treasure in Heaven will be what We Give to the Poor

Related Homilies: Good Citizens of Our Country but God’s Servants First - Jesus is Our King

If anyone wants to be first he must be servant of all

on the Psalm Jesus is the Good Shepherd

On Jesus as King: Christ as a Powerless King

stories about seeing God in Others

stories about helping others

stories about service

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