Thirty-first Sunday Gospel AThen Jesus spoke to the crowds and to his disciples, saying, "The scribes and the Pharisees have taken their seat on the chair of Moses. Therefore, do and observe all...
There are so many times in the scriptures that speak of praising God. It is not that God needs our praise but our praise recognizes our relationship and dependency on God for all...
Sometimes we need to go back to the basics to insure that we are living the way God wants us to live. What is more basic than love. Because God has first loved...
When I say, “I am a Christian” I’m not shouting, “I’ve been saved!” I’m whispering, “I get lost! That’s why I chose this way.”When I say, “I am a Christian” I don’t speak...
Jesus gave us an important rule of life. He said that we are to be concerned about what matters to God. Many times we are more concerned about what matters to others more...
Homily: Thirtieth Sunday Year A Reading 1: Last Sunday, we heard: “I am the Lord, your God. There is no other God besides me.” It was in this context that God revealed...
A farmer grew an award-winning corn. Each year he entered his corn in the state fair where it won a blue ribbon. One day, a newspaper reporter interviewed him and learned something interesting...
Thirtieth Sunday Gospel AWhen the Pharisees heard that he had silenced the Sadducees, they gathered together, and one of them a scholar of the law tested him by asking, "Teacher, which commandment in...
"All the great saints in history about whom I have read have been people who were so passionately in love with God that they were completely free to love other people in a...
"Every life exists either to meet a need or fill greed. Meeting a need in fact is God-given while filling greed is a mission invented by man himself." (Anonymous)How often are our decisions...
"And do not be afraid of those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul; rather, be afraid of the one who can destroy both soul and body in Gehenna." Mathew 10:28Many...
"To live a life in the memory of Jesus Christ means first of all that that memory is a healing memory. How does the memory of Jesus Christ heal? The memory of Jesus...
Homily Twenty-ninth Sunday Year A Reading 1: God reveals himself as the Lord of history. Cyrus was a pagan King, whom God raised to power for one purpose. The exile of the Chosen...
The message of the Gospel is one of joy and hope, of gratitude and love. It is also a message of embracing our sufferings and brokenness, not for their sake, but as a...
Twenty-ninth Sunday Gospel AThen the Pharisees went off and plotted how they might entrap him in speech.· We have another confrontational story between the leaders and Jesus. · The question that is posed...
"The time for my birth is close at hand....Do not stand in the way of my birth to real life; do not wish me stillborn. My desire is to belong to God." St....
Apologetic Tract Why Go to Mass?
By spiritaflame 10:21 AMWHY GO TO MASSAs we look at the trends in our own country, it seems that about 25-33% of Catholics attend Mass regularly on Sundays. There are many reasons given for non-attendance:· From not getting anything...
