Homily for Tuesday of the 28th Week in Ordinary Time In our readings today, we hear Jesus and St. Paul calling out the Pharisees and the early Christian community, respectively, for their inclination of being so focused on fulfilling the prescripts of the Jewish Law – in particular the ritual law – while missing the…
Homily for Monday of the 28th Week in Ordinary Time How many times have we been faced with making an important decision about something in our lives and turned to the Lord and asked: “Lord, if only you would give me a sign of what to do”? I’m pretty certain that most of us have…
Homily for Friday of the 27th Week in Ordinary Time Today’s Gospel is a reminder for all of us that spiritual warfare is real. If Jesus engaged in it, so should we. If you’ve ever been to confession with me, I often times cite this passage from Luke when I teach those seeking the Sacrament…
Homily for Tuesday of the 27th Week in Ordinary Time Sometimes I think we underestimate (or maybe undervalue is the better word) the power of the conversion of one person. Just think about what would have happened had Paul not had his conversion. He would not have become the greatest evangelist in the early Church,…
Homily for the Memorial of St. Faustina Kowalska Today the Church celebrates the Memorial of St. Faustina Kowalska, who many of us know was one of the greatest saints of mercy that the Church has ever seen. Throughout her life as a nun, Faustina had many miraculous visions of the Lord and within those visions…
Homily for Saturday of the 26th Week in Ordinary Time Over the last several days now, there has been a consistent theme, a common thread in our Gospel readings about embracing this childlike nature in order to enter the Kingdom of Heaven. It has been there almost every day this week. As I was praying…
Homily for Votive Mass of Mary, Queen and Mother of Mercy, Night of Merciful Love at Holy Name of Jesus Catholic Church Tonight as we gather for our Night of Merciful Love, we remember in a special way our Blessed Mother, more specifically as the Queen and Mother of Mercy. Mary is the Queen of…
Homily for the Memorial of the Guardian Angels Our faith teaches us that there is a spiritual realm that surrounds each of us, a reality where the forces of Good and Evil are constantly battling to win over souls. It is the angels who fight to lead souls closer to God and demons who struggle…
Homily for the Memorial of St. Therese of Lisieux It has often been said that holy vocations come out of holy families. That certainly was the case with the family of St. Therese of Lisieux. St. Therese was 1 of 9 children born into an extremely Catholic family. Her parents, Louis and Zelie Martin, sought…
Homily for the Memorial of St. Vincent de Paul. Mass for the St. Vincent de Paul Society of Holy Name of Jesus Catholic Church, Indialantic. If there ever was a saint who embodied this Gospel passage today from Matthew, it was St. Vincent de Paul. St. Vincent understood the compassion and mercy that the Lord…
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