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“Go into all the world and proclaim the
Good News to all creation.” Mark 16:15
Fr. Michael tells the story of Admiral Jeremiah Denton visiting Fr. Jim Willig and sharing how faith and prayer helped him endure suffering as a POW. Gospel & Homily Luke 21:12-19 Jesus said to the crowd: “They will seize and persecute you, they will hand you over to the synagogues and to prisons, and they…
10 lepers call out to Jesus to be healed, and after Jesus heals them only one returns to give thanks. Fr. Michael reminds us to be thankful but that our thanksgiving adds nothing to God’s greatness but it does change us for the better. Watch this special Thanksgiving homily for it’s add illustrations and video…
Fr. Michael preaches on the lesson of finding happiness in God, both during times of wealth and times of poverty. Gospel and Homily Transcripts Luke 16:9-15 Jesus said to his disciples: “I tell you, make friends for yourselves with dishonest wealth, so that when it fails, you will be welcomed into eternal dwellings. The person…
Fr. Michael, recently returned from a trip to Greece, describes visiting the place where Paul converted Lydia, a prominent business woman in Philippi along with Paul’s eventual place of punishment and imprisonment before an earthquake loosed his bonds. Watch and listen for the full story and pictures from Fr. Michael’s trip. Transcripts 1st Reading: Philippians…
Fr. Michael challenges us to humbly accept God’s shaping grace for the form of our life, even if that grace may hurt in a few places. Homily Transcript Gospel: Matthew 13:47-53 Jesus said to the disciples: “The Kingdom of heaven is like a net thrown into the sea, which collects fish of every kind. When…
The Gospel message from Luke 12:8-12 is a powerful exhortation from Jesus to his disciples telling them that the Holy Spirit will speak through them when the time is right, but warning them that the penalty for blaspheming against the Holy Spirit is steep. Fr. Michael teaches that falling into discouragement is akin to this…
The Piety Gap (or Woe to You Hippocrates) refers to the Scribes and Pharisees of Jesus’ time, and the holier than thou Christians of our time. It is about those who bemoan the faithlessness of others while missing the crucial obstacles to faith in their own lives. Fr. Michael reminds us that Jesus’ Gospel is…
We pray this prayer at every Mass so it is easy to take it for granted. Fr. Michael reminds us that it is the prayer Jesus himself taught to the disciples. It is the prayer of Peter and Paul, St. Augustine, St. Francis of Assisi and so many more. It unites Catholics and Christians throughout…
It is easy to forget sometimes that God is God and we are not. Fr. Michael reflects on the major news of our World today and compares that with the story of Job. He concludes with some words from a Lutheran pastor that show just how easily we forget that God is God and we…