04/27/08 The More You Know...

Homily from the Sixth Sunday of Easter.

"What is it they [people who are questioning their faith] really want to hear? What they really want to hear, in a lot of ways, they want to hear that word that sets them free. Don't you just want to hear that word that says, 'You know what? Jesus died for YOU,' and have that penetrate into your heart? Don't you want to hear that word that says, 'You know how you're carrying around those heavy weights, those heavy chains? You don't have to, you can be set free from that kind of life!'?"
Readings for April 27, 2008:

Acts 8:5-8, 14-17

Psalm 66:1-7, 16, 20

1 Peter 3:15-18

John 14:15-21

12/24/07 Intimacy With Christ

Homily from the Christmas Eve Mass.

"I have to ask you this. Do you have a personal relationship with Jesus Christ? Can you say, 'YES! I am friends with God!' Because brothers and sisters if I can’t say yes to that question, you know what Christmas means to me? It’s nice, it’s cute. But if I can say, 'Yes, I have a personal relationship with Jesus Christ,' what I’m saying is, 'Christmas CHANGED my life. God took on flesh so that I could hold on to Him. God took on flesh so that He could change my life and I could meet Him.'"
Readings from December 24th, 2007 (Christmas Vigil Mass:

Isaiah 62:1-5

Psalm 89:4-5, 16-17, 27, 29

Acts 13:16-17, 22-25

Matthew 1:1-25

04/20/08 The Way, The Truth, and The Life

Homily from the Fifth Sunday of Easter.

"What’s true has to be more than just what’s true for me or true for you. Sometimes we hear people say, “There is no such thing as absolute truth.” It’s really easy to talk to those people because all you have to say is, “Okay there’s no such thing as absolute truth? Is that true? Is that ABSOLUTELY true that there is no such thing as absolute truth?” Well then all of a sudden there IS absolute truth somewhere. “You can’t know absolute truth.” “Are you sure? Because if you know that, then you CAN know absolute truth.”
Readings from April 25, 2008:
First Reading: Acts 6:1-7
Psalm: Psalm 33:1-2, 4-5, 18-19
Second Reading: 1 Peter 2:4-9
Gospel: John 14:1-12

04/13/08 Will You Do It?

Homily from the Fourth Sunday of Easter.

"Do we really think that if someone buys into Christ, they’re going to live a better life? Because if we do, we need to start talking about Christ as if our life depended on it. We need to start being able to share the love of God that we know, not like knock people over the head with it, but to share the love of God, that we know deeply, as if our lives depend on it. Because brothers and sisters, they do."

Readings from April 13, 2008:

Acts 2:14, 36-41

Psalm 23:1-6

1 Peter 2:20-25

John 10:1-10

04/12/08 The Gift

Homily from the Wedding of Tanner and Sarah Lundy (fathermike's sister!)! :)

"Marriage is not just giving gifts, marriage is BEING the gift. It's being willing to BE the gift in every moment, and that's what Sarah and Tanner desire with all of their hearts, minds, souls and strengths, is to BE a gift for the other."

04/06/08 Were Not Our Hearts Burning Within Us?

Homily from the Third Sunday of Easter.

"A witness can only go so far. We can have the best, absolute best Christian who is living the best Christian life and witnessing to us that they know Christ, we can have an ANGEL come to us in witness of Christ's Resurrection! But they need more. People in the Scriptures today, they needed more, and you and I need more. What did they need? They needed to encounter Him for themselves."
Readings From Sunday, April 6, 2008:

Acts 2:14, 22-33

Psalm 16:1-2, 5, 7-11

1 Peter 1:17-21

Luke 24:13-35

03/22/08 "You Are Mine."

Homily from the Easter Vigil Mass.

"Tonight is about what it looks like when we say, "God is my Father." When the Father looks at you, and He says, "You are mine."