03/29/09 True Sacrifice

Homily from the 5th Sunday of Lent.

"What is it that you need to be set free from? To be able to offer it to the Lord and say, "This is my sacrifice." Because God does not want to say, 'Give up what you love,' as much as He wants to say, 'Give up what's keeping you from loving the way you're meant to love.'"
Readings for March 29, 2009

Jeremiah 31:31-34

Hebrews 5:7-9

John 12:20-33

03/08/09 The Route to Freedom

Homily from the Second Sunday of Lent.

"If I don't ever wrestle with doubt, if i don't ever wrestle with, "God can I really trust you?" If I don't ever wrestle with, "It's really hard, God, to do the right thing right now," then maybe I'm not following God: maybe I'm just following my image of God. And instead of me being made in the image and likeness of God, I've made God in the image and likeness of me."

Readings for March 8, 2009

Genesis 22:1-2,9-13,15-18

Romans 8:31-34

Mark 9:2-10

03/01/09 Anointed With A Mission

Homily from the First Sunday of Lent.

"You have a mission. Even if your mission seems small in your eyes, it is not small because it is your mission given to you by God. And if you embrace that mission, and refuse to embrace the shadow mission, then brothers and sisters you will be one of the "Mighty Men" or the mighty women not of David...but of Jesus Christ."
Readings for March 1, 2009

Genesis 9:8-15

1 Peter 3:18:22

Mark 1: 12-15