10/26/14 One Thing

Homily from the Thirtieth Sunday in Ordinary Time.

"Every one of us is standing in front of a block of marble known as "The Rest of Your Life". I don't care how old you are. Everyone of us is standing in front of a block of marble that is the rest of your life. And the question is this: do you have a vision for what you want that block of marble to look like when you're done? Michaelangelo carved David in 3 to 5 years, he took away everything that wasn't supposed to be there. If I lived the next 3 to 5 years the same way I lived these last 7 days, will my life look like the vision I have for my life?"

Mass Readings from October 26, 2014:
Exodus 22:20-26
1 Thessalonians 1:5-10
Matthew 22:34-40

10/19/14 Apostrophe S

Homily from the Twenty-ninth Sunday in Ordinary Time.

"Give to Caesar what's Caesars. But then give to God what is God's. Jesus, talking to these people who are so pre-occupied with image, He busts through and He says, "Actually, the TRUE image of you, your TRUE image, is that you are made in God's image. That means that you belong to Him. So how are you doing with that? How are you doing with giving your whole self to the One tho whom you belong?"

Mass Readings from October 19, 2014:
Isaiah 45:1, 4-6
1 Thessalonians 1:1-5
Matthew 22:15-21

10/12/14 The Secret: In Christ

Homily from the Twenty-eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time.

"Here is the deal. Changing circumstances? They don't change God. And if that's true, than changing circumstances don't have to change me. They don't have to change my faith or my trust in God."

Mass Readings from October 12, 2014:
Isaiah 25:6-10
Philippians 4:12-14, 19-20
Matthew 22:1-14

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10/05/14 The Secret: Praise and Thanksgiving

Homily from the Feast of Our Lady of the Rosary.

"The Gospel story for tonight is the story of Gabriel coming to Mary, and we know what happens right after this. ... Mary doesn't know what is going to happen. She didn't choose that circumstance. She simply said yes to God's plan. She didn't choose that battle. But you know what's going to happen, not only is she going to give birth as a single Mom, she is going to give birth to GOD, which is, I don't know, relatively overwhelming to any fourteen-year-old I imagine. ... Mary knows, 'I am going to go into battle. I am going into a circumstance that I did not choose, that I do not have control over, that is bigger than me.' What is the first thing that Mary does, the first thing Our Lady of Victory does when she goes into battle? She gives up praise. What is praise? ... It is the bold and courageous assertion that even though my circumstances change, God doesn't change. Even though my battle changes, God doesn't change. And even though my problems change, God, You do not change."

Mass Readings from October 5, 2014:
Acts 1:12-14
Romans 8:28-30
Luke 1:26-38


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