The Father's Joy

When things don't go according to our plans, do we believe He is still in control with His plans?Homily for Divine Mercy Sunday 2025

Jesus is victorious! He is risen! Whatever evil you have experienced or are experiencing right now doesn't have the final word.Homily for Easter Sunday 2025

The Light has come into the world, and the darkness has not overcome it.Homily for Easter Vigil 2025

Jesus, You poured out Your Blood to meet us in our wounds.Homily for Good Friday 2025.

Homily for Holy Thursday 2025

Just like the wounds of our body, satan wants to infect us beginning with doubt and leading us toward destruction. Jesus' mercy cleans and heals, leaving no room for the enemy's plan.Homily for Palm Sunday, Year C

We're in shock, but Jesus is with us in it.

For those of us in the pews, it's easy to relate to older son's anger flowing from an orphan heart. When we live as the beloved sons and daughters, we experience love, joy, peace, and freedom from the lies of the enemy.Sunday for the 4th Sunday (Laetare) in Lent, Year C

Sometimes we feel "stuck" because things from the past are weighing us down. When we invite Jesus into our painful memories, they are transformed by His Presence!Homily for the 3rd Sunday of Lent, Year C

We receive to the extent that we "thirst" or desire. Jesus died to clothe us with "power from on high" to communicate His love to those who are starving for it.Homily for the 2nd Sunday of Lent, Year C

We can often feel like we are stuck and wandering in the desert like the Israelites. It's here that we are tempted and the enemy tries to attack our deepest identity as beloved sons and daughters.Homily for the 1st Sunday of Lent, Year C

Making sacrifices for Lent is not always a happy prospect, but Jesus certainly wants to give us the gift of His joy as we draw closer to Him.Homily for Ash Wednesday, 2025

We often don't build others up with our words because we ourselves often struggle with discouragement. Jesus wants to break the power of the chattering voice of the enemy and speak the affirmation of the Father!Homily for the 8th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year C

It's humanly impossible to love in the way that Jesus is calling us to, and that's exactly the point...we have to beg Him for His Heart to love our enemies!Homily for the 7th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year C

Jesus came to destroy the works of the devil, especially the spirit of fear!Homily for the 6th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year C

All of us will come to a point, both in life and in our faith, where we hit a wall, if we are living out of a spirit of self-reliance and fear. The times of discouragement and desperation can be an open door to the grace of sweet surrender and freedom!Homily for the 5th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year C

God already has plans for our life, and they are better than ours! He is just waiting for us to give Him permission to do His will and release His power in our lives... Homily for the Feast of the Presentation of the Lord

As Christians, we live in the tension of the joy of the Lord and the sorrows this life brings. The letter of a recently deceased young mother shows us the real reason for our joy... Homily for the 3rd Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year C

How far are we willing to exercise our faith, doing things that seem like a waste or even foolish? Homily for the 2nd Sunday of Ordinary Time, Year C

By our baptism, we receive God into our souls and become beloved sons and daughters of the Father. We also receive special gifts of the Spirit called "charisms" that are meant to build up others and the church. Homily for the feast of the Baptism of the Lord, Year C

The magi show us what it means to sacrifice everything, including their reputation to seek God's Presence in our midst. What are we willing to sacrifice? Homily for Epiphany 2025

We are transformed when we spend time daily with Scripture. Mary, help us to hunger for the Word! Side note not mentioned in the homily: at this moment, "Rosary in a Year" by Ascension Presents is the number one overall podcast in the country! It's going to be a Jubilee Year of Mary indeed! Homily for the Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God

We all have hurts in our family: hurts that we have caused and hurts that we have received. Every hurt is an invitation to forgive, apologize, and reconcile. Homily for Holy Family Sunday, Year C

Like George Bailey, we keep grasping at the life we think we need, and we miss the joys right in front of us! Homily for Christmas Eve 2024

Revival has broken out over the last century, but we don't know how we are a part of this history in the making right now. Come, Holy Spirit; fill us with fresh fire from on high! Homily for the 4th Sunday of Advent, Year C

Fear and discouragement stifle our joy. Come, Holy Spirit, break the power of all heaviness on our heart so that we may abide in Your joy! Homily for Gaudete Sunday, Year B

As Notre Dame is at the heart of France, so our Lady is the heart of the Church. Is She the heart of our heart, leading us to Jesus? Homily for the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception

Repentance always accompanies authentic revival. It starts in our own hearts before the Church as a whole. Satan has no power over what is brought to Jesus' mercy in confession. Homily for the 2nd Sunday of Advent, Year C

Jesus has come, will come, and is coming. His Spirit is bringing about revival here and now to prepare for His final coming. Are we open to it? Homily for the 1st Sunday of Advent, Year C

Underneath anger is control. And under control is fear. We keep Jesus off the throne of our hearts and lives because we are afraid to let go of control! Homily for Christ the King, Year B

Jesus challenges not just to give what we can spare but even to pour out what we legitimately need, without calculating the cost. Homily for the 32nd Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year B

Every Christian would agree that it's important to love God, but what does that actually look like? The Mass teaches how to love concretely with our whole self: body and soul; mind, will, and emotions. Homily for the 31st Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year B

The Saints are with us, fighting for us, and we have access to the same power that made them spiritual giants: the love of Jesus present to us in prayer and the sacraments. Which of the saints are you aware of active in your life? Homily for All Saints Day 2024

The enemy seeks to disqualify and discourage us with lies. Jesus cuts through the lies and qualifies us by by calling us and filling in everything we lack. Homily for the 30th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year B

We are never happy if we live with ourselves in the center. The more our life is about Jesus and serving others, the more we are fulfilled. Jesus, save me from my selfishness! 29th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year B

Jesus says it is humanly impossible for one who is wealthy to enter the Kingdom...by the standards of His day, we are the wealthy ones! Jesus, save me from the fear of not having enough if I am generous with You Homily for the 28th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year B

Jesus' teaching on divorce is probably the hardest teaching for our culture to receive. Here are a few of the things we are called to, regardless of how faithful others are to us. Homily for the 27th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year B

We receive the power to prophesy through baptism, but we have to learn to hear God's voice in order to share it to build up others! Homily for the 26th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year B

Envy is sadness at the blessings that others enjoy. It blocks gratitude and our ability to recognize Jesus' presence that brings us joy. Homily for the 25th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year B

In our culture that is all about "my will be done," Jesus invites us to enter into the prayer of the Our Father: "Thy will be done." There are 3 levels of surrender to God's will, culminating in being an instrument in His hands in every moment of our life. Homily for the 24 Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year B

Jesus is alive and His power to heal is given to us through the Holy Spirit. Let's ask with boldness and expectation for us to be healed in mind, body, and soul! 23rd Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year B

Religious people generally like rules, and they generally judge people that don't follow them. Rules are good and following them is important, but they flow out of love and back to relationship. Jesus has a special heart for those that we reject because of not following the rules...woe to us hypocrites! Homily for the 22nd Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year B

We live and make many decisions out of a place of fear because we don't really believe that God is with us and for us. The Eucharist breaks the power of fear and propels us into mission. Homily for the 21st Sunday in Ordinary Time

Loneliness is a battle that we all face, especially in our age of isolation. Jesus reminds us that He is always with us and becomes one with us in the Eucharist. We are never alone! 20th Sunday in Ordinary Time Year B

Jesus and Mary invite us to raise our eyes and voices to Him through praise. Praising God breaks off the power of the enemy and brings us freedom in relationship to others! Homily for the Solemnity of the Assumption of Mary

Sometimes we feel like we leave Mass empty-handed because we came empty-handed to the altar of sacrifice! Part 2 of Homily Series on the Eucharist. 19th Sunday in Ordinary Time

We often realize how much we lack before the challenges we confront. We fail to give our undivided attention to Jesus in the Eucharist even as He is always radically present to us! Homily for the 17th Sunday of Ordinary Time, Year B

We often neglect the third commandment to keep holy the Sabbath day. To rest isn't so much inactivity as it is engaging more deeply in relationship with God and others and doing things that aren't "productive." Receive the gift of rest that Jesus gives and commands every week! 16th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year B

Due to our fallen nature, we tend to rebel against authorities in our life, believing we are better off under our own authority. Aligning ourself with Jesus, the Church, and legitimate authority in our life puts us under the protection of Jesus, gives us peace, and empowers us to bring His healing and deliverance into the world. Homily for the 15th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year B

God wants to take some thorns away, but He will leave some so that His power can be manifest in our weakness! 14th Sunday of Ordinary Time, Year B

Our areas of desperation and weakness are not an obstacle to faith but an opportunity for an encounter with Jesus and the power of the Holy Spirit! Homily for the 13th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year B