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Good News to all creation.” Mark 16:15
Luke 18:1-8 Jesus told his disciples a parable about the necessity for them to pray always without becoming weary. He said, “There was a judge in a certain town who neither feared God nor respected any human being. And a widow in that town used to come to him and say, ‘Render a just decision…
If you follow Fr. Jim’s weekly Gospel Studies (see below for this week’s Gospel Study), you’ll recall this reading from a few weeks ago. Preaching on the same passage, Fr. Michael brings an updated perspective to an age old problem. We can’t help everyone who comes to us in need, so how do we make…
Luke 17:11-19 As Jesus continued his journey to Jerusalem, he traveled through Samaria and Galilee. As he was entering a village, ten lepers met him. They stood at a distance from him and raised their voices, saying, “Jesus, Master! Have pity on us!” And when he saw them, he said, “Go show yourselves to the…
Are Guardian Angels really watching out for us? The stories Fr. Michael shares are difficult to believe without considering divine intervention… Matthew 18:1-5, 10 The disciples approached Jesus and said, “Who is the greatest in the Kingdom of heaven?” He called a child over, placed it in their midst, and said, “Amen, I say to…
Luke 17:5-10 The apostles said to the Lord, “Increase our faith.” The Lord replied, “If you have faith the size of a mustard seed, you would say to this mulberry tree, ‘Be uprooted and planted in the sea,’ and it would obey you. “Who among you would say to your servant who has just come…
Telling the story of his pilgrimage to the Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe in Mexico City, Fr. Michael took to heart the advice Jesus gave his disciples, to travel with little and trust in God’s providence on the journey. Can we live a life of true trust in the Lord? Luke 9:1-6 Jesus summoned…
Luke 16:19-31 Jesus said to the Pharisees: “There was a rich man who dressed in purple garments and fine linen and dined sumptuously each day. And lying at his door was a poor man named Lazarus, covered with sores, who would gladly have eaten his fill of the scraps that fell from the rich man’s…
Given at Bellarmine Jesuit Retreat House on the Feast of the Exaltation of the Cross, Fr. Michael shares the spiritual impact that suffering had on his best friend, Fr. Jim Willig, as well as on Cardinal Bernardin. These lessons are important for all who will experience suffering in their lives. For more on suffering, check…
Luke 16:1-13 Jesus said to his disciples, “A rich man had a steward who was reported to him for squandering his property. He summoned him and said, ‘What is this I hear about you? Prepare a full account of your stewardship, because you can no longer be my steward.’ The steward said to himself, ‘What…
Reflecting on the Sermon on the Plain, or the Beatitudes from Luke’s Gospel, Fr. Michael teaches us to know our frail human tendencies and to ask God to remove those traits and take us closer to Him. Luke 6:20-26 Raising his eyes toward his disciples Jesus said: “Blessed are you who are poor, for the…