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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…
Luke 15:1-32 Tax collectors and sinners were all drawing near to listen to Jesus, but the Pharisees and scribes began to complain, saying, “This man welcomes sinners and eats with them.” So to them he addressed this parable. “What man among you having a hundred sheep and losing one of them would not leave the…
To learn more about Fr. Michael’s next pilgrimage, download this flyer: History and Fr. Michael remind us that all things of this world will eventually fall and decay. How then does God seal His perpetual covenant with us? Luke 4:38-44 After Jesus left the synagogue, he entered the house of Simon. Simon’s mother-in-law was afflicted…
In Matthew 23:27 Jesus says, “Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites.”; but he could just as easily have been speaking to each of us. Fr. Michael reminds that we must acknowledge the hypocrisy in our own lives and that even great saints were sometimes hypocrites. Bonus podcast recording of Fr. Michael’s latest “Healing…
Priest, publisher, radio personality, missionary and martyr, click the arrow below to find out which Saint of the 21st Century St. Pope John Paul II canonized and considered one of the greatest in that 100 year time. Matthew 18:15-20 Jesus said to his disciples: “If your brother sins against you, go and tell him his…
We don’t know the day or the hour when the Lord will come but we are challenged to always be ready and prepared. To better prepare ourselves, Fr. Michael offers three ways God uses to break into our lives. Luke 12:32-48 Jesus said to his disciples: “Do not be afraid any longer, little flock, for…
Quick Announcement Join Fr. Michael on his next pilgrimage: The Way of St. James: The Camino de Santiago via the Portuguese Way – April 25-May 9, 2020. More details and registration information in the coming weeks! Matthew 15:21-28 At that time Jesus withdrew to the region of Tyre and Sidon. And behold, a Canaanite…