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This week’s homily is special for a number of reasons. First, we captured Fr. Michael in video giving the homily. Second, the message is powerful. Third, we are providing the full text of the homily below the video, along with Fr. Michael’s prayer and a prayer from Sr. Pat Bergen, CSJ. Please share this message…
What would happen if you threw open the windows to your own spiritual life? Would you be more open to the movement of the Holy Spirit? In today’s homily (given on the Feast of Pope Saint John XXIII) Fr. Michael recalls the beginning of Vatican II and Pope Saint John XXIII’s call of “Aggiornamento!” or…
10 days ago on October 19th, we celebrated the Feast of the North American Martyrs, 6 Jesuit priests and 2 of their lay companions who were killed spreading the faith of Jesus to Native Americans in the New World. Fr. Michael tells us the story of two of these men, Sts. Isaac Jogues and Jean…
Discover the joy and hope of the Resurrection. Do not despair. Do not fall into the trap of “rugged individualism” that leads away from God’s loving embrace. Open the eyes of your heart. These are a few of the lessons from today’s homily by Fr. Michael. The theme is again one of healing, but focused…
Jesus gave the disciples, two simple sentences that still today profoundly direct our lives as Christians… “He said to them, ‘When you pray, say: Father, hallowed be your name, your kingdom come. Give us each day our daily bread and forgive us our sins for we ourselves forgive everyone in debt to us, and do…
Lazarus waits to die, with dogs licking his wounds, while the rich man feasts and overlooks the plight unfolding right outside his gates. What was the rich man’s sin? What did he do wrong? His was a sin of omission, of forgetfulness, of blindness to the needs of others; to the needs of Lazarus. Fr.…
Three years ago the first interview with Pope Francis was published in America Magazine and in that article the author asks Pope Francis, “Who is Jorge Mario Bergoglio?” and Pope Francis responds: “I am a sinner.” Today’s homily on the call of Matthew the tax collector examines the reality of our human sinful nature and…
Hidden in this week’s Gospel for the Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross is the more familiar passage known simply as John 3:16: For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him might not perish but might have eternal life. You might be…
How will your call be remembered? In today’s Gospel and Homily, we hear the call of Nathaniel by the Apostle Philip. Philip tells Nathanael that “the one whom Moses wrote about in the law” has been found and that he is from Nazareth. Nathanael ignobly replies: “Can anything good come from Nazareth?” But despite this…
This week we get a second summer bonus homily from Fr. Michael! Martha and Mary. Two sisters representing two halves of the fulfilled spiritual person. Fr. Michael takes us on a journey into their home, and into their encounter with Christ. While Martha takes the brunt of Jesus’ initial rebuke, we learn that neither is…