← Fr. Michael Sparough Homilies
Homily - 11/07/2026
When Life Is Too Hard
That's the end of this homily.
Should life be easy? Should being a Christian make life easier? Fr. Michael tells us "No" and offers some poignant examples of just how difficult life can be and how God's grace can sustain us.
Great crowds were traveling with Jesus,
and he turned and addressed them,
“If anyone comes to me without hating his father and mother,
wife and children, brothers and sisters,
and even his own life,
he cannot be my disciple.
Whoever does not carry his own cross and come after me
cannot be my disciple.
Which of you wishing to construct a tower
does not first sit down and calculate the cost
to see if there is enough for its completion? ...