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  • Episode 123137: 12/14/25 Waiting Well: Praise While We Wait
    Dec 13 2025

    Homily from the Third Sunday of Advent

    In seasons of waiting, do we complain or praise?

    While we are waiting, it can feel like nothing is happening. And yet, faith tells us that God is at work even when we can't yet see the fruit. Rather than complaining while we wait, there is another option.

    Mass Readings from December 14, 2025: Isaiah 35:1-6a, 10 Psalm 146:6-7, 8-9, 9-10 James 5:7-10

    Matthew 11:2-11

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    21 minutos
  • 12/08/25 This Present Moment
    Dec 8 2025

    Homily from the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary.

    This feast day of the Immaculate Conception is not just a privilege for Mary: it's a prophecy for us.

    The Feast of the Immaculate Conception reveals God's plan to conquer sin not just by repairing what is broken, but by preparing a path where grace triumphs first. This Advent we are invited to enter into the "Sacrament of the Present Moment", where God offers real, life-changing grace in each moment we choose to be present to Him. Mary's unique "yes" reminds us to stop waiting and to respond to God's already-given grace with a wholehearted and immediate "yes".

    Mass Readings from December 8, 2025: Genesis 3:9-15, 20 Psalm 98:1-4Ephesians 1:3-6, 11-12

    Luke 1:26-38

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    11 minutos
  • 12/07/25 Waiting Well: Trust His Timing
    Dec 6 2025

    Homily from the Second Sunday of Advent.

    We worry while we wait.

    Advent teaches us not just to wait, but to trust while we wait. When we surrender worry and remember who God is, waiting becomes a place of grace instead of frustration.

    Mass Readings from December 7, 2025: Isaiah 11:1-10 Psalm 72:1-2, 7-8, 12-13, 17Romans 15:4-9

    Matthew 3:1-12

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    23 minutos
  • 11/30/25 Waiting Well: Engaged
    Nov 29 2025

    Homily from the First Sunday of Advent.

    The process is the point.

    When we are waiting, we often want to be "done". We want to be "there". We want our waiting to be over so that we can start living. But life happens right here and right now. And God is doing something right now. We do not simply endure waiting, we engage during the waiting. The declaration of faithful waiting is: I am confident that this moment is crucial.

    Mass Readings from November 30, 2025: Isaiah 2:1-5 Psalm 122: 1-9Romans 13:11-14

    Matthew 24:37-44

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    17 minutos
  • 11/23/25 The Moment of Victory
    Nov 22 2025

    Homily from The Solemnity of Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe.

    The moment of victory is the moment of vulnerability.

    We often think that we win by being strong, or beautiful, or clever, or powerful. But Christ wins by another means. Christ the King, Lord of the Universe wins by choosing to empty Himself of all that we think we need to win.

    Mass Readings from November 23, 2025: 2 Samuel 5:1-3 Psalm 122:1-2, 3-4, 4-5Colossians 1:12-20

    Luke 23:35-43

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    23 minutos
  • 11/16/25 In The Light
    Nov 15 2025

    Homily from the Thirty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time.

    Would you rather be admired? Or loved?

    The Day of the Lord is coming. When everything that is true about our hearts will be revealed. What should not be there must be burned up or transformed so that we can be fully known...and fully loved.

    Mass Readings from November 16, 2025: Malachi 3:19-20 Psalm 98:5-6, 7-8, 92 Thessalonians 3:7-12

    Luke 21:5-19

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    29 minutos
  • 11/09/25 Meant to Be
    Nov 8 2025

    Homily from the Feast of the Dedication of the Lateran Basilica in Rome.

    If you were what you were meant to be, you would set the world on fire.

    There are some things that are dedicated...consecrated to be something special. They are meant to be something unique. Others merely used to be something unique. Which one am I?

    Mass Readings from November 9, 2025: Ezekiel 47:1-2, 8-9, 12 Psalm 46:2-3, 5-6, 8-91 Corinthians 3:9c-11, 16-17

    John 2:13-22

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    20 minutos
  • 11/2/25 After This
    Nov 1 2025

    Homily from the Commemoration of All the Faithfully Departed (All Souls).

    By the end of this Mass, some things will be changed forever.

    Purgatory is an essential teaching of Christianity. It highlights that salvation is both an event and a process. Purgatory is God's gift on continuing the process of making our hearts like His that He began in this life.

    Mass Readings from November 2, 2025: Wisdom 3:1-9 Psalm 23:1-3, 3-4, 5, 6Romans 5:5-11

    John 6:37-40

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    27 minutos