Luke 10:41

Where’s Jesus? At the Tomb | Homily for the Fifth Sunday of Lent | Fr. Will Rooney

March 17th, 2024  |  Season 3  |  15 mins 28 secs

5, a, lazarus, lent

Friends, in our own way, we have all been in this situation where hope seems to fade away. God is seemingly silent during human suffering and misery. On a grand worldwide scale, and on the small personal scale – we all experience the four days of the tomb. God is not in fact, absent but sometimes he works silently. God so loves us brothers and sisters that he refuses to let death have the last say. God so loves us that he sends his only beloved Son, to die for us and rise from the dead, that all who believe in him might have eternal life. He dies to prove to us how much God loves us. Jesus comes not simply to heal us a little bit, but to raise the dead to new life.

Where's Jesus? Outcast | Homily for the Fourth Sunday of Lent | Fr. Will Rooney

March 10th, 2024  |  Season 3  |  15 mins 27 secs

4, a, blind, lent

To live with the knowledge of having encountered Christ means that we realize the immensity of the task before us, because we like the blind man cannot stay silent. Part of the man’s healing was to walk through the city with mud on his eyes, and then to return healed so that all could see him. And immediately, people begin to question him. So also, as people will inevitably question any Christian with the courage to live according to the new law of Christ. If we are willing to live according to the new law of grace, we will draw many people to also encounter him.

Living for Heaven | Homily for the Solemnity of Christ the King | Fr. Will Rooney

November 26th, 2023  |  Season 3  |  11 mins 9 secs

34, a, christ the king, ot, service

Heaven – unending communion with God – that is what you are made for. We ought to long to hear those words; come blest of my Father and enter into the kingdom prepared for you. Jesus gives us a very clear measure today of what is necessary to in communion with him. The measure of whether you are whether you are ready for heaven is to consider whether you are ready to do as he does – to lay down your life for the least of these. If we refuse communion with Christ in those around us, we cannot hope to be with him in glory. Yet the opposite is also true, if we love like him, we will reign in glory with Him in the communion of the Spirit to the Glory of God the Father!

What is Hell? And How to Avoid It. | Homily for the 33rd Sunday of Ordinary Time | Fr. Will Rooney

November 19th, 2023  |  Season 3  |  9 mins 47 secs

33, a, hell, judgement, ot

We don't like to admit that Hell is a reality - it makes us uncomfortable to think about. Yet, Jesus speaks often speaks of it. No one goes to Hell accidently, and “God predestines no one to go to hell; for this, a willful turning away from God (a mortal sin) is necessary, and persistence in it until the end." God loves us so much that he gives us the freedom to choose against loving him. But we can always choose to return to him, while we live there is hope. Turn to the Lord and be saved!

Ready for Judgment? | Homily for the 32nd Sunday of Ordinary Time | Fr. Will Rooney

November 12th, 2023  |  Season 3  |  14 mins 13 secs

32, a, judgement, ot

These are the conditions for each of us to win at the game of life. If we wish to enter and share the joy of the wedding feast, we must live so as to love God above all things and our neighbor for God’s sake. This is what Jesus means when he says stay awake! Stay awake to the fact you will die, and that heaven awaits you, if only you choose it. “Every action of yours, every thought, should be those of one who expects to die before the day is out. Death would have no great terrors for you if you had a quiet conscience.… Then why not keep clear of sin instead of running away from death? If you aren’t fit to face death today, it’s very unlikely you will be tomorrow”.… Imitation of Christ 1.23.1

Humility and Spirituality | Homily for the 31st Sunday of Ordinary Time | Dcn. Barney

November 5th, 2023  |  Season 3  |  13 mins 11 secs

31, a, ot

Love is a Skill | Homily for the 30th Sunday of Ordinary Time | Fr. Will Rooney

October 29th, 2023  |  Season 3  |  14 mins 29 secs

30, a, charity, habit, ot, skill, virtue

We are born with the potential to love; but we are made for a deeply personal love! Love is not simply an emotion; but rather is a skill we can develop. Jesus challenges us to do that, and his Death and Resurrection make it possible!

Justice: What Belongs to God? | Homily for the 29th Sunday of Ordinary Time | Fr. Will Rooney

October 22nd, 2023  |  Season 3  |  10 mins 33 secs

29, a, justice, ot

"Give...to God what belongs to God." (Mt 22:21) Jesus tells us today give to Cesar what is Cesar’s but to God what is God’s. He invites us to justice at every level. He responds to this fundamental need for justice by going to its root. Have we allowed ourselves to be convicted by the Holy Spirit of our sins and failures so that we can know the surpassing love and mercy of a savior who not only comes not to give us the appearance of justice but rather what our hearts desire: to be just?

How will we respond to Gods invitation to joy? | Homily for the 28th Sunday of Ordinary Time | Fr. Will Rooney

October 15th, 2023  |  Season 3  |  11 mins 28 secs

28, a, joy, ot

Friends, the Father invites you to the wedding banquet of the Lamb, who was slain and now is living. He invites you to share his joy. How will you and I respond to his invitation to joy? Today, we are faced with the stark realization that perfect joy is possible, but that we have to choose to receive it. That is the question laid before us today.

Joy comes from cooperating with the Lord | Homily for the 27th Sunday of Ordinary Time | Dcn. Matt

October 8th, 2023  |  Season 3  |  13 mins 50 secs

27, a, joy, ot