Luke 10:41

Called By Name | Homily for the 3rd Sunday of Ordinary Time | Fr. Will Rooney

January 21st, 2024  |  Season 3  |  17 mins 29 secs

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Jesus calls each one of us by name.

Called and Chosen | Homily for the 2nd Sunday of Ordinary Time | Fr. Will Rooney

January 15th, 2024  |  Season 3  |  9 mins 37 secs

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The Bad News: We are all broken. The Good News: We are all called and chosen by the Lord for Holiness and its possible.

The Revelation that Changes Us | Homily for the Feast of the Epiphany | Dcn. Matt Hoelscher

January 7th, 2024  |  Season 3  |  9 mins 33 secs

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God Revealed: What's Our Response? | Homily for the Feast of the Epiphany | Dcn. Barney Rodriguez

January 7th, 2024  |  Season 3  |  10 mins 10 secs

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It's a Family Affair | Homily for Feast of the Holy Family | Fr. Will Rooney

December 31st, 2023  |  Season 3  |  14 mins 20 secs

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The child grew and became strong, filled with wisdom; and the favor of God was upon him. (Lk 2:40)

Stay Focused | Homily For Fourth Sunday of Advent | Dcn. Matt

December 24th, 2023  |  Season 3  |  6 mins 54 secs

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Waiting with Love | Homily for the Third Sunday of Advent | Fr. Will Rooney

December 17th, 2023  |  Season 3  |  17 mins 25 secs

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Today the Church places before our eyes the greatest examples of waiting that we have in the Bible. John the Baptist and Mary, the Mother of Jesus. If we want to learn what to do in the waiting, we can look to them. What do they do in the waiting? Both Mary and John teach us how to wait – that we are in fact called to charity while we wait – both also specify that above all else our Charity is to direct others to an encounter with God.

Waiting with Hope | Homily for the Second Sunday of Advent | Fr. Will Rooney

December 10th, 2023  |  Season 3  |  19 mins 58 secs

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When we know we are loved it changes everything, when we know we are awaited it changes everything. The story of Josephine Bakhita demonstrates the power of hope. Our faith leads us to trust God, and through it we come to hope in his promises. Hope then changes the way we wait.

Waiting with Faith | Homily for the First Sunday of Advent | Fr. Will Rooney

December 3rd, 2023  |  Season 3  |  16 mins 24 secs

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O Lord make us turn to you; let us see your face, and we shall be saved. (Psalm 80:4) We do not get to choose whether or even how long we wait, but we do get to choose how we wait. We wait because we are human; but how we wait determines whether we flourish or fail as humans. We wait in faith. We cry out in our waiting, O Lord make us turn to you; let us see your face, and we shall be saved.

How do we wait? We wait with faith.

December 21st, 2020  |  Season 2  |  13 mins 48 secs

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Are you ready? Are you prepared? Essentially, when we say we are prepared, we are saying that we are equal to the challenge which will come. But the thing is that we often do not know what the challenges will be before we face them. Mary teaches us that though we may not be able to be completely prepared, we can say yes. As a child trusts that his parents are there for him and will provide what he needs, so also, we must recognize that God is always working for the good of those who love him – even when we do not know how. This is called faith and it is an essential aspect, perhaps the most fundamental aspect of our waiting as Christians. Together moved by our faith we joyfully wait together with eyes fixed on heaven because we need a heavenly savior. Come quickly, Lord Jesus!