Church Talk - Catholic Homilies: Recent Episodes
Rev. Michael Cairnes
Domingo XI del Tiempo Ordinario Santa Misa homilía. Día de los Padres (EEUU). Antes de la homilía está carta de la Conferencia de Obispos Católicos de la Florida sobre el aborto fue leído: https://files.ecatholic.com/11291/documents/2024/4/240409VoteNoOnAbortionAmendmentFinal_Spanish.pdf?t=1714598476000
Eleventh Sunday in Ordinary Time Holy Mass homily. This letter from the Florida Conference of Catholic Bishops about Amendment 4 was read immediately before the homily: https://flaccb.org/news/florida-bishops-oppose-extreme-abortion-amendment
Saturday of the Seventh Week in Ordinary Time Holy Mass homily. 25 May 2024. At Miracle House of Palm Beach County.
Monday of the Seventh Week of Easter Holy Mass homily. 13 May 2024. Our Lady of Fatima Memorial.
La Ascensión del Señor Santa Misa homilía. 12 Mayo 2024. En los EEUU el Día de las Madres.
IV Domingo de Pascua Santa Misa homilía. 21 Abril 2024. Domingo del Buen Pastor. Día Mundial de Oración para Vocaciones al Sacerdocio, la vida Religiosa, y la vida consagrada.
Fourth Sunday of Easter Holy Vigil Mass homily. 20 April 2024. World Day of Prayer for Vocations to the Priesthood, Religious, and Consecrated Life
Thursday of the Second Week of Easter Holy Mass homily. 11 April 2024. Readings from Memorial of Saint Stanislaus. Quote from Pope Leo the Great: “But it is not only the martyrs who share in his passion by their glorious courage; the same is true, by faith, of all who are reborn through baptism. That is why we are to celebrate the Lord’s paschal sacrifice with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth. The leaven of our former malice is thrown out, and a new creature is filled and inebriated with the Lord himself. For the effect of our sharing in the body and blood of Christ is to change us into what we receive. As we have died with him, and have been buried and raised to life with him, so we bear him within us, both in body and in spirit, in everything we do.”
The Annunciation of the Lord Holy Mass homily. 8 April 2024. Given at Lourdes on pilgrimage.
The second of a series of talks to seminarians for the Triduum. 29 March 2024 Kenosis - Exinanitio -Pouring Out
Homilía durante una Santa Misa con celebración de Santo Matrimonio entre Felipe y Adriana. 2 Marzo 2024
Thursday of the Third Week of Lent Holy Mass homily. Memorial of Saints Perpetua and Felicity. 7 March 2024
Last night. Brief talk on Morality. Given at St. John Fischer in West Palm Beach. 6 March 2024
Bilingual homily during a Holy Nuptial Mass. 2 March 2024. The couple gave me permission. I normal don’t post my wedding or funeral homilies but I’m not preaching the Sunday Masses this weekend. :D
Wednesday of the Second Week of Lent Holy Mass homily with high school retreatants and their parents. 28 February 2024
On the occasion of the 19th anniversary of the ascent to Heaven of the Servant of God Fr. Luigi Giussani (February 22, 2005) and the 42nd anniversary of the pontifical recognition of the Fraternity of Communion and Liberation (February 11, 1982), as well as the 70th anniversary of the birth of the movement of CL, Masses are scheduled to be celebrated in around the world, presided over by cardinals and bishops.The intention of the Masses is as follows:Grateful for the gift of the charism Fr. Giussani was given by the Holy Spirit, we long to serve the Church and its pastors with all our energy, in the certainty that only by daily following Christ and His Vicar can we experience true unity among ourselves and serve the good of the people of our time.May Mary Queen of Peace guide the path of the entire movement and intercede for peace in the world.Davide Prosperi (President of the Fraternity of CL) has stated:Aware of the task entrusted to us to contribute to the building of the Church and to the proclamation to the world of the hope that Christ is for the life of every person, we wish to commemorate Fr. Giussani – and the history generated by his friendship with those who followed him – keeping our gaze fixed on the words that Pope Francis addressed to me in the letter sent to the movement on the occasion of these anniversaries: “I particularly care to advise you and all the adherents of the movement to take care of the unity among you: in fact, it alone, in following the pastors of the Church, will in time be able to safeguard the fruitfulness of the charism that the Holy Spirit gave to Fr. Giussani: ‘I give you a new commandment: love one another. As I have loved you, so you also should love one another. This is how all will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.’”
6 Domingo de Tiempo Ordinario Santa Misa homilía. 11 Febrero 2024. Día Mundial del Matrimonio
Monday of the Fifth Week in Ordinary Time Holy Mass homily. 5 February 2024. Readings from the Feast of Saint Agatha, Virgin and Martyr
Thursday of the First Week in Ordinary Time Holy Mass homily. 11 December 2024. Saint Titus Brandsma https://www.diocesepb.org/ministriesoffices/offices/tribunalcanonical-affairs/saint-titus-brandsma.html
Thursday of the Second Week of Advent Holy Mass homily. Feast of St. John of the Cross. Readings for the Saint. 14 December 2023
2° Domingo de Adviento Santa Misa homilía 10 Diciembre 2023. Celebrando también las fiesta de Guadalupe que cae el 12.
Charla por el retiro de Adviento 9 Diciembre 2023. El tema es la exhortación apostólica C’est la Confiance del Santo Padre Francisco sobre Santa Teresa del Niño Jesús y de la Santa Faz.
Dios quiere ser amado libremente por hombres libres. Santa Misa homilía 8 Diciembre 2023
Thursday of the First Week of Advent Holy Mass homily. 7 December 2023. Feast of St. Ambrose
Mass for High School Senior retreat. The search for one’s identity. Holy Mass homily 11.28.23
El sume del año: Jesús es el único rey que merece nuestro servicio y adoración. Santa Misa homilía 11.26.23
A putatively bad thing can become a path to real humanity: we are beggars. Holy Mass homily 11.20.23
Freedom is always involved in the discovery of faith. It is never forced. Holy Mass homily 11.16.23
We’re definitely going to die. Christian confidence in Christ allows us to look death in the face and smile. Commemoration of All the Faithful Departed Holy Mass homily 11.2.23
La celebración de nuestra esperanza porque los santos han llegado a donde todos estamos destinados. la santidad es trabajo y don de Dios. Santa Misa homilía 11.1.23
Amor en la carne es lo que es capaz a sorprendernos y cambiarnos. Santa Misa homilía 10.29.23
A person changes because of love in the flesh. You can’t give what you don’t have and you only have what you’ve received. Holy Mass Vigil homily 10.28.23
Christ takes us to the top of the mountain, not our own efforts. Holy Mass homily 10.27.23
We never stop being children because we never stop depending, the lived life of which is called faith. Holy Mass homily 10.19.23
Special Episode. “Outside the Church there is No Salvation.” The Lectio Coram is a magisterial lecture on a specific theological issue. It consists of a 45 minute lecture followed by a 45 minute defense. I passed the Lectio Coram with distinction 12 October 2023 as the final requirement for a Licentiate in Sacred Theology (S.T.L.). Please note that there is one question I didn’t answer well. I said that Adam and Eve before the Fall did not have sanctifying grace. I thought that meant something else besides “original holiness,” but they both point to that reality which is supernatural: “the heavenly life of divine grace.” Cf. Mystici Corporis ¶ 12.
El deseo de entrar en el Banquete De Dios es lo más importante. Santa Misa homilía 10.15.23
Desire to enter the Wedding Banquet is the most important factor. Holy Mass homily 10.14.23
The most important thing we can do on the path to salvation is to desire salvation. And desire must be cultivated. As Augustine says prayer is the exercise of desire. Holy Mass homily 10.12.23
La llamada a ser fiel a la Iglesia De Dios que Cristo fundó que es la Iglesia Católica. Santa Misa homilía 10.8.23
We don’t invent the Church, we receive it. And we’re called to be faithful to it the way God intended, following the Pope. Holy Mass homily 10.8.23
Mercy as the promise and the fulfillment of the promise: nature and grace, creation and the new creation. Holy Mass homily 10.5.23
Ser honesto de la honestidad. Llave de la relación real con Cristo. Y do bautismos. Santa Misa homilía 10.1.23 Y no lo mencioné pero es la fiesta de la más querida Santa Theresa del Niño Jesus
Let’s be honest about honesty. St. Therese of Lisieux feast day :D Holy Mass homily 10.1.23
Angels can be known thru natural reason and also thru God’s revelation. Holy Mass homily 9.29.23
Life is either poured out and wasted or poured out in offering and lifted up. Futility or offering. Holy Mass homily 9.28.23
Reflexiones sobre Domingo de Sacerdocio y Día Mundial de Inmigrantes y Refugiados. Santa Misa homilía 9.24.23
Priesthood Sunday and World day of Immigrants and Refugees reflections. Holy Mass homily 9.24.23
Memento mori and living the memory of Christ in the flesh in the flesh. Vigil Holy Mass homily 9.16.23
We suffer because of how good we are made and because of love for another (even the other of our self). The Christian is able to experience joy in suffering in the life of Christ. Holy Mass homily 9.15.23
The given circumstances are the essential and irreplaceable places where the drama of life is lived in a yes or a no to God, or, the cross. Holy Mass homily 9.14.23
True fraternal correction is helping another live the memory of Christ both as experience in the past and awareness of a present Presence. Holy Mass homily 9.10.23
Corrección fraternal: para ayudar a uno vivir la memoria de Crist aquí presente. Santa Misa homilía 9.10.23
It would not have been worthwhile for us to have been born without sin were we to never have recognized Christ in the flesh. Holy Mass homily 9.8.23
The experience of limit as an invitation to live the life of grace: loving dependence on Christ. Holy Mass homily 9.7.23
La tradición, la tentación a moderar las expectativas, y el cumplimiento de la vida en Cristo y no en nuestras imágenes. Santa Misa homilía 9.3.23
You duped me Lord, and I let myself be duped. Perceived betrayals, betrayals, images, fulfillment in Christ, and the temptation to “moderate expectations.” Holy Vigil Mass homily 8.2.23
Stay Awake! = Live taking seriously the desire one is, and make a sincere gift of self. Holy Mass homily 8.31.23
El Cristianismo no es una idea, ni es la comunidad de Cristianos que son parte del Cuerpo de Cristo. Es un cuerpo juntado a Cristo en la unidad con el Papa, a quien Cristo ha dado el ministro de las llaves. Santa Misa homilía 8.27.23
Christianity is not an idea, not even a good one. Neither is faith or hope. But rather the relationship with God made man, who continues to be present in the church, an organized and hierarchical visible society. Yes, which has man made rules. Holy Mass homily 8.26.23
About love. Holy Mass homily 8.25.23 In this homilist’s humble opinion the amount of caffeine I ingested before mass made me a bit less simple. And happy to be loved :D
Be warned. This Apostle is Nathaniel in John. Signs and wonder. God’s communication to us thru “strange little” signs. Jesus as the place where the life of heaven is experienced. Holy Mass homily Thursday 8.24.23
The universal is only accessible thru the particular. The discovery of being chosen, elected, preferred. Holy Mass homily 8.20.23
Nadie quiere a lo universal aparte do lo particular, ni Dios. Y del amor a lo particular podemos llegar a todo el mundo. Santa Misa homilía 8.20.23
The controversy over the nature of marriage, in particular it’s indissolubility. How to face marriage and “irregular” situations. Holy Mass homily 8.18.23 I apologized to the people for going 9 min at a daily mass but I wanted to address the controversy directly. For some reading: Amoris Laetitia https://www.vatican.va/content/dam/francesco/pdf/apost_exhortations/documents/papa-francesco_esortazione-ap_20160319_amoris-laetitia_en.pdf and a great commentary by a professor of mine about its most controversial part: https://www.lastampa.it/vatican-insider/en/2017/09/26/news/does-span-id-u67850162484fpt-amoris-laetitia-span-303-really-undermine-catholic-moral-teaching-1.34426739/
Thought experiment about seeing miracles and how to keep living. The memory of what happened and who we’ve met who continues to be present. 7:00 Holy Mass homily 8.17.23
La importancia de la Virgen Madre es la importancia de Jesus en la carne. Santa Misa de Vigilia homilía 8.14.23
Lo absurdo de pensar que el problema de la vida está en la voluntad, la búsqueda de Cristo, y una huella de él en nuestra naturaleza. 12:30 Santa Misa homilía 8.13.23
The absurdity of attempts at salvation thru willpower, our search for God, signs of his good presence. 7:00AM Holy Mass homily 8.13.23
The faith of a 10 year old, the love and reasonableness of Clare, Paul, and Peter. Readings from the feast. Holy Mass homily. No coffee let’s go! 8.11.23
Love has no half-measures: the need to give oneself is total and is found in nature. 8.10.23 Holy Mass homily.
Confusion and certainty and who to listen to and desire. Feast day of the great St. Theresa Benedicta of the Cross co-patroness of Europe. 8.9.23 7:00AM Holy Mass homily. *no coffee
Mi coche, la película Barbie, mi cáliz y la verdad de las cosas. Santa Misa homilía 8.6.23
My car, the Barbie movie, my new chalice and the truth of things. Holy Mass homily 8.6.23
New Chalice and Paten Blessing. Gospel of Matthew 20. “Are you able to drink the cup that I am about to drink?” St. John Mary Vianney Feast day Aug 4. This day I entered seminary 18 years ago.
The Church is a home for the human and beacon of reason. 8:30AM Holy Mass homily 8.3.23
Desire and judgment and destiny. Communion and Liberation family vacation at Lake Junaluska, NC 7.28.23 Holy Mass homily.
La vida Cristiana no se trata del cumplimiento de la ley moral sino en estar atado a Cristo. 12:30 Santa Misa homilía 7.23.23
We give thanks to Christ for his mercy when we sin and for his mercy when we don’t sin. The point is to be attached to Christ. Holy Vigil Mass homily 7.22.23
Zancudos, dinosaurios, y el cumplimiento de la naturaleza humana en Cristo. 7.16.23 Santa Misa homilía 12:30.
Mosquitos and dinosaurs and the fulfillment of nature in Christ. 7.16.23 Holy Mass homily 7:00AM.
The Church doesn’t have all the answers. It’s not an ideology but a Presence. Feast day of St. Kateri Tekakwitha, Virgin. Holy Mass homily 7.14.23.
The Church doesn’t have all the answers. It’s not an ideology. Friday 14th week of Ordinary Time 7.14.23 Holy Mass homily.
Shake the dust off your feet: the Spirit of Christ is the protagonist of evangelization. 8:30AM Holy Mass homily 7.13.23
God’s preferential love. 7:00AM Holy Mass homily. No coffee. 100th homily podcasted. Let’s go!
Without wonder there is no knowledge. The difference between the little ones and the wise and learned. Sunday Mass Vigil 7.8.23
Christians are a strange group: sinners who love Christ. 7:00AM Holy Mass homily. 7.7.23
It’s reasonable to believe in the resurrection if you have reasons. Readings from the feast day. 7.3.23
This homily was just different enough from the other one that I’m putting it here :) Sunday Evening Mass 7.2.23
Christ’s hospitality toward us in creation and in the new creation. 13 Sunday Ordinary Time Vigil Mass 7.1.23
Christ is the center of life, not us. Friday of the 12th Week of Ordinary Time. Readings for the saints. 6.30.23
Right religion: Christ’s initiative, our desire. Thursday 12th Week of Ordinary Time. 6.29.23
The tenderness of Christ in the transient things and the promise of eternity. Holy Vigil Mass homily 6.24.23.
Building sandcastles on the beach is like living without Christ. 7:00AM Holy Mass homily 6.23.23.
Feast of St. John Fisher and St. Thomas More, Martyrs. 8:30AM Holy Mass homily. Check out the movie A Man for All Season about More. It is excellent.
El regalo de Cristo y la vida de gracia en vez de la vida de poder. Tiempo Ordinario 6.18.23 También Día de Padres.
El Señor va al profundo de la realidad para quedar con nosotros. Santa Misa 12:30 21 Mayo, 2023
7:00AM Holy Mass - be warned this homily was given without the human and natural benefit of coffee :)
Santa Misa de 12:30 7 Mayo 2023. Había un bebé llorando que menciono no se si el ruido salió en la grabación :)
I was ordained a priest forever in the line of Melchizedek on May 4, 2013. So we had a special mass with friends and family to celebrate. I wanted to make a judgement about my whole life until now. For the 20th anniversary I’ll just write out everything I want to say and make a special episode. Also this was given May 5 but I couldn’t put it up right away because I was told that I dropped an F bomb. Which I didn’t. :D
8:30 AM Holy Mass March 30. I decided to change the whole homily during the gospel so you might hear that..
7:00AM Daily Mass March 10, 2023. REASON. ::Warning:: this homily was given without the homilist having drunk any coffee.
Mass for HS students and their parents at the end of an Emmaus retreat. The students gave some reflections after and they were real witnesses - all revolving around an experience of mercy in confession: “I fell in love with Jesus again.”
Beginning of Lent Mass in Spanish Feb. 22, 2023. This was the only mass I did for Ash Wednesday so I only have the homily in Spanish. For Pope Francis’ Lenten message: https://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/en/bollettino/pubblico/2023/02/17/230217c.html
Giussani passed away Feb. 22, 2005 but since that day falls on Ash Wednesday this year we did a mass in gratitude for his life today Feb. 21. Luigi Giussani is the founder of the lay ecclesial movement Communion and Liberation. https://us.clonline.org
6th Domingo de Tiempo Ordinario. Misa de 12:30 en Español. Feb. 12, 2023. También el dial de Super Bowl (el campeonato del fútbol Americano).
This one is not a homily, it’s an RCIA class on the Theology of the Body. The last 20 minutes are Q&A. Given 2.8.23. For further reference on some of the topics: That Hidden Companionship - Fabrice Hadjadjhttps://youtu.be/yWO0PLsHYdMTo Give One’s Life for the Work of Another https://a.co/d/9LeOJAwLost in the Cosmos: The Last Self-Help Book https://a.co/d/hVbZ7DY
Tuvimos 5 bautismos en la misa y además una reflexión sobre la DSA - Diocesan Services Appeal - lo de recaudar fondos para los ministros al nivel diocesano.
So in the middle of the Gospel the deacon turns to me and asks if it was the right Gospel reading but I just stared at him blankly. And it was 55° outside. Second Sunday of Ordinary Time Vigil Mass
A little origin story of the podcast. The podcast is simple: homilies given by a Catholic priest at mass.