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Homilies by Fr Brian Thompson of St Columban Parish, Yelm, Wa

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A new opportunity to belong entirely to Christ.

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Jesus Christ is your literal king

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Take your faith seriously

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Take your faith seriously

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Not a single pinch of incense for the emperor

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You cannot have Jesus without repentance.

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You cannot have Jesus without repentance.

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True humility

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True humility

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Constancy is hard, but it is our calling

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Constancy is hard, but it is our calling

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The greatest miracle is conversion

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The greatest miracle is conversion

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Do not hide while the world darkens; be light.

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Do not hide while the world darkens; be light.

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Day of rest

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Day of rest

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Neither son really understood his father.

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Neither son really understood his father.

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Where is your God?

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True humility

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Take your Christianity seriously

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Boldly, unapologetically, uncompromisingly proclaim the Truth.

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Even the wicked do not give their sons scorpions and snakes.

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Inequalities are not inherently unjust.

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You are not stupid

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Jesus is ready when you are for you to follow him, but he's not going to compromise the truth.

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Worthy Communion: Above all Believe, also be properly dispose, and therefore approach with reverence.

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Even the smallest truth relies on the love that drives the universe.

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The Holy Spirit turns us outward to evangelize the world

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"And there's another country I heard of long ago..."

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We should conform our worldly ideologies to the Gospel, not the Gospel to worldly ideologies.

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Love rejects the pettiness and spite of our culture.

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Only the Good Shepherd's voice can lead us to safety

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Love is the key to the gates of Heaven

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Holy and glorious wounds

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Why isn't the symbol of Christianity an empty tomb, rather than a cross.

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The feast of Mercy

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The Priesthood

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The same people who welcome Jesus as messiah called for his blood 5 days later; beware the people and tactics that can turn a crowd, and how easily we ourselves fall for it.

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A true understanding of God's mercy is far better than any modernist or identitarian political or critical theory deformation of the Gospel. (Note: for the gospel of the raising of Lazarus, check the parish livestream)

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Both sons misunderstood the father's love. (Note: for Year A homily, the blind man, see parish livestream)

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Properly understanding veils.

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Strategies for overcoming temptation.

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Once you get the beam out of your eye you do in fact need to then get the splinter out of your brother's (but with love).

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Get over yourself; use Justice and Mercy for the good of all, including your enemies.

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The path the water of life has taken to get to us is a necessary part of our receiving that water.

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It is you [God] like[s], not the things that hide you. (Yes, that's a Mr Rogers reference)

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Truth without love is just noise; "love" without truth is not love at all (indeed, cruelty)

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Rejoice! Don't be angry, bitter, or weep for the loss over rediscovered traditions.

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Signs and counter-signs of the Holy Spirit

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Adoption is as good as blood

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Substance, not just light

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The most important thing a human being can be or do.

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Obedience and Authority: we don't understand it like the world does.

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Is Jesus Christ knows your pains and joys not just from divine omniscience but from human experience.

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The expectant mother:  An icon of wholehearted participation and undeserved gift.

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The Kingdom of God demands your whole and first loyalty

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The new Eve is as free, indeed freer, than the first Eve.

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There is only one path to God

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When the world burns, stand and greet the Lord with joy