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St. Lawrence teaches us to be all in with Jesus.
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God always shows up as that still small voice to rescue you in the storm.
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Remember the moments of Transfiguration when you experience moments of the Cross.
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Jesus helps the Canaanite woman to grow in faith.
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The signs that Jesus gives begins to show who accepts and who rejects him.
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The God who can use nations as mere tools reveals himself in love to you.
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Trust Jesus that he’s with you as you seek to bear the fruit of your life.
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The apostles are called to share nothing more than what they have received.
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Cooperate with God’s healing action in your life.
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Use the gifts of country and freedom to be a better Christian.
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The new path that Jesus invites you to will be uncomfortable in the beginning.
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Today we get to see the apostles before their growth in faith.
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Jesus’s choice of broken instruments demonstrates his own power.
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Following Jesus may cost you, but Jesus will reward you.
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Through prayer and sacraments, you remain close to God’s protection.
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God has given us what we need for the things we face.
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When Herod got to see Jesus, it didn’t do him any good.
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We must have the humility to accept Jesus’s pity.
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There’s a cost to Christian discipleship, but the cost is worth the joy.
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Jesus will cause division from the things that keep us from him.
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St. Ignatius lived both the Martha and Mary sides of the Christian life.
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The Pharisees are resisting the cost of discipleship.
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Silence is where we sit at the feet of the Master.
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Jesus is going to save the whole world, starting with His Chosen People.
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Jesus gives the best catechesis on prayer you’ve ever heard.
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The gifts of the Spirit make the Church what she is.
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Our destiny is heaven, but our mission is here.
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Quiet prayer will keep us connected to the Vine.
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The Lord dwells with us here to lead us to something better.
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We place our faith in Jesus, not in the good feelings that sometimes come from faith.
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We pray for the Universal Church as we strengthen the local Church.
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Jesus offers you everything, and now the choice is yours.
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Pope Francis taught us to find Christ in the wounds, like St. Thomas did.
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The Bible goes to great pains to help us see that the resurrection is real and physical.
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In giving us His Spirit, Jesus gives us everything.
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The command of charity and the gift of the Eucharist are inseparable
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Jesus is talking about the end of temple sacrifice in this challenging gospel passage.
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We pray with hope, and our hope is well-founded.
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The Lord invites us to sit at table, unworthy as we are.
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Following Jesus isn’t always easy, but it’s always worth it.
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Today we get to celebrate those who have finished the journey.
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Jesus calls into a Church, not an anonymous crowd.
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You can’t approach a challenging gospel like this except with the eyes of faith.
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The final word on prayer is to simply be at peace.
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The prayer that Jesus invites us to is harder than it sounds.
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The gift of Mary is a constant mercy in our lives.
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Marriage is permanent because it symbolizes Christ’s permanent devotion to his Church.
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To be a missionary requires a relationship with Jesus.
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Your guardian angel is a mercy from God to defend you from demonic forces.
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Great acts of virtue and courage start with daily choices of virtue and love.
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What if the child that Jesus refers to today was misbehaving at the moment?
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Weren’t meant to rest in Jesus, not to spend our lives searching.
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The more we obey God’s commandments, the more we become Christ’s family.
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Jesus isn’t fair with us, and thank God for that.
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Whether life is good or bad right now, it will change.
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The closer you are to Jesus, the more you’re sent into the world.
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Jesus isn’t afraid to get up close and personal with you.
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Jesus redirects the Pharisees, who are mistaken in understanding how they’re going to be a light to the nations.
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It’s a gift to get to labor for a long time in the vineyard.
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Today we start to see that the Eucharist is either scandal or gift.
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This strange gospel story actually has an important lesson for us.
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Faith is necessary to accept the claims that Jesus makes.
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An important conversation leads to a big claim from Jesus.
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Ignatius shows us that half-hearted responses to God make no sense.
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How does the wheat live alongside the weeds while awaiting the harvest?
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You have a part to play in how well you receive the Word.
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Even in your imperfection, you’re still invited to be Jesus’s brother or sister.
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Sometimes faith involves weeping, and that’s ok.
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Two pieces of our Christian life must always be present at the same time.
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The childlike ones accept the miracles that are offered.
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Our Lady invites us to abandon ourselves to God.
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To be a disciple means God is truly before everyone else.
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The instructions given to the apostles apply to us as well.
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Constant, ordinary faith remains ready for the extraordinary action of God.
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When your own strength is insufficient, that’s where faith sustains.
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Sometimes the storms are where we grow in faith.
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What Jesus does for the people in the gospel today, he does for you in the Sacraments.
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Heaven comes through complete dependence on God.
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St. John the Baptist teaches us to always be ready for the voice of God.
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Once we understand who our enemies are, then we can figure out how to follow Jesus’s command today.
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To offer no resistance to evil requires a specific kind of trust in the Lord.
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The apostle is supposed to be joyful when he preaches.
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Jesus’s new law points us towards God’s care for us
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God offers his mercy in Confession, it’s up to us to accept it.
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Inheriting life with God comes from patterning your life on God’s.
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There’s an invitation to relax about other Christians in today’s gospel.
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Figuring how to let God lead your life is usually simple, but it’s seldom easy.
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Renewal in the Church starts with renewal in each one of us.
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Paul was called to be faithful, not successful.
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St. Isidore shows us how to meet the high call of the gospel in our ordinary lives.
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To be an apostle, you first have to be a friend of Jesus.
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Thanks to the Ascension, Jesus is closer to you than ever before.
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You rejoice when you stop worrying about the world.
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You’ve got it better than the first apostles did.
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When you’re persecuted, you’re close with Jesus.
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Loving as Jesus loves means not holding onto the past.
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Jesus doesn’t send people to hell, instead they choose it.
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Jesus promises a joy that the world can never offer, but we have to cooperate.
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It’s tough to say that the apostles just made an honest mistake.
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People can’t know about Jesus unless there’s evidence of him in your life.
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Jesus, truly risen in the flesh and eating the baked fish.
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Nothing can replace the encounter with the Risen Lord.
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Mary is known completely by Jesus, and that changes everything.
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What did the guards at the tomb report to their bosses?
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A world that doesn’t end at the grave takes some getting used to.
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Even when faced with the Cross, Christians never lose hope.
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All the apostles betray Jesus in their own way at the Last Supper.
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Jesus still eats and prays with the one who will betray him
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As we get into Holy Week, we see people in the gospel making their decisions for or against Jesus.
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St. Joseph is still the best protector of the Church.
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When we are powerless, we patiently wait for the Lord to act.
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Jesus’s moment of glorification is his moment of death, we share in that glory when we suffer.
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All the suffering you endure is allowed by God, so you’re protected in it.
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Pray for the grace to be open to the unexpected.
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The encounter with the Risen Lord gives the apostles unimaginable courage.
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When Mary surrenders everything to God, she receives more in return.
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To some degree, we’re all called to respond to Jesus’ invitation today.
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The Canaanite woman persists in the face of Jesus’ challenge, and she is rewarded for her persistence.
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From ancient times, God’s followers do the things that God does.
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Christ teaches the apostles, and us, how dependent we are on him for everything.
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When you conform your life to Christ’s, you find your true life.
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Laurence teaches us how to pour ourselves out joyfully.
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The outsider often has better faith than God’s chosen people.
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If we’re going to trust God’s ministers, we have to trust the God who sent them.
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By God’s grace, may we never become bored with his miracles.
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The Transfiguration gives us the strength to not be afraid.
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Jesus’s Kingdom, his Church, is worth selling everything to possess.
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Disciples choose Jesus, and that choice has benefits.
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God gives the signs of his goodness, but we don’t want to accept them.
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Jesus gives us both promise and warning when he teaches about the Kingdom.
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God’s burden is so much bigger than your burden.
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When we are childlike, we can receive God’s mission for us.
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Jesus doesn’t tolerate half hearted conversions.
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Sometimes divisions may mean we’re living exactly in Jesus’s plan.
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Each Sunday we gather as a family, because Holy Mother Church requires it.
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Joseph reminds us how God brings good from evil.
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Faith isn’t a vending machine, it’s a relationship.
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You have been chosen by Jesus, and that changes everything.
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Faith is for those moments where we don’t know how it’s all going to work out.
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Sometimes we resist Jesus’s grace when we’re stuck in habits of sin.
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We thank God for the gift of our country, and we seek to be responsible with the gift we have been given.
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We come to faith by the Word that has been told to us.
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Loving God above and before anyone else keeps everything in its right order.
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Offering “the gift that Moses prescribed” leads to Unity.
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Peter & Paul were unified in Christ because they both knew Christ has rescued them.
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Jesus expects his disciples to bear fruit in the world.
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“They” have received their reward, because their reward is only in this life.
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The new law expects more from us, but it also offers more grace to be able to live it.
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The first rule of Jesus’s Kingdom is that its members must live for others.
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The Beatitudes are the preamble to the new law for the the New Kingdom.
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The Eucharist points us towards heaven and towards others.
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We need the love of the Trinity to come and love us.
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Bartimaeus sets aside any ability to take care of himself in order to pursue Jesus.
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When Mary receives the Christ Child, she doesn’t keep him to herself.
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Mary is given as a gift to us as we seek to be the Church.
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The gift of the Holy Spirit was necessary for the disciples to be the Church.
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Jesus’s opponents show disunity, while his followers ought to be united.
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Regardless of what else may happen, your freedom to choose salvation is always protected from the Evil One.
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Jesus invites you into the relationship and mission he shares with his Father.
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The Holy Spirit empowers the Ephesians to be missionaries in their daily lives.
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As Jesus ascends into heaven, he entrusts us with a new mission.
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Jesus promises weeping and mourning, but he also promises joy.
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Paul’s preaching has mediocre results when he doesn’t lead with Christ.
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Paul knew how to discern when God wanted him to embrace or avoid suffering.
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Real martyrdom continues to exist, and the Advocate that Jesus sends is the strength you need for it.
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Observing Christ’s commandments makes us able to receive the Holy Spirit.
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Jesus’s patience with his apostles foreshadows his patience with us.
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Athanasius teaches us the importance of getting Christ right.
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If we’re only Christian for low reasons, we won’t last.
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How we pray at Mass should influence how we live our lives.
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Eternal life is a gift that we choose to accept or reject.
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Being born from above comes through belief in the Son.
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Our new, true citizenship is in the Kingdom of God.
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Thomas learns about Jesus’s overwhelming mercy today.
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Jesus’s followers share the truth of the Resurrection, his enemies spread lies.
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The Resurrection: source of all our confidence.
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The gift of the Eucharist is the gift of unity that we need.
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Jesus, the new High Priest, has given us a new sacrifice.
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With our confidence in God, the world can’t bring us to shame.
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In the Resurrection, we receive justice and mercy at the exact same time.
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Teach the commandments, both by word and example.
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God never behaves like you think he should, he’s always bigger and more loving.
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Once we removes the blocks that get in the way of his grace, Jesus can more than satisfy our desires.
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Repent now, don’t count on a deathbed conversion!
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Enter into every relationship asking how you can serve.
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It’s hard to stop a bad habit without a good habit to replace it.
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Jesus will turn you into the disciple he has chosen you to be.
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The Sign of Peace at Mass is the moment to check the peace in our hearts.
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Only the one who is confident in God will ask, seek, or knock.
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Loving the least among us is critical to our salvation.
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Learn how the devil works so you can learn to resist his temptations.
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Start Lent well by looking for the grace of today.
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True masculine strength is confident and humble.
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When all seems lost, that is the moment for faith.
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The holiness God commands comes through reliance on God.
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Cain’s offering to God teaches us about our relationship with God.
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Jesus doesn’t treat us all the same, he gives each person exactly what they need.
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Our holiness is a cooperation of internal and external forces.
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God’s commandment is love, so just love your neighbor.
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Your story of Jesus’s mercy will draw others to Jesus.
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Your identity of son or daughter is that salt and light for the world.
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God calls us all to be saints, but every one of these calls is unique.
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He takes on your humanity and offers you his divinity.
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We’re attracted to Jesus because we recognize in him one like us.
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Evil attacks and divine protection are the ordinary things of this world.
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God looks upon the baptized as his true sons and daughters.
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God calls you on a new journey, the same way he called the Magi.
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Go down in history as a person who points to Christ.
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John the Baptist, like Pope Benedict XVI, made his life a signpost that points away from himself towards Christ.
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Mary longs to guard you and protect you, you need only to turn to her.
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Peace comes through orienting our lives to the Savior.
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The powerful are laid low, while the lowly are exalted.
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The Lord shows Zechariah that he is always faithful to his promises.
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Joseph’s trust of our Lord has huge repercussions for him and for the whole world.
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God’s plan for you is repentance and redemption.
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Only with the eyes of Christ can we make sense of suffering.
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Humbly recognize how far God has brought you in your Christian journey, patiently love those who aren’t as far in their journey.
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Mother Mary appeared at Guadalupe to show us how she cares for us.
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We stumble and fall, but we rejoice because the Lord is near.
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Mary’s sinlessness allows her to draw close to your sinfulness.
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If Christ’s yoke doesn’t feel easy, maybe you’re trying to carry it without Christ’s help.
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Love the poor and teach the truth, and you’ll be ready for the Shepherd.
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We wait for the Lord with joy, knowing that he is near.
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Before we are led before kings and governors, we first have to face the gauntlet of Thanksgiving dinner with people who disagree with us.
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The Jewish temple has been superseded by the soul of the baptized Christian.
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Mary offers her whole self to our Lord, just like the widow in the temple.
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May Christ’s kingdom come into the world and into our hearts.
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Christ offers the only real and lasting peace there is.
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If Jesus can draw Zacchaeus to himself, he can draw anybody.
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In the midst of a hostile world, your simple Christian life will be an irrefutable witness.
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We should carry ourselves with dignity as members of the Kingdom.
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Despite being unprofitable table, the Lord still invites us to take our seat at his banquet table.
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Even St. Paul has no confidence in his own works, all his confidence is in the God who would leave the 99 to find the 1.
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Jesus will make the souls in Purgatory as well as us righteous and worthy of Heaven.
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We are united with the saints in heaven, so they can help us on our way.
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God will purify and fulfill every one of your desires.
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In a moment of high stress, Jesus reveals his ultimate love for you.
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Stop worrying about others, Jesus says. You’ve got enough to focus on with you.
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What do we do with the division that Jesus promises us will happen in this world?
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We have received mercy and peace, so may we also give mercy and peace.
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Your life and your wealth cannot be lived just for you.
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Jesus and Paul have very different tones, but they’re telling us the same thing: trust God.
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In silence, Francis could hear God’s command to action.
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There’s no one I get to exclude from the category of “neighbor.”
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Extraordinary faith is the ordinary expectation.
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We are constantly surrounded by the ministry of God’s holy angels.
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When faced with those who don’t want unity, our job is to keep our eyes fixed on Jesus.
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Be on the lookout for reasons for and methods of unity.
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The rich man’s sin is not that he was rich, it was that he didn’t care for the poor.
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We need to put as much work into our eternal plan as we put into our temporal plans.
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Only with the Cross can we find hope in our sorrows.
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Through the Cross, we can see joy at the moments of our worst suffering.
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Jesus allows himself to feel the suffering of humanity; we pray for the same ability.
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When Peter gets it’s right, we want to notice what he gets right.
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Sometimes God says no to our desires when we’re thinking too small.
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St. John died for speaking the truth, may we have that same courage.
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Envy sneaks into our lives if we keep our eyes on the wrong things.
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We do what God asks out of love, not out of fear.
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Storms and trials can bring us to deeper faith.
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With humility, we let ourselves be formed by the Potter.
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We’ll be surrounded by evil until the final harvest, but by God’s grace we will endure.
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Jesus loves James’s bold discipleship, even when he gets it a bit wrong.
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The yoke is only easy if the relationship is strong.
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The simple accept Jesus while the sophisticated reject him. So be simple.
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It is out of pride that the unrepentant towns reject Jesus, so we pray for the gift of humility.
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Jesus’s words, while difficult, make sense with a little bit of thought.
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My neighbor isn’t necessarily the person I like the most.
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The command to give without cost could break the cycle of cruelty in our world.
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We must both be Jesus’s lost sheep and seek out Jesus’s lost sheep.
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Jesus’s mission isn’t just Jesus’s mission; he shares the work with his followers.
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The world says it will always be this way, but faith tells us something different.
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John turns his life into a sign that points to Jesus.
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The wide road to destruction is normal. Don’t be normal.
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Routine fasting helps to lift our eyes towards Heaven.
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We all have enemies. Once we identify them, we know who we’re supposed to love.
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In Jesus’s new system of mercy, you gain more than you lose.
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In order to be on mission to people, we have to understand them.
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Both Jesus and Paul show us how to entrust the ones we love to the Father.
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By the grace of the Holy Spirit, God’s enemies accomplish His will.
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As Christ ascends into heaven, he sends his disciples, including us, on mission.
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Sometimes the less obvious path yields the greater results.
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We’ll be ready for the big persecutions if we practice with the small ones.
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Jesus provides the one solution to the one problem we can’t solve on our own.
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May Christ the Shepherd guide our country away from the sin of abortion.
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God takes the initiative in this beautiful relationship we have with him.
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God’s will for you is for you to be completely happy in him.
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We ask for Philip and James’s intercession for strength for the Justices.
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Does my belief start from my own preconceptions, or from Jesus’s words?
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Peter shows us the joy that is possible after reconciliation.
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Belief helps obedience. Obedience helps belief.
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The things Jesus tells us about eternal life matter here and now.
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With God on our side, the world can’t touch us.
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Jesus is always understanding when we struggle with faith. https://newcastlecorpuschristi.org/homilies
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Pray for the sensitivity to recognize your heart burning within you.
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We often miss Jesus because we’ve decided ahead of time where we think he is.
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Fear and joy often mix together when we only understand part of God’s plan.
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Jesus continues to be the answer for all evil in the world.
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Today, we give thanks for the priesthood, for the Eucharist, and for the command of charity.
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The only difference between Judas and Peter is that Peter repented.
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Jesus has already provided the grace for every suffering you endure.
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Your personal relationship with Jesus is not in contradiction with your charity in the world.
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The sign of the Cross now means life, not death.
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St. Patrick spread God’s love to his enemies, recognizing that they were in desperate need of it.
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Any authority you have in this life is intended to serve others.
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Jesus obliges us to follow religious authorities, even the bad ones.
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Jesus longs to repay you for every good thing you give to others.
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As citizens of the kingdom of Heaven, we have to help Jesus the King with his mission.
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Be at peace with others before approaching the altar.
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Our Heavenly Father will give us all good things, and none of the bad things we think we want in our brokenness.
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God’s presence among us requires that we keep our attention on certain things.
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The world should be a better place at Easter because you lived Lent.
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All temptation to sin is a temptation to try to claim glory without the cross, and it will never work.
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Lent is a good time to put to death your dominant fault.
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Keeping our eyes fixed on death brings about both sorrow and joy.
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Spiritual poverty means we receive everything as God’s gift and hold onto nothing as our own.
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Love of God and love of neighbor must remain unified for the Christian.
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The devil wants to destroy the Church by destroying the family.
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Jesus warns us to not be soft or gentle in ridding ourselves of sin.
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The Beatitudes teach us to hope in the life to come.
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Only in Jesus Christ do we have any hope of unity among all nations and peoples.
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The things “out there” can’t hurt us, rather we need to pay attention to the state of our own hearts.
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As Catholics, we must keep the external actions of our faith connected to the internal disposition of our hearts.
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When we come into God’s presence, we offer him everything good and bad in our lives.
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Peter’s faith starts with his initial “yes” to our Lord, but it doesn’t end there.
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Jesus’s apostles, along with St. Blaise, show us that the missionary has to heal as well as teach.
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As Jesus is presented in the temple, God reclaims his throne.
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Faith and Sacraments: you don’t want one without the other.
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St. John Bosco teaches us the power of loving one person at a time.
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Once you let Jesus out of his box, he’ll break you out of yours as well.
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We are members of the Church as missionaries, not as customers.
