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Why drunkenness is a mortal sin, and navigating the drunkenness culture.
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How Jesus makes the ask of the demands of discipleship.
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Shifting from fear of the crowd to fear of the Lord.
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How the food of the Eucharist comes to us, and its purpose for our journey.
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Why the outpouring the third Trinitarian Person manifests himself in the gift of tongues
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Jesus must ascend to offer the Father himself as a living sacrifice, what do we lift up to God as sacrifices?
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How the Holy Spirit rains down upon us in the sacrament of confirmation.
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An exploration of the effect of gradual faults.
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In what context Jesus offers the first Mass, and how we ought to respond.
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Looking at Good Friday through the eyes of Peter and John.
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Looking at Holy Thursday through the eyes of Peter and John
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On spiritual blindness, its causes and remedies.
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Why don’t we evangelize? Because we don’t know the gift of God.
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How Peter and John differ in their response to the transfiguration, and why it matters.
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What’s our standard for Lent? We know the Lord’s standard.
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How Christ visits those in darkness and remakes them.
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Looking to John the Baptist as a model of confidence and humility in doing the Lord’s will, and our reward.
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Three truths we need to know beginning our walk with the Lord.
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What we can learn from the magi about our purpose.
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What is expected of the father, and then what is expected of his wife and his children?
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Regardless of your weakness and background, God calls you to respond to your vocation.
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How and why we should follow St. Paul’s command to rejoice.
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Some statistics on confessions, and how God can damn us all if we don’t repent.
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A comparison of deer hunting with prayer, and a telling of Innocent Smith from Man Alive
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An allegory of the kingdom of God and the temple in the soul.
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Apocalypse means unveiling, but why does God keep us behind this veil?
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The cultural and individual of effects of being exiled from the Temple.
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All Souls 2025: Purgatory and Indulgences by Fr. Stephen Pellessier
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The Jesus Prayer, spiritual narcissism, and our true worth.
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How do we avoid bitterness in doing God’s will?
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Queen of All Saints Annual Review, and the importance of tithing for the sake of worship.
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Looking to Erika Kirk’s faith to overcome bitterness.
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Should I attend that wedding? While there may be few extraordinary exceptions, we should look to St. Thomas More’s example.
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Beginning the virtues of humility, and removing the obstacles to thinking of Good and neighbor more than ourselves.
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Why the Lord disciplines, and we need mortification for salvation.
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“Back to school Mass” homily, 10 lessons on particpating in Mass at Queen.
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An explanation of the significance of Mary’s bodily assumption.
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Comparing the burials of King Tut and St. John Vianney, and the life of Dcn. Butch of Breaux Bridge.
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Why pray for people if God’s will doesn’t change?
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An allegory of the Good Samaritan, and how we don’t participate in it.
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How relationship with Mary can drive us to be missionary as she desires.
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Looking at the lives of Sts. Peter and Paul, show the path of each temperament to sanctity.
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A response to those Catholics who do not get anything out of mass
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How we worship God the Father, through the Son, in the Holy Spirit
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ACTS return mass, and what happens when the Spirit comes into the world.
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Why we need peace, how we get it, and how we keep it.
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Why we need to love Jesus and what that doesn’t mean.
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The influence of moms, especially on the priestly vocation.
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Homily given to children making their first communion at Queen of All Saints.
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Why we believe in the papacy, what we believe about infallibility, and why the papacy matters.
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The worst vacation of my life, Frodo, the resurrection, and baptism.
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God will get His, whether we give it to Him or not.
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Juxtaposing the raising of Lazarus with the conversion of St. Augustine to show how God can resurrect our spiritually dead family members.
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Thoughts on the woman caught in adultery gleaning insights on the Lord’s mercy.
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Night 3 of Lenten Mission given at St. Pius X in Ragley.
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Night 1 of Lenten Mission given at St. Pius X in Ragley, LA
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Second night of Lenten Mission given at St. Pius X in Ragley.
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Homily given at St. Pius X in Ragley on the journey of prayer.
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Homily given on 3rd Sunday of Lent to 10:30AM Mass at OLQAS.
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Undergoing deeper conversion through Moses’ encounter with burning bush.
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Why Moses and Elijah matter at the transfiguration.
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Regaining Paradise through temptation, territory by territory.
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From the fullness of the heart, the mouth speaks. Give up gossip for Lent.
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Given at the US naval base in Sasebo, Japan. Why does God remain distant when we do not love our enemies?
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Understanding the beatitudes from the gospel of Luke through the lens of chess.
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What does Jesus seem to procrastinate his miracles?
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What does Groundhog Day have to do with the Presentation of the Lord?
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A look into the Conversion of St. Paul from the sin of envy.
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What is your image of God and why does it matter?
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What the Baptism of the Lord tells the laity about their call to sanctify the earth.
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Epiphany C: Knowing the Will of God by Fr. Stephen Pellessier
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Don’t be afraid to raise your kids in the face with Mary and Joseph as a model and refuge.
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God made man showing us the foundation to the life of virtue, humility.
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The fourth virtue teaching us to relate to the delightful good, and a reflection on Mary’s temperance in the Visitation.
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The third of the cardinal virtues, fortitude. With a special emphasis on magnanimity and its defect and excess.
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The second of the cardinal virtues, continuing the four part series: justice. With a special focus on the virtue of religion.
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The first of a four part series on the Cardinal Virtues, the mother of virtues, prudence.
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An explanation of why we believe what we believe about the end of the world, and what to do about it.
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Have the faith to ask others to live the moral life.
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Talk given at Theology on the Prairie using Thomas Aquinas to address the vision of the beatitudes and specifically being a peacemaker in the modern world.
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What’s so wrong with the rich young man? A comparison between our kingdom with God’s kingdom.
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A homily on sexual complimentarity and the frustrations between the sexes.
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An excerpt from The Great Divorce by C. S. Lewis, illuminating “if your hand causes you to sin, cut it off.”
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Childlikeness vs being a spiritual orphan, and the consequences of both.
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Why does Jesus care about suffering so much? A look at the life of Peter will help.
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Using Robert Cardinal Sarah’s book The Power of Silence, examining external noise, internal noise, and God’s desire for us.
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Exploring the power of words in context of the Word.
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Practical reflections to give our bodies for Christ’s body appropriately.
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An explanation of why those in mortal sin are not to go to communion.
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Reflections on the connection between the Eucharist and marriage using J.R.R. Tolkien.
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A reflection on J.R.R. Tolkien’s relationship with the Eucharist, shedding light on ours.
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The first of a five part series on the Eucharist. The topic is Eucharistic sacrifice, answering the questions what the church believes, why sacrifice is so important, how do we understand the Eucharistic sacrifice, and how do we participate in it?
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Why God doesn’t give us a clear sign of his presence, through an explanation of Psalm 23 and sacramentality.
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Why Jesus wants us to be spiritually poor so that he can make us rich in his grace.
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A homily on gender dysphoria exploring what does the Church teach, how did we get here, our role toward the culture, and our role to the individual.
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A different look at the virtue of patience as a remedy to limit our sadness in difficult times, and five ways to motivate ourselves to practice it.
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An appreciation of St. Joseph’s fatherhood lived out in the background of the Joyful Mysteries of the Rosary.
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Homily following Holy Family Women’s ACTS Retreat, responding to God’s question: “Where are you?”
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Why it is not far-fetched to believe in the Eucharist if you believe in other simple Christian truths, and the scriptural obstacle to faith in the Eucharist.
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How we can participate in the mystery of the Trinitarian life.
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A talk given at a marriage retreat at St. Bernard Church in Breaux Bridge.
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Exploring the connection between rest, the Ascension, and the preface of the Mass.
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How should we think about the statement, “It doesn’t matter what church you go to, just love God”?
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A homily on removing obstacles to create fruitful prayer, drawing conclusions from all three readings.
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Answering the question of whether priesthood is good and whether we need more priests.
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An explanation of the first gift of the Holy Spirit, wisdom.
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Newman Night given at Our Lady of Wisdom on UL’s campus. A theological reflection on what it means to be hospitable looking at the Ark of the Covenant, the Annunciation, the Visitation, and the Eucharist.
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A look at what Jesus entrusts to the Church in indulgences, confession, and the apostolic faith.
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The third homily of the Triduum and final of the I Thirst series. Seeing how God gives us life through the narrow margins He provides in salvation history.
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The second of the Triduum homilies at Our Lady Queen of All Saints, themed I Thirst. Expounding upon Christ’s desire for our hearts.
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The first of the Triduum homilies at Our Lady Queen of All Saints, themed I Thirst. Expounding upon Christ’s desire for us in the Last Supper and the Eucharist.
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St. Ignatius’ Rules of Discernment of Spirits, 12-14. On understanding the enemy.
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Palm Sunday 2024: Waste and Calculation by Fr. Stephen Pellessier
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Reflecting upon the hidden images in the church, and the desire of the Greeks to see Jesus.
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St. Ignatius of Loyola’s Rules of Discernment of Spirits, rules 10-11.
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An explanation of Ignatius’ Rules of Discernment, Rules 5-9.
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Examining Jesus’ cleansing the Temple of the God of Mammon.
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Women’s talk given at the Greek Retreat for Our Lady of Wisdom at UL’s Campus. A humble attempt at identifying the unique feminine gift, and the virtues, along with the defects and excesses that accompany this gift.
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Answering the question of who goes to confession, why go to confession, what to confess, how to confess, and benefits of confession through the lens of the sacrifice of Abraham and the transfiguration.
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Rules of Discernment of Spirits from St. Ignatius of Loyola, Rules 1-4. The rules of discernment are designed to help the person navigate their own spiritual experience.
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A look at our sufferings, through the lens of Noah’s ark and the wood of the Cross.
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What it means to pray infallibly, and what it means for us.
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The nature of spiritual sloth, and taking steps to overcome it.
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Understanding how the devil interacts with a person going from good to better in the spiritual life.
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A look at the life of Jonah and what made him so effective of an evangelist.
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Explanation of the virtue of modesty and the virtues that stem from it looking at the life of Samuel, Eli, and Hannah.
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Using the magi as an example against us when we are unwilling to make sacrifices. Drawing wisdom from the spiritual author Dom Eugene Boylan.
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A reflection on personal experience, the life of the holy family, the presentation in the temple, as a way to help parents surrender their children to God.
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A reflection on the birth of the Christian, in Christ, through the classic themes of light, birth, and grace, assisted by reflections from a devout Christian mother.
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A reflection on the development of the Christian, through the classical themes of darkness, pregnancy, and sin assisted by the reflections of a devout Christian mother.
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A how to on living Saint Paul’s exhortation to rejoice always.
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An introduction of myself to Our Lady Queen of All Saints Catholic Church, as well as what I am passionate about as a priest and pastor.
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Advent Mission given at Annunziata Catholic Church in Houma, LA addressing the topic of mental prayer.
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A thank you to Our Lady of Wisdom Catholic Church and Student Center on UL's campus for my three and a half years spent in priestly ministry.
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A reflection on the individualist mentality that prevents Christ from being our king, and a brief how to on allowing His reign to begin.
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An explanation on the fruits of the virtue of temperance, most especially that of beauty.
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An explanation of the virtue of prudence as the mother of virtue.
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Three theological reflections on our relationship to authority.
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A brief summary on the history of man's ideals in western civilization, and the commandment above all commandments that makes us like God.
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Talk given at the Encounter 2023 retreat for the students of Our Lady of Wisdom at UL's campus on the topic of mental prayer.
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Addressing the one biggest difficulty and the two ways in which we are to give ourselves back to God.
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A comparison of the party culture with Catholic ritual to better understand how we are made to celebrate.
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A reflection on the necessity of forgiveness through the readings and an excerpt of the classic novel the Brothers Karamazov.
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26 Sun OT A: Converting our Cold Hearts by Fr. Stephen Pellessier
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25 Sun OT A: Vineyard by Fr. Stephen Pellessier
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24 Sun OT A: Insanity of Bitterness by Fr. Stephen Pellessier
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23 Sun OT A: Cultural Loneliness by Fr. Stephen Pellessier
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22 Sun OT A: Burning Inside by Fr. Stephen Pellessier
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21 Sun OT A: Called Out by Fr. Stephen Pellessier
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20 Sun OT A: Jealous for Salvation by Fr. Stephen Pellessier
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Assumption 2023: Motherhood and Pondus Amoris by Fr. Stephen Pellessier
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19 Sun OT A: Lord, Save Me by Fr. Stephen Pellessier
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CONNECT 2023: A Lot on Prayer by Fr. Stephen Pellessier
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Transfiguration 2023: Radiant in Suffering by Fr. Stephen Pellessier
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16 Sun OT A: Don't Fear the Weeds by Fr. Stephen Pellessier
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13 Sun OT A: Living for God by Fr. Stephen Pellessier
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12 Sun OT A: Sacred Heart Month by Fr. Stephen Pellessier
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Friday 11 Week OT1: Five Years by Fr. Stephen Pellessier
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11 Sun OT A: Throwaway Culture by Fr. Stephen Pellessier
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Trinity Sunday A: Four Relations by Fr. Stephen Pellessier
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Pentecost A: Not Smart and Less Smart by Fr. Stephen Pellessier
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Ascension Sunday A: Ascension of Absalom by Fr. Stephen Pellessier
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6 Sun Easter A: The Love of a Mother by Fr. Stephen Pellessier
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5 Sun Easter A: Predestination by Fr. Stephen Pellessier
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4 Sun Easter A: Does Priesthood Matter? by Fr. Stephen Pellessier
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3 Sun Easter A: Open Eyes by Fr. Stephen Pellessier
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Divine Mercy 2023: Breath by Fr. Stephen Pellessier
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Easter Sunday 2023: Empty Tomb by Fr. Stephen Pellessier
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Passion Sunday 2023: Why Have you Forsaken Me by Fr. Stephen Pellessier
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5 Sun Lent A: Purification of the Intellect by Fr. Stephen Pellessier
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4 Sun Lent A: Purification of the Imagination by Fr. Stephen Pellessier
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3 Sun Lent A: Purification of the Memory by Fr. Stephen Pellessier
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2 Sun Lent A: Desiring Perfection by Fr. Stephen Pellessier
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Ash Wednesday 2023: Where's Your Reward? by Fr. Stephen Pellessier
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7 Sun OT A: A Nice Slice by Fr. Stephen Pellessier
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6 Sun OT A: The Power of Trust by Fr. Stephen Pellessier
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5 Sun OT A: Salt and Light by Fr. Stephen Pellessier
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4 Sun OT A: What Does God Love in us Really? by Fr. Stephen Pellessier
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3 Sun OT A: Remembering God by Fr. Stephen Pellessier
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Epiphany 2023: Wisdom from Some Wise Men by Fr. Stephen Pellessier
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Mary the Mother of God 2023: Small Decisions by Fr. Stephen Pellessier
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Christmas 2022: The Infant God by Fr. Stephen Pellessier
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Advent Mission 2022: Gifts of the Holy Spirit by Fr. Stephen Pellessier
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4 Sun Advent A: Who can and How to by Fr. Stephen Pellessier
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3 Sun Advent A: Shrek and Fiona by Fr. Stephen Pellessier
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2 Sun Advent A: The Eucharistic Why by Fr. Stephen Pellessier
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1 Sun Advent A Escape by Fr. Stephen Pellessier
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33 Sun OT C: Patience Amidst Destruction by Fr. Stephen Pellessier
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32 Sun OT C: Totalitarianism & Resurrection by Fr. Stephen Pellessier
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Fall Mission 2022: Church Militant by Fr. Stephen Pellessier
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Fall Mission 2022: Purgatory and Indulgences by Fr. Stephen Pellessier
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All Saints 2022: The Incarnation Continued by Fr. Stephen Pellessier
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31 Sun OT C: Causes Make Effects by Fr. Stephen Pellessier
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30 Sun OT C: God, the Tax Collector by Fr. Stephen Pellessier
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29 Sun OT C: Annihilating the Amalekites by Fr. Stephen Pellessier
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27 Sun OT C: Unprofitable Forgiveness by Fr. Stephen Pellessier
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26 Sun OT C: Hellishness & Hiddenness by Fr. Stephen Pellessier
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24 Sun OT C: True Love and Mercy by Fr. Stephen Pellessier
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23 Sun OT C: Christian Prudence by Fr. Stephen Pellessier
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22 Sun OT C: Humility Towards Others by Fr. Stephen Pellessier
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CONNECT 2022: Evangelization by Fr. Stephen Pellessier
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21 Sun OT C: The Narrow Gate by Fr. Stephen Pellessier
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Assumption 2022: Loving the Eternal by Fr. Stephen Pellessier
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20 Sun OT C: Fire and Family by Fr. Stephen Pellessier
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20 Sun OT C: Fire and Family by Fr. Stephen Pellessier
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19 Sun OT C: The Defeat of Bacchus by Fr. Stephen Pellessier
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18 Sun OT C: Breaking the American Dream by Fr. Stephen Pellessier
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17 Sun OT C: Infallible Prayer by Fr. Stephen Pellessier
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17 Sun OT C: Infallible Prayer by Fr. Stephen Pellessier
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15 Sun OT C: Ashamed of Shame by Fr. Stephen Pellessier
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Holy Trinity C: Is God a Narcissist? by Fr. Stephen Pellessier
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Pentecost C: Chastity and the Fruits of the Spirit by Fr. Stephen Pellessier
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Ascension Sun C: Virginity for the Kingdom by Fr. Stephen Pellessier
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6 Sun Easter C: Why Do I Have to Get Married in a Church? by Fr. Stephen Pellessier
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4 Sun Easter C: Meditate! by Fr. Stephen Pellessier
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Easter Sunday C: Happy Easter by Fr. Stephen Pellessier
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3 Sun Easter C: Peyton Manning by Fr. Stephen Pellessier
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Divine Mercy Sunday C: Risen for Us by Fr. Stephen Pellessier
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Passion Sunday C: Not That Bad by Fr. Stephen Pellessier
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Encounter Night at Sacred Heart Church in Broussard, LA
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5 Sun Lent A: Hoping for the Hopeless by Fr. Stephen Pellessier
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Rerum Novarum: Night 1 by Fr. Stephen Pellessier
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4 Sun Lent A: Spiritual Blindness & Vision by Fr. Stephen Pellessier
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3 Sun Lent A: Food & Drink by Fr. Stephen Pellessier
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2 Sun Lent C: Radiating Temperance by Fr. Stephen Pellessier
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Ash Wednesday 2022: Reconciliation by Fr. Stephen Pellessier
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7th Sun OT C: Enemies by Fr. Stephen Pellessier
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6th Sun OT C: Potatoes by Fr. Stephen Pellessier
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4 Sun OT C: Doomed to Fail by Fr. Stephen Pellessier
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3 Sun OT C: Pope Darwin and his Kerygma by Fr. Stephen Pellessier
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2nd Sun OT C: Beyond Appearances by Fr. Stephen Pellessier
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Baptism of the Lord 2022: Bag of Hammers by Fr. Stephen Pellessier
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Mary the Mother of God 2022: Virginal Fruitfulness by Fr. Stephen Pellessier
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Holy Family 2021: Family Virtues by Fr. Stephen Pellessier
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Christmas 2021: Silent Night by Fr. Stephen Pellessier
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Christmas 2021: Silent Night by Fr. Stephen Pellessier
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3 Sun Advent C: 4th & 5th Precepts of Church by Fr. Stephen Pellessier
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33 Sun OT B: Memento Mori by Fr. Stephen Pellessier
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2 Sun Advent C: 2nd & 3rd Precepts of Church by Fr. Stephen Pellessier
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1 Sun Advent C: 1st Precept of the Church by Fr. Stephen Pellessier
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32 Sun OT B: Parents, Give Your Sons by Fr. Stephen Pellessier
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31 Sun OT B: Fortitude, Wisdom, & Love by Fr. Stephen Pellessier
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10/13/21 Newman Lecture, given at Our Lady of Wisdom Catholic Church and Student Center on ULL's Campus.
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29 Sun OT B: Did Jesus Commit Suicide? by Fr. Stephen Pellessier
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27 Sun OT B: Philosophical Questions by Fr. Stephen Pellessier
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26 Sun OT B: Maturation into Childlikenes by Fr. Stephen Pellessier
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24 Sun OT B: Naming God by Fr. Stephen Pellessier
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23 Sun OT B: He Took Him Off by Himself by Fr. Stephen Pellessier
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22nd Sun OT B: Addition and Subtraction by Fr. Stephen Pellessier
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21st Sun OT B: Repent in Confession by Fr. Stephen Pellessier
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19th Sun OT B: Living Forever by Fr. Stephen Pellessier
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18th Sun OT B: Don't Thingify the Eucharist by Fr. Stephen Pellessier
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12th Sun OT B: Swordfish by Fr. Stephen Pellessier
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11th Sun OT B: Sowing Seeds by Fr. Stephen Pellessier
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Corpus Christi B: Maniturgium by Fr. Stephen Pellessier
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Ascension Sunday B: Bigfoot Frustrations by Fr. Stephen Pellessier
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6th Sun Easter B: Going Bananas by Fr. Stephen Pellessier
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5th Sun of Easter B: Patches by Fr. Stephen Pellessier
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4th Sun Easter B: Shepherds & Hirelings by Fr. Stephen Pellessier
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3rd Sun Easter B: Soma And The Resurrection by Fr. Stephen Pellessier
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Divine Mercy B: Faith in His Wounds by Fr. Stephen Pellessier
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Palm Sunday B: O That Shame by Fr. Stephen Pellessier
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4th Sun Lent B: The Youthfulness Of God by Fr. Stephen Pellessier
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3rd Sun Lent A: Striking The Rock by Fr. Stephen Pellessier
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1st Sun Lent B: Social Dilemma by Fr. Stephen Pellessier
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2nd Sun Lent B: Resurrection & Decision by Fr. Stephen Pellessier
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4th Sun OT B: Fighting The Devil With Offense by Fr. Stephen Pellessier
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Mens Morning Of Reflection: The Vices by Fr. Stephen Pellessier
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Welcome Back Address to students at Our Lady of Wisdom Catholic Student Center on the ULL campus.
