Rev. Fr. Daniel Koehl's Homilies: Recent Episodes

Rev. Fr. Daniel Koehl

Father Koehl's recorded homilies, most of which are given at Saint Charles Borromeo Catholic Church, Fort Wayne, Indiana. Each homily is available for 3 months following publication.

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The final installment of the homily series on Holy Mass.

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Homily of the Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God. 
 Remembering Pope Benedict XVI.

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Homily of Christmas 2022

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On the Ecce Agnus Dei, the Domine Non Sum Dignus, and the proper reception of Holy Communion, with a proposal…

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On the Patronal feast of Saint Charles Borromeo Parish.
 Of the Libera nos andthe petition for peace.

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The conclusion of the canon of the Mass and the Our Father.

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RCIA session of Oct. 4, 2022

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On the Supplices te rogamus,the Angel of Great Counsel, and the Memento of the Dead.

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On the Words of Consecration

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We receive the living Lord in Holy Communion. 
 On the first two prayers following the words of consecration in the Roman Canon.

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On the Second litany of the Roman Canon.

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On the Hanc Igiturand Quam Oblationem prayers of the Mass

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On the first prayers of the Canon (the Eucharistic prayer).
 Pray for the Church Militant.
 A continuation of Fr. Koehl’s series on the Holy Mass.

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The Love of God is the foundation for all other Love. He is not one option among many.
 Homily for the 23rd Sunday in Ordinary Time and a continuation of Fr. Koehl’s series on the Holy Mass.

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On the Communicantes of the Mass. 
The favorite saints of our ancient Roman ancestors show us the proper orientation of priorities. 
“If the Mass is too long, your love is too short.”
  - St. Josemaria Escrivá 

A continuation of Fr. Koehl’s series on the Holy Mass, given at Sts. Peter and Paul Catholic Church, Huntington, Indiana.

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  1. Lift your heart away from worldly attractions.
     2. With the Angels, pray to God through Christ, the necessary mediator of the new covenant.
  2. Offer a sacrifice of thanksgiving as propitiation for the Father’s gift of the Son to us and retrain a spirit of gratitude as an antidote to Pride.

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The rituals of the Offertory provide a beautiful array of symbols which prepare us for the coming reality of the Eucharist.

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Division is not always a bad thing.
Father Koehl continues his homily series on the Holy Mass with a sermon on the Creed.

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A Homily on Homilies.

Father Koehl continues his series on the Mass.

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Scripture Readings at Mass are more than mere readings.
Father Koehl continues his series on the Holy Mass.

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The Mass is the foundation of all prayer and the highest form of it. 

In this homily, Fr. Koehl continues his Ordinary Time series on the Mass, taking a closer look at the Collect, or opening prayer, its purpose and how to take part in it at Mass.

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On the Gloria in excelsis.

Another installment of Fr. Koehl’s homily series on the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass.

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On the Kyrie.
An installment of Father Koehl’s homily series on the Holy Mass given on the 15th Sunday in Ordinary Time, 2022.

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Of saving babies and moms.
Of the mission of the Catholic.
Of compunction for sin at Mass.

The latest installment of Fr. Koehl’s homily series on the Mass.

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The 3rd installment of the homily series on the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass, occurring on the Sunday celebration of Corpus Christi.

Of the mystery of the Eucharist and the Spiritual symbolism of the sacerdotal greeting “The Lord be with you.”

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Continuing with the 2nd installment of the Summer Homily series on the Mass, Fr. Koehl expounds upon the reasons for genuflection upon entering the church and the Sign of the Cross as the Principle of prayer for Catholics… appropriate to Trinity Sunday.

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Pentecost Sunday is among the chief feasts of the Church Calendar. The birth of the Church and the entrance of the Holy Spirit are remembered today.

This homily is the first installment in a summer series of homilies on the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass. Throughout the summer, Father Koehl will take the Mass piece-by-piece as the subject of his preaching, drawing out the symbolism and the spiritual fruit of each prayer and ritual action. 

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Obedience requires one’s respect for legitimate authority and the Charity of the authority’s wielder.

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“Beauty is in the eye of the beholder” is a lie.

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Human Will finally united to the Divine Will.

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Lent leads to a proper orientation to Heaven.

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The remedy for imprudent speech and the true  conduit of prayer.

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Prep for Lent!

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Choose the way of the holy ones.

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We need not fear to seek, live in, and speak the truth, but we must also envelope it in Love.

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Read the Bible.
Don’t be short of Love.

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Epiphany echoes out to Cana.

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Homily for the Feast of the Baptism of the Lord.

We may not remember our own Baptisms, due to the early age our their reception, but we ought still look back to see what the Lord has done with us by our Baptisms.

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Epiphany: Jesus’s revelation of himself and our humble recognition of Him with the Magi.

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Christmas continues. Jesus is home with us in multiple ways.

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Jesus is home.

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Homily for Gaudete Sunday 2021

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The true light of the world is rising.

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Love of Christ, from the gut.
 Homily for the Second Sunday of Advent 2021

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Christ the Beginning.

The Solemn Feast of Christ, King of the Universe. 
Given at Queen of Angels Catholic Church, Fort Wayne.