Who you are now is who you are.

Joy is the abiding sense of well-being. It is a feeling, but it is also a choice. But we do not choose joy itself. We must choose the source of joy. Love is the source of joy.

Mass Readings from September 11, 2022

Exodus 32:7-11

Psalms 51:3-4, 12-13, 17, 19

1 Timothy 1:12-17

Luke 15:1-32

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Who you are now is who you are.

Joy is the abiding sense of well-being. It is a feeling, but it is also a choice. But we do not choose joy itself. We must choose the source of joy. Love is the source of joy.

Mass Readings from September 11, 2022

Exodus 32:7-11

Psalms 51:3-4, 12-13, 17, 19

1 Timothy 1:12-17

Luke 15:1-32

]]> https://fathermikehomilies.fireside.fm/5221 tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6497831666205144147.post-3643805761203165936 Mon, 03 May 2021 12:00:00 -0500 Ascension full Ascension Homily from the Fifth Sunday of Easter. Practice making the promise. We find ourselves always moving and never done. We have so many options that we experience decision paralysis and subsequent decision dissatisfaction. But we are made for a full life. A 18:17 no <p>Homily from the Fifth Sunday of Easter.</p> <p>Practice making the promise.</p> <p>We find ourselves always moving and never done. We have so many options that we experience decision paralysis and subsequent decision dissatisfaction. But we are made for a full life. A full life is only possible when we intentionally limit ourselves by making the decision to love this person or to root ourselves in this place. Ultimately, unless we truly decide to remain in Christ, we will never experience the life we have been made for.</p><dl> <dt> Mass Readings from May 2, 2021:</dt> <dt> Acts 4:8-12</dt> <dt> Psalms 118:1, 8-9, 21-23, 26, 28, 29</dt> <dt>1 John 3:1-2</dt> <p>John 10:11-18</p> </dl> Homily from the Fifth Sunday of Easter.

Practice making the promise.

We find ourselves always moving and never done. We have so many options that we experience decision paralysis and subsequent decision dissatisfaction. But we are made for a full life. A full life is only possible when we intentionally limit ourselves by making the decision to love this person or to root ourselves in this place. Ultimately, unless we truly decide to remain in Christ, we will never experience the life we have been made for.

Mass Readings from May 2, 2021:

Acts 4:8-12

Psalms 118:1, 8-9, 21-23, 26, 28, 29

1 John 3:1-2

John 10:11-18

]]> Homily from the Fifth Sunday of Easter.

Practice making the promise.

We find ourselves always moving and never done. We have so many options that we experience decision paralysis and subsequent decision dissatisfaction. But we are made for a full life. A full life is only possible when we intentionally limit ourselves by making the decision to love this person or to root ourselves in this place. Ultimately, unless we truly decide to remain in Christ, we will never experience the life we have been made for.

Mass Readings from May 2, 2021:

Acts 4:8-12

Psalms 118:1, 8-9, 21-23, 26, 28, 29

1 John 3:1-2

John 10:11-18

]]> https://fathermikehomilies.fireside.fm/12421 tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6497831666205144147.post-3732166231803598537 Mon, 25 Jan 2021 17:15:00 -0600 Ascension full Ascension Homily from the Third Sunday in Ordinary Time. Editing is the enemy of how we remember the story. We might edit how we tell the story, but we must not edit how we remember the story. 18:27 no <p>Homily from the Third Sunday in Ordinary Time.</p> <p>Editing is the enemy of how we remember the story.</p> <p>We look back so that we can see clearly and learn from our past. But we also have a temptation to edit the story we tell ourselves. We might edit how we tell the story, but we must not edit how we remember the story.</p><dl> <dt> Mass Readings from January 24, 2021:</dt> <dt> Jonah 3:1-5, 10</dt> <dt> Psalms 25:4-9</dt> <dt>1 Corinthians 7:29-31</dt> <p>Mark 1:14-20</p> <p><a href="https://bulldogcatholic.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/hindsight-2020-the-whole-story-1.pdf">Download the Homily Study</a> </p> </dl>

Homily from the Third Sunday in Ordinary Time.

Editing is the enemy of how we remember the story.

We look back so that we can see clearly and learn from our past. But we also have a temptation to edit the story we tell ourselves. We might edit how we tell the story, but we must not edit how we remember the story.

Mass Readings from January 24, 2021:

Jonah 3:1-5, 10

Psalms 25:4-9

1 Corinthians 7:29-31

Mark 1:14-20

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Homily from the Third Sunday in Ordinary Time.

Editing is the enemy of how we remember the story.

We look back so that we can see clearly and learn from our past. But we also have a temptation to edit the story we tell ourselves. We might edit how we tell the story, but we must not edit how we remember the story.

Mass Readings from January 24, 2021:

Jonah 3:1-5, 10

Psalms 25:4-9

1 Corinthians 7:29-31

Mark 1:14-20

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]]> https://fathermikehomilies.fireside.fm/8920 tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6497831666205144147.post-1202865843417649469 Sun, 09 Aug 2020 17:00:00 -0500 Ascension full Ascension Homily from the Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time. It is one thing to start walking. It is another thing to keep walking. Distraction is anything that takes our focus away from where it needs to be. 18:25 no <p>Homily from the Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time.</p> <p>It is one thing to start walking. It is another thing to keep walking.</p> <p>Distraction is anything that takes our focus away from where it needs to be.</p><dl> <dt> Mass Readings from August 9, 2020:</dt> <dt> 1 Kings 19:9, 11-13</dt> <dt> Psalms 85:9-12, 13-14</dt> <dt>Romans 9:1-5</dt> <p>Matthew 14:22-33</p> </dl> Homily from the Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time.

It is one thing to start walking. It is another thing to keep walking.

Distraction is anything that takes our focus away from where it needs to be.

Mass Readings from August 9, 2020:

1 Kings 19:9, 11-13

Psalms 85:9-12, 13-14

Romans 9:1-5

Matthew 14:22-33

]]> Homily from the Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time.

It is one thing to start walking. It is another thing to keep walking.

Distraction is anything that takes our focus away from where it needs to be.

Mass Readings from August 9, 2020:

1 Kings 19:9, 11-13

Psalms 85:9-12, 13-14

Romans 9:1-5

Matthew 14:22-33

]]> https://fathermikehomilies.fireside.fm/8220 tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6497831666205144147.post-8084711843941027576 Mon, 03 Aug 2020 17:00:00 -0500 Ascension full Ascension Homily from the Eighteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time. All of us have gifts in our lives and all of us have real struggles in our lives. What weight do we give our blessings and what weight do we give our struggles? 20:21 no <p>Homily from the Eighteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time.</p> <p>Do I have an attitude of scarcity or an attitude of abundance?</p> <p>All of us have gifts in our lives and all of us have real struggles in our lives. What weight do we give our blessings and what weight do we give our struggles?</p><dl> <dt> Mass Readings from August 2, 2020:</dt> <dt> Isaiah 55:1-3</dt> <dt> Psalms 145:8-9,15-18</dt> <dt>Romans 8:35, 37-39</dt> <p>Matthew 14:13-21</p> </dl> Homily from the Eighteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time.

Do I have an attitude of scarcity or an attitude of abundance?

All of us have gifts in our lives and all of us have real struggles in our lives. What weight do we give our blessings and what weight do we give our struggles?

Mass Readings from August 2, 2020:

Isaiah 55:1-3

Psalms 145:8-9,15-18

Romans 8:35, 37-39

Matthew 14:13-21

]]> Homily from the Eighteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time.

Do I have an attitude of scarcity or an attitude of abundance?

All of us have gifts in our lives and all of us have real struggles in our lives. What weight do we give our blessings and what weight do we give our struggles?

Mass Readings from August 2, 2020:

Isaiah 55:1-3

Psalms 145:8-9,15-18

Romans 8:35, 37-39

Matthew 14:13-21

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