I can know all I need to know and still not do all I need to do.

There are so many things that we know that we ought to do. There are even things that we know that we want to do. And yet...we just can't seem to act on what we know. How do we start? How do we become people who do what we know we ought to do?

Mass Readings from July 10, 2022:

Deuteronomy 30:10-14

Psalms 69:14, 17, 30-31, 33-34, 36-37

Colossians 1:15-20

Luke 10:25-37

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

I can know all I need to know and still not do all I need to do.

There are so many things that we know that we ought to do. There are even things that we know that we want to do. And yet...we just can't seem to act on what we know. How do we start? How do we become people who do what we know we ought to do?

Mass Readings from July 10, 2022:

Deuteronomy 30:10-14

Psalms 69:14, 17, 30-31, 33-34, 36-37

Colossians 1:15-20

Luke 10:25-37

]]> https://fathermikehomilies.fireside.fm/71121 tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6497831666205144147.post-6060244622909882243 Mon, 12 Jul 2021 11:00:00 -0500 Ascension full Ascension Homily from the Fifteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time. You are special. We’ve heard that for so much of our lives that we’ve either grown numb to it or no longer believe it. But what if it is true? 19:49 no <p>Homily from the Fifteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time.</p> <p>You are wanted and set apart.</p> <p>You are special. We’ve heard that for so much of our lives that we’ve either grown numb to it or no longer believe it. But what if it is true?</p><dl> <dt> Mass Readings from July 11, 2021:</dt> <dt> Amos 7:12-15</dt> <dt> Psalms 85:9-14</dt> <dt>Ephesians 1:3-14</dt> <p>Mark 6:7-13</p> </dl> Homily from the Fifteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time.

You are wanted and set apart.

You are special. We’ve heard that for so much of our lives that we’ve either grown numb to it or no longer believe it. But what if it is true?

Mass Readings from July 11, 2021:

Amos 7:12-15

Psalms 85:9-14

Ephesians 1:3-14

Mark 6:7-13

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

You are wanted and set apart.

You are special. We’ve heard that for so much of our lives that we’ve either grown numb to it or no longer believe it. But what if it is true?

Mass Readings from July 11, 2021:

Amos 7:12-15

Psalms 85:9-14

Ephesians 1:3-14

Mark 6:7-13

]]> https://fathermikehomilies.fireside.fm/62721 tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6497831666205144147.post-691042399490365345 Mon, 28 Jun 2021 14:00:00 -0500 Ascension full Ascension Homily from the Thirteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time. Love requires risk. Risk requires courage. 22:15 no <p>Homily from the Thirteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time.</p> <p>Love requires risk. Risk requires courage.</p> <p>Many of us make plans. And many of those plans don’t end up working out the way that we had expected. Fortunately, God calls us to be courageous even when things don’t work out as we had expected.</p><dl> <dt> Mass Readings from June 27, 2021:</dt> <dt> Wisdom 1:13-15; 2:23-24</dt> <dt> Psalms 30:2, 4-6, 11, 12, 13</dt> <dt>2 Corinthians 8:7, 9, 13-15</dt> <p>Mark 5:21-43</p> </dl> Homily from the Thirteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time.

Love requires risk. Risk requires courage.

Many of us make plans. And many of those plans don’t end up working out the way that we had expected. Fortunately, God calls us to be courageous even when things don’t work out as we had expected.

Mass Readings from June 27, 2021:

Wisdom 1:13-15; 2:23-24

Psalms 30:2, 4-6, 11, 12, 13

2 Corinthians 8:7, 9, 13-15

Mark 5:21-43

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

Love requires risk. Risk requires courage.

Many of us make plans. And many of those plans don’t end up working out the way that we had expected. Fortunately, God calls us to be courageous even when things don’t work out as we had expected.

Mass Readings from June 27, 2021:

Wisdom 1:13-15; 2:23-24

Psalms 30:2, 4-6, 11, 12, 13

2 Corinthians 8:7, 9, 13-15

Mark 5:21-43

]]> https://fathermikehomilies.fireside.fm/62021 tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6497831666205144147.post-529318356485352676 Mon, 21 Jun 2021 17:00:00 -0500 Ascension full Ascension Homily from the Twelfth Sunday in Ordinary Time. There are times when we do everything God has asked us to do…and we still find ourselves in the midst of a storm. In those moments, we are called to run into the storm, confident that God is in the storm. 18:29 no <p>Homily from the Twelfth Sunday in Ordinary Time.</p> <p>God is in the storm.</p> <p>There are times when we do everything God has asked us to do…and we still find ourselves in the midst of a storm. In those moments, we are called to resist resentment and embrace courage. In those moments, we are called to run into the storm, confident that God is in the storm.</p><dl> <dt> Mass Readings from June 20, 2021:</dt> <dt> Ezekiel 17:22-24</dt> <dt> Psalms 92:2-3, 13-16</dt> <dt>2 Corinthians 5:6-10</dt> <p>Mark 4:26-34</p> </dl> Homily from the Twelfth Sunday in Ordinary Time.

God is in the storm.

There are times when we do everything God has asked us to do…and we still find ourselves in the midst of a storm. In those moments, we are called to resist resentment and embrace courage. In those moments, we are called to run into the storm, confident that God is in the storm.

Mass Readings from June 20, 2021:

Ezekiel 17:22-24

Psalms 92:2-3, 13-16

2 Corinthians 5:6-10

Mark 4:26-34

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

God is in the storm.

There are times when we do everything God has asked us to do…and we still find ourselves in the midst of a storm. In those moments, we are called to resist resentment and embrace courage. In those moments, we are called to run into the storm, confident that God is in the storm.

Mass Readings from June 20, 2021:

Ezekiel 17:22-24

Psalms 92:2-3, 13-16

2 Corinthians 5:6-10

Mark 4:26-34

]]> https://fathermikehomilies.fireside.fm/32821 tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6497831666205144147.post-569744855735815744 Mon, 29 Mar 2021 18:00:00 -0500 Ascension full Ascension Homily from Palm Sunday of the Lord's Passion. The fact that we will all die is not the problem. The problem is that we pretend that we won’t. 16:48 no <p>Homily from Palm Sunday of the Lord's Passion.</p> <p>Christianity doesn’t offer comfort. It offers something else.</p> <p>In our culture today, we are able to avoid thinking of death. But death is the inevitable reality of living. Still, the fact that we will all die is not the problem. The problem is that we pretend that we won’t.</p><dl> <dt> Mass Readings from March 28, 2021:</dt> <dt> Isaiah 50:4-7</dt> <dt> Psalms 22:8-9, 17-20, 23-24</dt> <dt>Phillipians 2:6-11</dt> <p>Mark 14:1—15:47</p> </dl> Homily from Palm Sunday of the Lord's Passion.

Christianity doesn’t offer comfort. It offers something else.

In our culture today, we are able to avoid thinking of death. But death is the inevitable reality of living. Still, the fact that we will all die is not the problem. The problem is that we pretend that we won’t.

Mass Readings from March 28, 2021:

Isaiah 50:4-7

Psalms 22:8-9, 17-20, 23-24

Phillipians 2:6-11

Mark 14:1—15:47

]]> Homily from Palm Sunday of the Lord's Passion.

Christianity doesn’t offer comfort. It offers something else.

In our culture today, we are able to avoid thinking of death. But death is the inevitable reality of living. Still, the fact that we will all die is not the problem. The problem is that we pretend that we won’t.

Mass Readings from March 28, 2021:

Isaiah 50:4-7

Psalms 22:8-9, 17-20, 23-24

Phillipians 2:6-11

Mark 14:1—15:47

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