Today's readings explain what leads to authentic joy and consolation in the soul. This is something every man, woman and child desires. But the cause of true joy and consolation isn't obvious to our world...
Where does the Immaculate Conception appear in Sacred Scripture? Did the early Church Fathers actually believe that Mary was conceived without sin? Or is this all "imposed on us by the 'men' of the Church?" My homily addresses these questions and more...
This priest of 12 years was judged by Jesus Christ and sentenced to hell. Find out why...so you never make the same mistakes. This is real.
On the night before Jesus was to suffer, He gave thanks to the Father. Ever thought to yourself, "why did HE give thanks?" What did Jesus have to be thankful for? The answer is amazing...
Prior to my conversion, I invested ONLY in what I could see: the material: myself, my bank account, my possessions and my job. I did not have faith. Faith allows us to SEE beyond the material world. It allows us to SEE God. Once you see Him, what you invest in totally changes...
Jesus Christ showed us exactly what 2 things we need to do to change the world. Mother Teresa followed them to a tee--and she changed the world. She was one woman. If we all do them, Baltimore will change quickly. We ALL have the ability to do this...
There are 2 responses to suffering. One can say "Where is Jesus?" Or, one say see suffering in a person and say, "I see Jesus in him/her." When I visited "George" in the hospital many years ago, he was dying of cancer. He was sufering. I saw Jesus in him that day. I also saw Jesus save Him through his suffering. I will never forget that Saturday morning...it changed the way I thought of "suffering."
Had the rich young man not missed "the gaze" of Christ he never would have walked away sad. He would have gladly given up his material possesions to follow Jesus. But becuase he never noticed Christ looking at him with love, his story ended tragically. How will our story end? Will we notice "the gaze" or will we miss it? Will we allow the loving gaze of Christ to change our lives?
Marriage was created by God--not man. It is SO holy. And yet our world is SO confused about it--which I get. We are victims of our culture (and very weak teaching). Time to change that. As marriages strengthen, so too will our world. Jesus is very clear about what marriage is and what it is not. He is also very clear about divorce and re-marriage. This is life and death stuff...
War. Violence. Abuse. Terrorism. Racism. These things can ALL be avoided if we learned how to check our passions early on (before they get to the boiling point). There are 3 easy things we can do to avoid sin and achieve peace...
