The Solemnity of Christ the King (B)
There is no one that I ultimately have to give complete allegiance to except our Lord Jesus Christ Who is King of The Universe.
Thirty-Third Sunday in Ordinary Time (B)
Heaven is what awaits us if we decide yes to what the Lord wishes to give us. Life is all about making a decision for Him.
Thirty-First Sunday in Ordinary Time (B)
“The priesthood is the love of the heart of Jesus. When you see a priest, think of our Lord Jesus Christ.” St. John Vianney
All Saints Solemnity
It is not me and Jesus, it is we and Jesus.
Thirtieth Sunday in Ordinary Time (B)
Where do you feel uncared for? Unprovided for? Where do you feel orphaned?
Twenty-Ninth Sunday in Ordinary Time (B)
We want what we want, and we want it our way. The way to fulfill what we want is through the Cross.
Twenty-Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time (B)
God wants to marry you.
Twenty-Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time (B)
God isn’t simply good— God is goodness itself. When you receive the body and blood of Christ— it’s not a piece of God. It’s the totality of His existence being bled into you. You receive goodness itself.
Twenty-Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time (B)
You and I need to stop trying so hard.
Twenty-Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time (B)
Our profession of faith, and the way that we choose to live, are one in the same thing.
Twenty-Third Sunday in Ordinary Time (B)
In order to speak truth, you must open yourself to listen to truth.
Twenty-First Sunday in Ordinary Time (B)
Either you’re in or you’re out— stop pretending.
Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time (B)
The same teachings from Jesus, that were accepted by the first Jews, that were accepted by the early Church, are the same teachings that have been taught unwaveringly for two thousand years.
Eighteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time (B)
We are afraid of the “what-if”
Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time (B)
The depths of the human heart are deeper than the ocean.
Fourteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time (B)
Familiarity breeds contempt.
Thirteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time (B)
There is nothing small about God. He is completely excessive.
Corpus Christi
The purpose of the Eucharist isn’t just so we can look upon it, but eat it and become one in Holy Communion with Our Lord who loves us so, so much.
Trinity Sunday
The Holy Trinity is the mystery of all mysteries.
Pentecost Sunday
The most overlooked gift of the Church is The Holy Spirit.
Ascension Sunday
It is no small thing to be a mother, and it is no small thing to be a Christian!
Fifth Sunday of Easter
To be a Christian is to abide in Christ.
Fourth Sunday of Easter
The Good Shepherd loves us enough to teach the truth and protect us from error.
Third Sunday of Easter
You don’t have a body. You are a body.
Divine Mercy Sunday
We live in a society where everything is permitted and nothing forgiven. Jesus shows us the reality that not everything is permitted but everything can be forgiven.
Easter Vigil
If the Resurrection isn’t FACT, than we all need to stop pretending that it is. If it is FACT, we need to all stop simply pretending that it is, and actually live our lives like it is FACT.
Holy Thursday
Christ Jesus came to answer the questions and desires of the human heart.
Palm Sunday
Accepting reality as it is, not as we wish it to be.
Fifth Sunday of Lent
God doesn’t establish contracts with His people. He establishes covenants.
Fourth Sunday of Lent
God comes to us on His own terms; not ours.
Second Sunday of Lent
When I entrust what is dearest to me to God I am, in effect, saying: “I trust you.”
First Sunday of Lent
Christ Jesus enters the desert of your hearts.
Ash Wednesday
Declutter. Detox. Halftime Pep talk. Date night.
Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time (B)
There is nothing so putrid, disgusting, or vile in you that our Lord won’t touch.
Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time (B)
“What have you to do with us, Jesus of Nazareth? Have you come to destroy us?”
Third Sunday in Ordinary Time (B)
Our Relationship with Christ Jesus relativizes everything.
Second Sunday in Ordinary Time (B)
What are you seeking? What is your heart’s desire?
The Feast of the Holy Family
The greatest battle being fought right now is over the family.
The Nativity of our Lord
God wants to be held by you.
Fourth Sunday of Advent (B)
To need a Savior means: “I can’t do it.”
Third Sunday of Advent (B) Gaudete Sunday
Rejoice! What for?
Second Sunday of Advent (B)
The surest way to superficial happiness is to pretend your sufferings don’t exist.
The Immaculate Conception (B)
When we look to Mary we are meant to see what the Church is meant to be.
First Sunday of Advent (B)
Is Christ Jesus’ Second Coming folklore or does it have real implications on how you live your life?
Solemnity of Jesus Christ King of the Universe (A)
The rule by which all of the universe is governed is love.
Thirty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time (A)
Can you suffer the gaze of God?
Thirty-second Sunday in Ordinary Time (A)
Have you run out of oil? Do you still thirst to see the face of God?
Thirty-first Sunday in Ordinary Time (A)
Jesus always remains faithful, even when his Ministers do not.
Thirtieth Sunday in Ordinary Time (A)
Jesus teaches us that our neighbor is the extension of our own self. Their good is my good, their suffering my suffering. To love this radically, I first must be radically loved.
Twenty-ninth Sunday in Ordinary Time (A)
God is sovereign over EVERYTHING. What part of your life is he not?
Twenty-Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time (A)
Have no anxiety at all. Um… How?
Twenty-Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time (A)
The Lord is not interested in lip service. He is interested in a true conversion of the heart.
Twenty-Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time (A)
We must change attitudes from “I have to go to Mass.” to “I need to go to Mass.”
Twenty-Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time (A)
In order to extend mercy, we must first receive it.
Twenty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time (A)
One of the purest forms of love is tough love.
Twenty-second Sunday in Ordinary Time (A)
What are you passionate about?
Twenty-first Sunday in Ordinary Time (A)
When you were baptized you didn’t sign up to be in a club. You signed up to go to war. You are not a cheerleader for Christ. You are his athlete.
The Feast of the Transfiguration of the Lord (A)
Stories aren’t real enough to make a real impact; reality is.
The Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time (A)
We gain in the measure that we give.
The Fifteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time (A)
Fall in love with Beauty Himself.
The Fourteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time (A)
Becoming yoked to Christ means your heart listening to His Heart and His Heart listening to yours.
The Thirteen Sunday in Ordinary Time (A)
There is a God. and I’m not Him.
The Twelve Sunday in Ordinary Time (A)
I am here. The source of living waters.
Solemnity of the Body and Blood of Jesus Christ
The greatest attack against the good is when good people don’t speak.
Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity
You were made from relationship, for relationship. Only in the context of others can you develop yourself.
Pentecost
There is nothing small about Catholicism.
Fifth Sunday of Easter
God does not work in generalities; he works in particulars. And the place He has prepared for you answers all the fine details of your specific heart.
Fourth Sunday of Easter
When one door closes, and a closed door stands before you, and fear and sadness fill our hearts, Jesus reminds us: “I am the gate.”
Third Sunday of Easter
Where is Jesus?
Divine Mercy Sunday
So, why does the body of the resurrected Lord still bear the wounds of his crucifixion?
Easter Vigil
If this is all just a story – to hell with it.
Good Friday
Only in the paradoxes of life can the full breadth of reality be captured. Today we say the day humanity killed God is good. Why?
Holy Thursday
We all want to pretend that we are perfect. And we all know that we are not.
Passion Sunday
Does the Passion narrative bore you? Or does it still shape your life?
Fifth Sunday of Lent
The Lord never says: “Just get over it.” Our tears, no matter how petty they may seem to us, make Him weep.
Fourth Sunday of Lent
Behold His face!
Third Sunday of Lent
We must learn to become the subject of God’s mad desire.
Second Sunday of Lent
It is by pressing into suffering that we are transfigured. It is only by allowing the egg to crack, that a bird can emerge.
First Sunday of Lent
The sickness that infects and effects the human heart is lack of trust in the Creator.
Ash Wednesday
You are utterly dependent upon someone else for everything.
Seventh Sunday Ordinary Time (A)
Be perfect as your Heavenly Father is perfect. Well, that’s impossible! Right?
Fourth Sunday Ordinary Time (A)
What is your measurement of success? Is it the same as God’s?
Third Sunday Ordinary Time (A)
God wants humanity to be one. And it is through the One Holy Catholic Apostolic Church that God gathers humanity into holy communion.
Second Sunday Ordinary Time (A)
God wants to be known. And it is through the One Holy Catholic Apostolic Church that he is made known.
Epiphany Mass
How far are you willing to travel to be with what you love the most?
Christmas Midnight Mass
Can you hear the Angels sing?
Fourth Sunday of Advent (A)
God is the eternal optimist.
Third Sunday of Advent (A)
To stop celebrating is to stop living.
Second Sunday of Advent (A)
Hope says: “I want more, and I will achieve it!”
First Sunday of Advent (A)
Press into silence and press into God.
Solemnity of our Lord Jesus Christ King of the Universe.
You have a king! Raise a glass and give him a toast!
Thirty Third Sunday in Ordinary Time
If we choose our destiny, who in their right mind would choose hell? Anyone who hasn’t acquired the taste for heaven.
Thirty Second Sunday in Ordinary Time
The moment God loved you into existence He proposed to you. Your life is your answer.
Thirty First Sunday in Ordinary Time
“How much larger your life would be if yourself could become smaller in it.” GK Chesterton
Thirtieth Sunday in Ordinary Time
The cry of the lowliest pierces Heaven.
Twenty Ninth Sunday in Ordinary Time
He is here.
Twenty Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time
“Don’t call me a Saint. I don’t want to be dismissed so easily.” – Dorothy Day
Twenty Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time
The secularization of the culture is the result of the secularization of our hearts.
Twenty Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Got is too present to hide from him. He is too powerful to try to control him. The invitation is simply to surrender to his mad love for you!
Twenty Third Sunday in Ordinary Time
We don’t come to Mass to make Jesus #1 in our life. We come to Mass to become one with Jesus. This is a world of difference.
Twenty Second Sunday in Ordinary Time
Only when we humbly except our status as a creature can God create us into the exalted being He intends us to be.
Twentieth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Every adventure has two parts: the seeming demise of the protagonist and then his victory.
Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Have you grown too old to enjoy God’s youthfulness?
Eighteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Why do we prefer the chicken nuggets to the Feast of Heaven?
Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Christian prayer is not a call from outside the life of the Trinity; Christian prayer arises in the very heart of the Trinity.
Sixteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
What’s your ONE?
Fourteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Only until we possess nothing can we then possess everything.
Thirteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
If we simply did whatever we wanted to do we would never be truly free, we would never be truly happy.
Corpus Christi Sunday
Jesus is here. Period. We get that, then everything else will follow.
Trinity Sunday
So, what’s love got to do with it?
Pentecost Sunday
The Holy Spirit wishes to break open your life and set you free! Will you let Him change you?
Ascension Sunday
Sadness creeps into a soul that is not living for a purpose. But how do we go about discovering our mission? From where does our mission ultimately flow?
Sixth Sunday of Easter
If you love me, you follow my commandments. Today, 2000 years from the historical reality of Christ, how do we know his commandments?
Fourth Sunday of Easter
The Sheep hear my voice, I know them, and they follow me.
Third Sunday of Easter
How sweet and tender, full of mercy and compassion, is our Lord!
Divine Mercy Sunday
Jesus is Alive! And we encounter Him in and through His Church!
Easter Sunday
Let us run!
Easter Vigil
Let your light shine!
Good Friday
The one thing in your life you would want to wish away, today is declared good.
Holy Thursday
Do this in remembrance of me.
Passion Sunday
It is His faithfulness that strengthens our fickle faith.
Laetare Sunday
It is in coming to see our blindness that we begin to see.
Third Sunday of Lent
There is a thirst in your bones that nothing this side of Heaven can satiate.
Second Sunday of Lent
In your smallness, do you trust that you are protected?
First Sunday of Lent
If we ignore that we are in a spiritual battle, we will become a pawn in Satan’s hand
Ash Wednesday
Lent is a season of return, returning to the source of one’s very existence, and is so doing, to one’s authentic self.
Eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time
To become a vessel of salvation for another, I must first taste salvation myself.
Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time
There is always the temptation to prefer heaven on earth rather than Heaven itself.
Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Where have I placed parameters around Christ?
Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time
The Prophet’s sole mission is an act of selfless love: to speak God’s Truth.
Third Sunday in Ordinary Time
Not in the future, not in the past, but in the present moment, Grace is provided.
Second Sunday in Ordinary Time
Our hearts have grown cold and empty, Mary knows, and she invites her Son to fill them with Divine Life.
