Little children, you are from God, and have conquered them; for the one who is in you is greater than the one who is in this world.
Homily
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Patient Endurance - Tuesday, April 1, 2025
One man was there who had been ill for thirty-eight years. When Jesus saw him lying there and knew that he had been ill for a long time, he said to him, “Do you want to be well?” John 5:5–6
A Powerful Contrast - Thursday, March 20, 2025
Jesus said to the Pharisees: “There was a rich man who dressed in purple garments and fine linen and dined sumptuously each day. And lying at his door was a poor man named Lazarus, covered with sores, Luke 16:19–21
Lent - Combating Sin with Virtue - Wednesday, March 5, 2025
“But when you give alms, do not let your left hand know what your right is doing… But when you pray, go to your inner room, close the door, and pray to your Father in secret. But when you fast, anoint your head and wash your face…” Matthew 6:3; 6; 17
An Act of the Greatest Charity - Friday, January 17, 2025
They came bringing to him a paralytic carried by four men. Unable to get near Jesus because of the crowd, they opened up the roof above him. After they had broken through, they let down the mat on which the paralytic was lying. (Mark 2:3–4)
Be Made Clean - Thursday, January 16, 2025
A leper came to him and kneeling down begged him and said, “If you wish, you can make me clean.” Moved with pity, he stretched out his hand, touched the leper, and said to him, “I do will it. Be made clean.” Mark 1:40–41
Religious Politicians - Monday, December 16, 2024
“Where was John’s baptism from? Was it of heavenly or of human origin?” They discussed this among themselves and said, “If we say ‘Of heavenly origin,’ he will say to us, ‘Then why did you not believe him?’ Matthew 21:25–27
Planting the Seed, Over and Over Again - Tuesday, October 29, 2024
Jesus said, “What is the Kingdom of God like? To what can I compare it? It is like a mustard seed that a man took and planted in the garden.
Being Vigilant Throughout Life - Tuesday, October 22, 2024
Jesus said to his disciples: “Gird your loins and light your lamps and be like servants who await their master’s return from a wedding, ready to open immediately when he comes and knocks.” Luke 12:35–36
Eliminating Occasions of Sin - Sunday, September 29, 2024
If your hand causes you to sin, cut it off. It is better for you to enter into life maimed than with two hands to go into Gehenna, into the unquenchable fire.