Category: Homilies
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Choosing Life: The Law Fulfilled in Love
Read more: Choosing Life: The Law Fulfilled in LoveChoosing Life: The Law Fulfilled in Love Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time – Year ASirach 15:15–20 | Psalm 119 | 1 Corinthians 2:6–10 | Matthew 5:17–37 Beloved, Today the Word of God confronts us……
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A Pastoral Exhortation on Martyrdom, Sacrificial Love, and the Witness of Alex Pretti
Read more: A Pastoral Exhortation on Martyrdom, Sacrificial Love, and the Witness of Alex PrettiA Pastoral Exhortation on Martyrdom, Sacrificial Love, and the Witness of Alex Pretti Brothers and sisters in Christ, There are moments when the Gospel confronts us so starkly that neutrality becomes betrayal. There are……
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Metanoia in an Age of Lies and Coercion
Read more: Metanoia in an Age of Lies and CoercionMetanoia in an Age of Lies and Coercion A Pastoral Exhortation There are moments when silence becomes a form of consent. We are living in such a moment now. Across our nation, we are……
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“You Say You Are Righteous — But the Crowd Murmured”
Read more: “You Say You Are Righteous — But the Crowd Murmured”“You Say You Are Righteous — But the Crowd Murmured” A homily on Luke 19:1–10, the sin of moral certainty, and judgment upon dehumanizing power by Joseph Michael Martinka “When Jesus came to the……
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Blessings for the Rejected
Read more: Blessings for the RejectedBlessings for the Rejected There are those among us who know the quiet sting of being pushed aside—not because they have done wrong, but because they simply exist in a way that unsettles the familiar. Some……
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To Seek Out New Life: Independent Sacramentalism Through the Lens of Star Trek and the Ideals of the Federation
Read more: To Seek Out New Life: Independent Sacramentalism Through the Lens of Star Trek and the Ideals of the FederationIntroduction: A Federation Imagination and an Ecclesial Disappointment I grew up with Star Trek before I had language for ecclesiology. Before I knew the word sacrament, I knew that bridges were places where diverse……
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An Exhortation for a Wounded Nation
Read more: An Exhortation for a Wounded NationBeloved in Christ, Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. We live in a moment of profound turbulence and sorrow. The wounds of our nation are exposed……
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How Christians Lost Beauty — and Why We Need It Back
Read more: How Christians Lost Beauty — and Why We Need It BackThere was a time when Christians knew that beauty saves. Not in the superficial sense of decoration or aesthetic preference, but in the deep, ontological sense: beauty as revelation, beauty as knowledge, beauty as……
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Epiphany for a Fractured World
Read more: Epiphany for a Fractured WorldIcon of the Nativity What the Magi Still Teach Us Now The Church never keeps Epiphany in the past. It places the Magi in front of us now—not as figures in a nativity set, but……
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Between Egypt and the Cross
Read more: Between Egypt and the CrossThe Holy Family, the Thieves, and Us A homily on the Sunday of the Holy Family 2025 by Subdeacon Joseph Michael On the Sunday of the Holy Family, the Church places before us a……