Third Sunday of Advent

John is confused for long-awaited, important, and noteworthy figures, yet John says that there is another greater than he who is coming.

Recording is of a Mass offered at 14 Holy Helpers Church in West Seneca, NY at 4:30 pm on December 16, 2023.

Twenty-Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time

The generosity of the landowner does not pair with typical human understanding of justice, but that is the very point of this parable on the kingdom of heaven. What matters most is responding to the call of discipleship no matter the time in one's life.

Recording is of a Mass offered at 14 Holy Helpers Church in West Seneca, NY at 9:00 am on September 24, 2023.

Twenty-Third Sunday in Ordinary Time

Jesus ensures his disciples of the efficacy of prayer and the omportance of community. When two or more come together to pray, they must believe that the Father will hear their prayer.

Recording is of a Mass offered at 14 Holy Helpers Church in West Seneca, NY at 9:00 am on September 10, 2023.

Twenty-First Sunday in Ordinary Time

When Peter makes a profound statement of faith and openness to the Spirit, Jesus does not simply offer words of praise but instead grants him complete authority over his future mission.

Recording is of a Mass offered at 14 Holy Helpers Church in West Seneca, NY at 9:00 am on August 27, 2023.

Twentieth Sunday in Ordinary Time

The persistent pleadings of a Canaanite woman cause Jesus to appreciate the depths of her faith, and he cures her daughter from a distance at that very moment.

Recording is of a Mass offered at 14 Holy Helpers Church in West Seneca, NY at 9:00 am on August 20, 2023.

Fifteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time

As Christianity began to separate itself from Judaism in the second century AD, Christians used this text to argue that the Jew's refusal to accept Jesus as the messiah resulted in God's covenant being extended to Gentile believers.

Recording is of a Mass offered at 14 Holy Helpers Church in West Seneca, NY at 9:00 am on July 16, 2023.

Thirteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time

This is a call for radical discipleship! We are told that we must love Jesus more than father or mother and son or daughter. We must be willing to take up our crosses and follow Jesus even to death.

Recording is of a Mass offered at 14 Holy Helpers Church in West Seneca, NY at 9:00 am on July 2, 2023.

The Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ

Jesus continuously invites us to shjare in this eucharistic experience so that we can remain in him and he in us.

Recording is of a Mass offered at 14 Holy Helpers Church in West Seneca, NY at 9:00 am on June 11, 2023.

The Most Holy Trinity

The point of this reading is that God is so generous and unconditional with divine love that he is willing to give his only Son to effect salvation for the whole world.

Recording is of a Mass offered at 14 Holy Helpers Church in West Seneca, NY at 9:00 am on June 4, 2023.

Pentecost Sunday of Easter

The statement "Receive the Holy Spirit" should recall for us the Genesis story when God creates a man, Adam, and breathes into him the breath of life and he "became a living being".

Recording is of a Mass offered at 14 Holy Helpers Church in West Seneca, NY at 4:30 pm on May 27, 2023.