Sermons from the pew

On the solemnity of the Body and Blood of Christ, recall that it is to your advantage to commit yourself to God's will in your life.  God see's this commitment as an outward sign of your love to Him and He will bless you with many graces for your soul.  Padre Pio takes this axiom and turns it toward suffering when he says - "It is to your advantage to commit yourself to the sufferings that Jesus will send you.  Jesus cannot tolerate seeing you afflicted and he will send come to you and comfort you, blessing you with many graces for your soul."

Hope for the best, and prepare for the best - never deny God's providence in your life.

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PS. Father JohnRose (deceased) was a loving and caring priest and I believe his prayer and intercession can help you - particularly for those couples trying to get pregnant, or those patients suffering from an angry prostate.

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Today we speak about prayer and the importance of the Trinity in our prayers.  As Christians, our prayer is unified, our prayer is together, our prayer is within the context of the Trinity.  Taking a moment, thinking about today’s gospel, it provides a blueprint to orientate the mind & heart and reaffirm the importance of prayer.  Address your prayers to the Father in the name of Jesus. Why - because in prayer, we are surrounded by the Trinity. Our hearts are motivated by the Holy Spirit, our prayers are directed to the Father and they are wrapped in the name of Jesus.  This is because the sacred humanity of Jesus is the way by which the Holy Spirit teaches us to pray to God our Father.  Thy will be done…

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As Jesus “breathes” on his disciples, God breathes into Adam.  And just as Adam’s life came from God, our spiritual life comes from Jesus.  We are reminded of a passage in the Old Testament (Ezekiel 37), were we read of dry bones coming back to life upon being prophesied over.  Friends, we are those dry bones being prophesied over.  All of the Scriptures and in particular today, is meant to bring us back to life.  Our dry bones are to be revitalized and that revitalization is centered on receiving the Holy Spirit!

 

 

We learn of our mission, that as the Father sent Jesus, Jesus sends us. We are reminded that Jesus breathed on his disciples, giving us new life in Him, that the gift of the Holy Spirit came with the gift of forgiveness.  When we witness to others, we are to speak to their hearts using the universal language of forgiveness. Yes, we learned that God’s salvation plan includes forgiveness and that this is meant to encourage us, as everything we encounter in life is meant to bring us closer to God.

We learn of our mission how we are to take God’s word to the ends of the earth. That even though he is departing from us, that we are reminded that we are to receive the Holy Spirit, and that this will unify us and fortify us to witness to others. Yes, God’s salvation plan is meant to encourage us, everything we encounter in life is meant to bring us closer to God, that even though He is ascending into heaven, that we are not orphans. That by truly loving God, and keeping his commandments, that our WITNESS is part of the beatific plan – our witness is necessary and it is an "ask" of Jesus.

Wake up, and get busy - find the urgency!

Why are you looking at the sky?

We discuss the importance of continual acceptance of suffering, referring to PT 4:1 "ceased from sin," Peter means that continual acceptance of suffering is incompatible with a proneness to sin.  We learn of freedom and happiness, that God’s salvation plan is meant to encourage us, that suffering has meaning, that we are not orphans and that if you truly love God, you will keep his commandments – not just the one’s in the old testament, but the new commandments we hear so often when we read the new testament. We learned that to love Jesus, we are to be faithful, not just during the good times, but during the difficult, nitty gritty times - that this is what it means to be a good steward of God's graces.

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We hear in the gospel that Jesus will go, prepare a place for us and return.  Jesus is preparing a place for you - are you preparing a place for him?  Often when we prepare a place for someone, we clean the room, take out the garbage and stock the fridge.  With our own life, we need to clean our hearts, take out the garbage of sin and stock up on spiritual goodies.  Today we start with Stephen, how his mission of taken care of the neglected is still impact full given the conversion of Saul. We discuss the stone the builder's rejected, the royal priesthood and how to direct our prayers to find God's will in our life is the correct orientation that brings true happiness.

 

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Today we discuss how practicing your faith creates "experience" and this in combination with hearing God's word - truth - creates urgency in our faith lives, that poor spiritual planning is rooted in a lack of urgency.  We discuss the need to repent and be baptized, and how that means for us in the pew, the call to renew our baptismal promises (found below). Thank you, God bless, please rate and share on itunes or other podcast platform. Thx!

V. Do you reject Satan?R. I do.V. And all his works?R. I do.V. And all his empty promises?R. I do.V. Do you believe in God, the Father Almighty, creator of heaven and earth?R. I do.V. Do you believe in Jesus Christ, his only Son, our Lord, who was born of the Virgin Mary was crucified, died, and was buried, rose from the dead, and is now seated at the right hand of the Father?R. I do.V. Do you believe in the Holy Spirit, the holy Catholic church, the communion of saints, the forgiveness of sins, the resurrection of the body, and life everlasting?R. I do.V. God, the all-powerful Father of our Lord Jesus Christ has given us a new birth by water and the Holy Spirit, and forgiven all our sins. May he also keep us faithful to our Lord Jesus Christ for ever and ever.R. Amen.

The road to Emmaus is one of the great stories about doing a U-turn in your life, allowing Jesus to be the path of life in your life, leading you to abounding joy.   We hear about two disciples, discouraged about the passion of Jesus, leaving the action behind - effectively putting Jerusalem in the rear view mirror.  However, when the recognize truth, when they recognize the Lord, they urgently return to where the action is.  We are reminded to have urgency in our faith and today's sermon from the pew challenges us in this aspect.  I hope you enjoy & share and rate on itunes!  Thanks

Today we celebrate Divine Mercy Sunday.  We begin with the idea of Justice, and the implied relationship. That buried deep in the "justice is blind" is the idea of relationship and how mercy goes beyond justice, beyond relationship.  We touch on how mercy has to be received, what it means to forgive and forget.  WE close with the words of Jesus being truth, and that you can trust what you are hearing, because it is Truth spoken form Jesus.  Thank you and have a great day!

We review what Christ Jesus resurrection means to you.

How to understand legacy moments, and how to incorporate Christ Jesus into our lives.

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