Matthew 18:21-35. Homily from the Twenty-Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time.

If someone forgave you a ten-billion dollar debt, would you turn around and demand that someone else pay up the $15,000 they owed you? Have you ever gone to confession and then refused to forgive a family member? And what’s the difference between these two scenarios?

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Matthew 18:15-20. Homily from the Twenty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time.

Do we trust the Church to guide us morally and doctrinally?

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Matthew 16:21-27. Homily from the Twenty-Second Sunday in Ordinary Time.

Are we committed to following Jesus, or just interested? Are we doing the bare minimum of what we think is required, or are we actually willing to take up our cross daily to follow Him?

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Matthew 16:13-20. Homily from the Twenty-First Sunday in Ordinary Time.

Who did Saint Peter say Jesus was? Who do we say that He is? And if we believe He is God, how should we view the steward He has left in charge of us on Earth?

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Matthew 15:21-28. Homily from the Twentieth Sunday in Ordinary Time.

When we complain about the liturgy, we’re like children complaining about the food our parents give us, and God might give that food to others.

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Luke 1:39-56. Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary.

God didn’t have to Assume Our Lady into heaven, body and soul. He did it because His love is not confined by what He “has” to do. It is abundant and overflowing.

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Matthew 14:22-33. Homily from the Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time.

When the disciples were caught in a storm at sea and afraid for their lives, Jesus revealed Himself to them as both God and their friend. He comes to us the same way when we receive Holy Communion.

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Matthew 14:13-21. Homily from the Eighteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time.

It can be overwhelming to see how much needs to get done— how many material and spiritual needs the people around us have. But when we think we don’t have enough to meet those needs, Jesus calls us to give Him what we do have, and see how He will transform that into more than enough.

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Matthew 13:44-52. Homily from the Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time.

Every sacrament of the Church is a pearl of great price. Each is so beautiful and profound that we should be willing to joyfully give all that we have in exchange for it. We receive them free of charge, but they’re worth everything.

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Matthew 13:24-30. Homily from the Sixteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time.

When we let down our guard, Satan plants poisonous weeds in us that try to distract us from goodness and prayer. Instead of trying to uproot them, we need to go to confession, then turn our focus away from them and move on.

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