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Acts 2:1-22; John 20:19-23. Homily from Pentecost Sunday.

Pentecost comes 50 days after Easter just as the law was given to Moses 50 days after the Exodus. Father Casey explains why this parallel is important and what the gifts of the Spirit and tongues means for Christians today.

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1 Peter 3:15-18; John 14:15-21. Homily from the Sixth Sunday of Easter.

Saint Peter tells us to always be ready to give an explanation for the hope that is within us. But are we living our lives in a way that invites people to ask why we’re so hopeful? Or are they more likely to ask why we’re so grumpy? We need to know why we believe, be ready to share it, and live joyfully enough that people want to know the reason.

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John 14:1-12. Homily from the Fifth Sunday of Easter.

The question for Christians is less how we live, but why we live that way. Do we behave any differently because Jesus is the way, the truth, and the life, than we would if we didn’t believe in Him?

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John 10:1-10. Homily from the Fourth Sunday of Easter.

Jesus is our good shepherd. Because of this, the most important thing we should look for in our pastors— priests, bishops, and the pope— is that they bring Christ to us.

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Luke 24:13-35. Third Sunday of Easter.

On the day of His resurrection, Jesus walked for miles with two people who were walking away from Jerusalem and away from the Church. He asked them questions and listened to their worries. Then He showed them Himself in scripture and revealed Himself in the Mass. Fr. Casey shows how this is a model for all Catholics to follow in evangelization.

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John 20:19-31; Acts 2:42-47. Second Sunday of Easter.

The first Christians devoted themselves to four things: the teachings of the apostles, the communal life, the mass, and prayer. We should model our lives after them in this way, not simply dabbling in these things but devoting ourselves to them.

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Genesis 1:1-2:2; Gen. 22:1-18; Exodus 14:15-15:1; Isaiah 54:5-14; Isaiah 55:1-11; Baruch 3:9-15, 32-3:4; Ezekiel 36:16-17a, 18-28; Romans 6:3-11; Matthew 28:1-10. Homily from Holy Saturday at the Easter Vigil in the Holy Night of Easter.

Jesus is alive! All Christians share in His resurrection through the sacrament of baptism, which the whole Easter Vigil is oriented towards. Father Casey shows how each of the readings helps us understand the significance of baptism and new life in Christ.

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Matthew 26:14-27:66. Homily from Palm Sunday of the Lord’s Passion.

Because of the fall, there is no peace. We have no peace with God, with one another, or with ourselves. But through His passion, death, and resurrection, Jesus Christ bought us peace with God, which we celebrate at every Mass. The price of this peace wasn’t cheap. It cost every drop of His precious blood.

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John 11:1-45. Homily from the Fifth Sunday of Lent.

The story of Jesus’s raising of Lazarus shows His genuine love for His friends. It also parallels the sacrament of confession. Lazarus was dead, but made alive again, and when we invite Jesus to see the spiritual death in us in confession, He forgives us our sins, giving us new life.

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John 5: 17-30. Homily from Sacred Heart Parish Retreat Day 3.

Jesus is, was, and has always been the Son of the Father. When we are united to Him in baptism, we partake in that divinity and become children of God as well. How do we allow this knowledge to shape our relationship with God and our lives in general?

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