Sunday Homily

Message Matters Monday - 

Corpus Christi means the Body of Christ, but why do we celebrate one day specifically called Corpus Christi? It is basically a celebration of the fact that the body and blood of Jesus Christ, the Son of God, is present in the bread and wine during the Eucharist, a reenactment of the Last Supper, the final meal that Jesus Christ shared with his disciples. “I am the living bread that came down from heaven; whoever eats this bread will live forever”

Episode 6 - June 15, 2020

Corpus Christi means the Body of Christ, but why do we celebrate one day specifically called Corpus Christi? It is basically a celebration of the fact that the body and blood of Jesus Christ, the Son of God, is present in what appears to be bread and wine during the Eucharist, a re-enactment of the Last Supper, the final meal that Jesus Christ shared with his disciples.

“I am the living bread that came down from heaven; whoever eats this bread will live forever”

Message Matters Monday

We begin this new series on Trinity Sunday, as we honor God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit.  For this message series, we are taking a very close look for five weeks at Jesus, the Son of God. We will take each letter of Jesus’ name and apply it to a message for five weeks. This first week we are looking at the letter J, and our theme is Jesus, the Son of God.

This is week 4 of our homily series More than Words.  Go to our website, https://saintmary.life/messagematters/ to follow along as we break open the word and answer some questions about how what we say reveals our hearts.

Fire is a symbol of the Holy Spirit because fire purifies. Fire purifies metals. It kills germs and impurities. The Holy Spirit purifies our hearts. He purifies our souls. When the Holy Spirit came to the first disciples, they were then able to speak in different languages. God was giving the disciples an ability speak in different languages and bring unity of speech because they were filled with God’s spirit and unified with the desire to bring the Gospel to the world. No one can say Jesus is Lord except by the Holy Spirit.

This is week 3 of our homily series More than Words.  Go to our website, https://saintmary.life/messagematters/ to follow along as we break open the word and answer some questions about how what we say reveals our hearts.

With Fr. Doug and Amanda Martin

The Gospel of Matthew depicts the scene of Jesus’ ascension into Heaven. Before Jesus ascends he gathers the 11 remaining loyal apostles and gives them his final instructions. He gives them their mission and their focus. When the Church stays focused on these words, it succeeds but when it forgets them, it goes wrong. The same is true of our lives when we have a few words that clearly define our purpose and our mission.

In this week, we will encourage members of the parish to find words or verses from Scripture that are their key verse for their lives that give direction to their lives.

This is week 2 of our homily series More than Words.  Go to our website, https://saintmary.life/messagematters/ to follow along as we break open the word and answer some questions about how what we say reveals our hearts.

With Fr. Doug and Amanda Martin

Jesus said that the words from our mouths come out of our hearts. If we watch our language and the words of our mouth we will see the impurities that need to be purified from our lives. Words help us evaluate the condition of our hearts. We will see the things in our heart that are negative and lead to death. We can also spot the positives that lead to life.