18Aug24. Men’s Silent Retreat at Sacred Heart Retreat House in Alhambra. Perseverance is so important for the spiritual life. Life is difficult and the spiritual life is not easy street. Keep to the truth of Jesus Christ and hold on in perseverance of hope and faith.

17Aug24. Men’s Silent Retreat at Sacred Heart Retreat House in Alhambra. How much are we risking and venturing in our faith and trust in God? God is never outdone in generosity. When we invest more we get more.

17Aug24. Men’s Silent Retreat at Sacred Heart Retreat House in Alhambra. Third we finally move to Mission. Our mission must flow from our Relationship and Identity or it will be disordered.

17Aug24. Saturday Homily at Men’s Silent Retreat at Sacred Heart Retreat House in Alhambra. Meditation in Mass on Psalm 51, King David’s beautiful Psalm of contrition.

17Aug24. Men’s Silent Retreat at Sacred Heart Retreat House in Alhambra. Next, we move to Identity. Where does our Identity come from? What we do? Or what God does? God’s action is a much more solid foundation to live in.

16Aug24. Men’s Silent Retreat at Sacred Heart Retreat House in Alhambra. We will go over Relationship Identity Mission (RIM). When we live our spiritual life in that correct order it works. When we get it backwards, it is disordered and goes poorly. First get right with God in relationship through truths you know about Him and what He says in scripture.

21Jul24 (24bO16). The feeding of the five thousand begins the Bread of Life discourse in the Gospel of John. Jesus is the Good Shepherd who wants to care for our physical and spiritual needs. He continues to shepherd and care for us spiritually through all the sacraments of the Church.

14Jul24 (24bO15). We are all called to Mission. Some are called to a Religious Vocation, but all are called to spread the Gospel.

7Jul24 (24bO14). Family is difficult. We don’t always do what we want. We are human and fallen. Even St. Paul struggled with the difficulty of human weakness. God’s grace is sufficient for us for our humility makes us strong in God. St. Maria Goretti gives us a great example of resisting the flesh and being fully free to love.

30Jun24 (24bO13). Why does God heal some and not others? Jesus tells us faith and trust in the power of God. However it is also an important reality to trust in God that even if he doesn’t heal it is for our good and we pray for perseverance. Blood removes the woman from community and makes things unclean, but Jesus makes all clean and holy through his touch.