Past Momilies
Sunday reflections about faith, family, and the holy work hidden inside ordinary life.
September
Give Me the Grace to Want to Forgive
Jesus calls us to a mercy that can feel impossible, and sometimes forgiveness begins simply by asking Him for the grace to want what we cannot yet give.
Love Enough to Speak the Truth
Real love does not ignore everything that is wrong. Sometimes loving another person means having the courage and humility to speak the truth and help one another back toward God.
August
This Is Beautiful, But It Is a Cross
Following Jesus means more than believing who He is. It means learning His way of self-giving love and discovering that the crosses within our vocations can become the very places where we find life.
Let Him Build
Peter’s calling reminds us that God does not ask us to build our lives or His Church alone. He chooses, equips, and sustains us, and asks us to remain close to Him.
Stay With Him in the Silence
The Canaanite woman keeps turning toward Jesus even through silence and resistance, showing us a faith that perseveres long enough to become deeper, purer, and stronger.
Keep Your Eyes on Jesus
God may come in a whisper or in the middle of a storm, and faith means learning to recognize His presence and keep our attention fixed on Him.
Bring What You Have
Jesus does not ask the disciples for what they do not have. He asks them to bring what they have, and in His hands, a small offering becomes enough to feed thousands.
July
The Treasure Worth Everything
Finding Christ is worth the search, and when we keep our hearts open to His Word, He slowly puts us together into the people we were created to be.
Greatness Begins Small
The mustard seed and the yeast remind us that God often builds something great through small beginnings, ordinary faithfulness, and our willingness to trust Him with the outcome.
Let the Word Take Root
God scatters His good seed generously, but the Gospel changes us only when we allow His Word to take root deeply enough to transform how we actually live.
Come to Me and Rest
Jesus invites the weary to rest, revealing that true peace comes not from having everything figured out, but from knowing ourselves loved and cared for by the Father.
June
A Cup of Cold Water
Jesus reminds us that even the smallest act of hospitality can become an encounter with Him when we learn to recognize God in the people placed before us.
You Are Worth More
Jesus tells us not to be afraid because our Father sees us completely, knows what we carry, and reminds us that we are worth more than many sparrows.
The Harvest Is Here
Jesus sees an abundant harvest and calls for laborers, reminding us that every baptized Catholic has a real part to play in helping others encounter Christ.
Bread for Today
God fed Israel one day at a time in the desert, and He still meets us in the present moment, giving us Christ Himself as our true daily bread.
May
Drawn Into the Love of God
The Trinity is not simply a mystery to understand. It is the living love of Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, and God desires to draw us into that love.
His Kingdom Is Already Here
The Ascension does not mean Jesus has left us behind. His Kingdom is already among us, and He sends us out with the promise: “I am with you always.”
I Will Not Leave You Orphans
Jesus promises that we will never be left alone: we are sons and daughters of the Father, given the Holy Spirit and welcomed into the family of God.
Become Who God Made You to Be
Jesus shows us the heart of the Father, and when we listen to Him through prayer, Scripture, and obedience, we become more fully the people God created us to be.
April
Do You Know His Voice?
The Good Shepherd calls each of us by name, but following Him means learning to recognize His voice and letting His words change us.
Our Family Story Is Mercy
From the first Christians gathering for teaching, prayer, and the breaking of bread to Thomas meeting the risen Jesus, we belong to a 2,000-year family story centered on Christ’s mercy.
Let Yourself Be Loved
The apostles became witnesses to the Resurrection not because they were perfect, but because they allowed the love of the risen Christ to change them.
March
He Took Our Place
Holy Week begins with crowds shouting “Hosanna” and ends at the Cross, where Jesus, the true Son of the Father, takes the place of sinners like us.
Come Out
At the tomb of Lazarus, everyone thinks they understand what is possible until Jesus, the Resurrection and the Life, calls them beyond fear, grief, and disbelief into deeper faith.
Don’t Miss the Person
The crowds think they know Jesus because they know things about Him, but Lent asks us to look beyond rumors, assumptions, and judgments and truly see the person before us.
Let the Light In
Jesus gives sight to a man born blind, but the greater miracle is learning to see with faith and allowing Christ’s light to reveal what still needs healing within us.
Teach Them to Your Children
God’s law is not simply a list of restrictions. It is His loving instruction for how to live, love, and find joy, and it is a gift we are responsible for passing on.
What Are You Thirsting For?
Jesus meets the Samaritan woman at the well and reveals a thirst deeper than water: our thirst for God, and His desire to fill us with living water.
Walk With Him Up the Mountain
The Transfiguration reveals the Jesus who walks beside us, teaches us, and is also the glorious Son of God before whom we fall in worship.