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  • Give Peace O Lord To Those Who Trust In Thee Series

    Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Sep 19, 2015
     | 5,050 views

    The true path to peace lies through repentance and forgiveness of sins.

    18th Sunday After Pentecost 2015 Extraordinary Form Saint Matthew would have had a vivid recollection of the stories of that day in Galilee, because just down the street at the tax office, Matthew the sinner, the tax collector, was sitting. And as Jesus passed by, Matthew heard the most important ...read more

  • The Most Important Issue In Anyone's Life

    Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Sep 19, 2015
     | 4,051 views

    There are two ways to become miserable, and two ways to become happy.

    26th Sunday in Course 2015 What is the most important issue in anybody’s life? What is it that we must have in order to be truly fulfilled? What, to appeal to you Latinists, is the sine qua non of human existence? Some consider it to be pleasure, and an absence of pain. They are the ones ...read more

  • The Way Of Beauty Series

    Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Sep 19, 2015
     | 4,279 views

    There can be no tension between devoting ourselves to love of God and love of neighbor.

    Thursday of 25th week in course 2015 Joy of the Gospel There is a very old argument in the Church that contrasts what we owe to God with what we owe to our neighbor. These days, it goes like this: we don’t need ornate churches with lots of stone and pipeorgans and marble altars and Italian ...read more

  • Education And Service Promote Growth In Faith Series

    Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Sep 12, 2015
     | 3,019 views

    Our catechesis must constantly reinforce the truths accepted in the early proclamation of the Gospel of Christ.

    Thursday of 24th week in course 2015 Joy of the Gospel Today the Franciscans celebrate the feast of the Stigmata of St. Francis. The few saints who have legitimately borne the marks of Christ’s passion live out in a physical and spiritual way the long hours of Christ’s passion and ...read more

  • Tolerance--No; Forbearance--Yes Series

    Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Sep 5, 2015
     | 4,472 views

    We must go well beyond tolerance if we are to become the best version of ourselves, and always witnessing to the truth.

    Thursday of 23rd week in course 2015 Joy of the Gospel About ten years ago I asked Abp Gomez to visit my religion class and talk about priestly vocations to my boys. He kindly did so and started out with a pointed question: why are you a Catholic? It swelled my heart to hear one of the class ...read more

  • The Positive Message Of The Gospel Is Simple Series

    Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Aug 29, 2015
     | 3,879 views

    Our preaching should be simple, and incorporate positive examples.

    Thursday of 22nd week in course 2015 Joy of the Gospel St. Gregory the Great “May you be strengthened with all power, according to his glorious might, for all endurance and patience with joy, giving thanks to the Father, who has qualified us to share in the inheritance of the saints in ...read more

  • Ear To God's People Series

    Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Aug 22, 2015
     | 3,599 views

    The preacher must know what the needs of the listener are.

    Thursday of 21st week in course 2015 Joy of the Gospel St. Monica day We who minister to the Church are first of all your fellow servants. The parable Jesus is telling His disciples in this Gospel is first of all directed to those who lead the Church. We know this is true because only the chief ...read more

  • No One Is More Understanding And Willing To Wait Series

    Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Aug 16, 2015
     | 3,822 views

    To prepare to witness to others, we should engage in the practice of lectio divina.

    Thursday of 20th week in course 2015 Joy of the Gospel The Book of Judges is not an easy read. The stories of the years between Joshua and the Israelite king Saul are full of blood and gore–mutilations, treachery, and repeated violation of the Law by the people He chose. Here we see ...read more

  • Using Prudence And Counsel

    Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Aug 10, 2015
     | 2,245 views

    When God defined marriage as one man and one woman committed to each other for life, for mutual support and the procreation of children, He did that because it is best for the man, the woman, the children and society as a whole.

    20th Sunday in Course 2015 Wisdom has set up her seven pillars. In ancient architecture, pillars were the support of the roof, which protected the household. You’ve heard the names of these pillars, because they are the support of what protects us, individually and as a community. Why ...read more

  • Be Enlightened And Then Teach The Word Series

    Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Aug 8, 2015
     | 3,566 views

    We must understand the biblical text before speaking on it, and must do so with the mind of the Church.

    Thursday of 19th week in course 2015 Joy of the Gospel About sixty years ago, it became popular in certain circles of Catholic scholars to call into doubt the stories of miracles in the Bible. This story in Joshua that relates how Joshua called on God to allow the Israelites to cross the Jordan ...read more

  • Recognizing Our Neighbor And The Wrath Of God Series

    Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Aug 2, 2015
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     | 3,186 views

    In an age when people refuse to recognize our neighbor and treat him/her with dignity, we need a holy intercessor to help us.

    It is our misfortune, or, better, the design of Divine Providence, that we live in an age and society that does not recognize the neighbor whom we should love as we love ourselves. An inconveniently conceived child, as I was nearly seven decades ago, is not recognized as a human being, let alone ...read more

  • Communicating The Biblical Author's Message Series

    Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Aug 1, 2015
     | 3,679 views

    How should we prepare to preach, either to ourselves or to a group?

    Thursday of 18th week in course 2015 Joy of the Gospel We have for a whole year been considering the Holy Father’s first “solo” encyclical, The Joy of the Gospel. From it, we have gleaned Pope Francis’s understanding of the new evangelization, or at least some of that ...read more

  • Sharing The Father's Embrace In Preaching Series

    Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Jul 26, 2015
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     | 4,592 views

    The two sources of the scribe versed in the kingdom of God are Moses and Jesus

    Thursday of 17th week in course 2015 Joy of the Gospel “Every scribe who has been trained for the kingdom of heaven is like a householder who brings out of his treasure what is new and what is old.” We need to see the revolutionary idea in this short and familiar quotation of Jesus. ...read more

  • Helping The Preacher To Become The Best Version Of Himself Series

    Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Jul 18, 2015
     | 3,187 views

    If the Church is a mother, the preacher should put on the mind of a mother when preaching.

    Thursday of 16th week in course 2015 Joy of the Gospel God revealed Himself on Sinai in smoke and clouds, thunder and lightning, and by doing so reminded the Hebrews that He is transcendent–entirely different from us. He needed to do that to get their attention, and show them that the way ...read more

  • Homilies And The Joy Of The Gospel Series

    Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Jul 11, 2015
     | 3,223 views

    "The homily takes up once more the dialogue which the Lord has already established with his people. "

    Thursday of 15th week in course 2015 Joy of the Gospel Today we see Moses, who you remember fled from Egypt after killing an Egyptian oppressor, being called by God to go and preach to Pharaoh. The message: let all your slaves go into the desert. Let them abandon their jobs for a week or two, ...read more

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