Shared Sermons by W Pat Cunningham

Jesus Must Have Meant What He Said

Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Jun 3, 2026

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Most of them left the synagogue and no longer followed Jesus. Peter and the apostles stayed, because as Peter declared to Jesus, “you have the words of eternal life.”

Solemnity of Corpus Christi 2026 In the synagogue of Capernaum, the ruins of which can be found even today, Jesus stood and told the Jews assembled there something that should have shocked them and did: “I am the living bread that came down from heaven; whoever eats this bread will live forever; ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 10:16-17, John 6:51-58, Psalm 147:12-20, Deuteronomy 8:2-3, Deuteronomy 8:14-16 (view more) (view less)

Denomination: Catholic

What True Religion Consists Of

Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Jun 1, 2026

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All who want to live religiously in Christ Jesus will be persecuted.

Friday of the Ninth Week Ordinal 2026 Today we commemorate the English saint Boniface, who had great success in preaching to pagans, was persuaded to take on the diocese of Mainz in Germany, got the itch to go out and evangelize the pagans, and was martyred just shy of his eightieth birthday. ...read more

Scripture: Mark 12:35-37, Psalm 110:1-2, Psalm 119:157-168, 2 Timothy 3:10-17

Denomination: Catholic

Who Is This One God In Three Persons, And Why Do We Care?

Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on May 27, 2026

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He is perfectly merciful, perfectly gracious, slow to get angry (unlike the so-called “gods” of Egypt) and forgiving, overflowing with kindness and faithfulness.

Trinity Sunday 2026 Each year the Church offers us a solemn feast immersing all Christians in the central mystery, the key teaching of our religion. It is the Trinity, celebrating the One God in three Persons. From this mystery everything else is born—Redemption, sanctification, the sacraments, ...read more

Scripture: Exodus 34:10, John 3:16-18, 2 Corinthians 13:11-13, Exodus 34:4-9, Genesis 32:24-29, Exodus 32:1-14 (view more) (view less)

Denomination: Catholic

The Challenge To Use The Gifts Of The Spirit

Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on May 25, 2026

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Everything we do should be done for the glory of God through our Lord Jesus Christ.

Friday of the Eighth Week Ordinary 2026 This is the Friday after Pentecost, which before the liturgical calendar was revised was called Ember Friday of the Pentecost octave. The ember days are three days of fasting and abstinence observed four times a year—on a Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday in ...read more

Scripture: 1 Peter 4:7-13, Psalm 96:10-13, John 15:16, Mark 11:11-26

Denomination: Catholic

Always Creating; Always Life-Giving

Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on May 20, 2026

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The Lord spoke the Ten Commandments. It was an unforgettable experience, and so Moses commanded the annual remembrance.

Pentecost Sunday 2026 The Jewish festival of Shavuot is very ancient and has roots in the agriculture of the Levant. It has been called Pentecost, a Greek name, at least since the first century. That means “fifty days.” That is the time between the great festival of Passover, the commemoration of ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 12:3-7, 1 Corinthians 12:12-13, John 20:19-23, Psalm 104:1, Psalm 104:24, Psalm 104:29-31, Psalm 104:34, Acts 2:1-11, Exodus 19:5-6, Exodus 19:16-20, Exodus 20:1-17, Genesis 1:2 (view more) (view less)

Denomination: Catholic

"follow Me"

Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on May 18, 2026

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Today’s story about the encounter of the risen Jesus and the apostles at the lake takes Peter to the end of his ministry, as Acts takes Paul to the conclusion of his tomorrow.

Friday of the Seventh Week of Easter 2026 Our reading from the Acts of the Apostles today might remind you of the first days of St. Paul’s Christian discipleship. That would have been a couple of decades before the meeting between Paul, Festus, the Roman governor, and Agrippa and Berenice related ...read more

Scripture: John 21:15-19, Psalm 103:1-2, Psalm 103:11-12, Psalm 103:19-20, Acts 25:13-21 (view more) (view less)

Denomination: Catholic

Not At All "up, Up And Away"

Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on May 13, 2026

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Jesus is established in power at his ascension into heaven. Don't think of this spatially.

Ascension Solemnity 2026 Back in the 1970s a good number of churches blessed with lots of children came to the feast of the Ascension and used the occasion to release dozens of decorated latex balloons, filled with helium, into the heavens. That resulted in two unintended consequences almost ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 28:16-20, Ephesians 1:17-23, Psalm 47:2-9, Acts 1:1-11, Acts 7:56, Acts 9:3-5 (view more) (view less)

Denomination: Catholic

By The Grace Of Christ, Some Storms Are Preceded By Calm

Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on May 11, 2026

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Jesus says that His disciples will suffer but will rejoice when they see Him again. When? Certainly each time we celebrate Eucharist.

Friday of the Sixth Week in Easter 2026 In today’s Gospel, Jesus is speaking to His twelve key disciples, the men who will be responsible for the Church He will leave to continue His divine mission. They are in anguish over the immanent departure of Jesus, even though He has been warning them ...read more

Scripture: Acts 18:9-18, Psalm 47:2-7, John 16:20-23

Denomination: Catholic

Why Can All The Earth Shout Out To God With Joy?

Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on May 6, 2026

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The prophets kept reminding all of them, Judeans and Samaritans alike, that the covenants between God and His people were covenants of love and were binding forever.

Sixth Sunday of Easter 2026 “Black sheep.” “Dalit.” “Untouchable.” “Wrong side of town.” We all know what words like that can do in a social situation. Some of the greatest stories in literature are of humans caught up in a tangle of “haves” and “have nots.” Samaritans, to the Jews, were the wrong ...read more

Scripture: John 14:15-21, Acts 1:8, 1 Peter 3:15-18, Psalm 66:1-7, Psalm 66:16, Psalm 66:20, Acts 8:5-8, Acts 8:14-17 (view more) (view less)

Denomination: Catholic

Real Love As Exemplified By Jesus And The Early Apostles

Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on May 4, 2026

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To love one another as Jesus loved us is better completed by the real Word of God.

Friday of the Fifth Week of Easter 2026 Those of us who grew to maturity in the 1960s and 70s last year probably remember that “Love” was the theme of pretty much everything in the culture. That’s because the Boomer generation was being victimized by hormones and sexual expression outside natural ...read more

Scripture: Acts 15:22-31, Psalm 57:8-10, John 15:12-17

Denomination: Catholic

Temple Of Living Stones

Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Apr 30, 2026

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The whole community took up that primary task. All of them and all of us have a duty to bring Christ to the world.

Fifth Sunday of Easter 2026 Our Introit psalm this Lord’s Day is from psalm 98 and gives the command that helps us understand the Scriptures: “O sing a new song to the Lord for He has worked wonders; in the sight of the nations he has shown His deliverance.” This reminds us that Jesus, a Jew, and ...read more

Scripture: John 14:1-12, Jeremiah 33:18, 1 Peter 2:4-9, Psalm 33:1-5, Acts 6:1-7 (view more) (view less)

Denomination: Catholic

Jesus Reverses The Curses Of The Original Fall

Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Apr 27, 2026

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Jesus through His passion, death, resurrection and ascension reversed that original judgement.

Friday of the Fourth Week of Easter 2026 Or St. Joseph, the Worker (San José Obrero) Our entrance antiphon today from Revelation 5 prays to Christ: “You have redeemed us, Lord, by your blood from every tribe and tongue and people and nation, and have made us into a kingdom, priests for our ...read more

Scripture: John 14:1-6, Psalm 2:7, Acts 13:26-33, Revelation 5:9-10, Genesis 3:23-24 (view more) (view less)

Denomination: Catholic

The Shepherd Is The Gateway

Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Apr 22, 2026

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The shepherds left one or two entrances in the walls, and the sheep could get out only through those spaces.

Fourth Sunday of Easter 2026 If any of our congregation today knows some 20th century military history, you may recognize the word bocage, which is “a terrain of mixed woodland and pasture characteristic of parts of northern France, southern England,” and other European agricultural areas. Just ...read more

Scripture: Acts 2:14, Acts 2:36-41, Psalm 23:1-3, Psalm 23:3-4, Psalm 23:5-6, 1 Peter 2:20-25, John 10:1-10, Mark 1:1 (view more) (view less)

Denomination: Catholic

Who Are You, Lord?

Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Apr 20, 2026

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Jesus invites us into communion with Himself and all believers, just as He did for Saul on the Damascus Road and for the Jews at Capernaum.

Friday of the Third Week of Easter 2026 Over the past two thousand years, there have been many persecutions of the Church and her members, in many places for many reasons. Our reading from the Acts of Apostles today documents the first of these. The Jewish authorities could have rightly said of ...read more

Scripture: John 6:52-59, Psalm 117:1-2, Acts 9:1-20

Denomination: Catholic

Get All Excited By The Presence Of Jesus

Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Apr 15, 2026

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What we ought to aim for today is a response to God’s Word like Clopas’s question, “Were not our hearts burning within us?”

THIRD Sunday of Easter 2026 Our Gospel today, known as the Emmaus Walk Gospel, is so striking that we are tempted to rush past the readings from Acts and First Peter to get to the “meat” of the day. But what we ought to aim for today is a response to God’s Word like Clopas’s question, “Were not ...read more

Scripture: Luke 24:13-35, 1 Peter 1:17-21, Acts 2:14, Acts 2:22-33, Matthew 2:23, Isaiah 11:1 (view more) (view less)

Denomination: Catholic

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