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  • Secularism And The Fight For The Family Series

    Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Feb 7, 2015
     | 4,326 views

    The information-driven society is one that tries to secularize and pervert the human family into something it can never become.

    Thursday of 5th week in Course 2015 Joy of the Gospel Jesus has such a sense of humor that some commentators have mistaken it for cruelty. Of course, Jesus never sinned, so thinking this comment about throwing the bread to the dogs is a real insult is wrongheaded thinking. In reality, Jesus was ...read more

  • Evangelizing The Cities Series

    Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Feb 28, 2015
     | 3,794 views

    Just as post-Resurrection Judaism created a culture that rejected the Gospel, so modern society tries to make people incapable of receiving Christ. But we must bear witness, especially in the cities.

    Thursday of the Second Week in Lent Joy of the Gospel Last Sunday we heard Jesus tell his key disciples not to disclose their vision of Him transfigured until He would rise from the dead. There was a good reason for that. The Jewish mindset, which had been formed by prophets like Jeremiah, ...read more

  • The Value Of Interreligious Dialogue Series

    Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Apr 1, 2016
     | 3,762 views

    "Evangelization and interreligious dialogue, far from being opposed, mutually support and nourish one another."

    Thursday in Second Week of Easter 2016 Joy of the Gospel Today we hear the story of Peter’s witness before the Sanhedrin in the months following the first Pentecost. To the authorities who had forbade preaching about Jesus, Peter reminds them that the Law of God goes before any human law. ...read more

  • Are You Noble Or Gullible

    Contributed by Dr. Ronald Shultz on Aug 10, 2021
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,753 views

    Do not dig in the sewer to find truth. Seek the pure water of the Word.

    Revelation 2:1 Unto the angel of the church of Ephesus write; These things saith he that holdeth the seven stars in his right hand, who walketh in the midst of the seven golden candlesticks; 2 I know thy works, and thy labour, and thy patience, and how thou canst not bear them which are evil: ...read more

  • Inclusion Is What We Need, Not Power Hungry People

    Contributed by Michael Koplitz on Aug 11, 2021
     | 1,777 views

    Jesus rebuked His disciples because they wanted to keep the power of healing for themselves. This is happening in church today even though Jesus said it is wrong!

    I think that it is sad that when I read this narrative, it made me think about the control the church has held over people for almost 2000 years. The church used only one verse, thus out of context, to control people. Catholics could not own a Bible until 1964 CE. The idea that a person has to ...read more

  • Twenty-Third Sunday In Ordinary Time, Cycle A, 23rd Sunday, Year A --The Matthew 18 Process

    Contributed by Paul Andrew on Jun 17, 2020
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,748 views

    Avoidance of conflict prevents persons from discovering God's will in their personal and institutional lives.

    Palmer Chinchen tells of the time when he went whitewater rafting down the Zambezi River in Zimbabwe. The guide gave them some very important instructions after they put on all their safety gear. He began with “When the raft flips.” Notice the guide didn’t say “if the raft flips.” “When the raft ...read more

  • Ash Wednesday: Confronting Our Sins, Embracing Our Vulnerabilities

    Contributed by Fr. Rian Adams on Apr 6, 2020
    based on 3 ratings
     | 2,820 views

    Ash Wednesday sermon about confronting our sins, but how that is a call to vulnerability by the Holy Spirit

    Ash Wednesday: At one time Advent was my favorite season of the church year. The happiness, the joy of anticipation, the hope of a manger, the birth of a child… it all added a hopeful newness to my soul. But our culture ruined Christmas with the rabid consumerism and those lame made for TV ...read more

  • Saint Joseph And The Joy Of The Gospel Series

    Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Mar 14, 2015
     | 5,758 views

    We can learn much from Saint Joseph about the ways to fight acedia and to recover the joy of evangelization.

    Feast of St. Joseph 2015 Joy of the Gospel It is humbling to lead this prayer service on a solemnity, especially that of St. Joseph. He is the patron of fathers, of workers, of carpenters, of social justice, and of the universal Church. He has titles such as St. Joseph the Worker and St. Joseph ...read more

  • The Two Most Important Moments Of Life Series

    Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on May 18, 2019
    based on 4 ratings
     | 5,431 views

    “What are the two most important moments in any person’s life?”

    Tuesday of the 5th Week in Easter 2019 What are the two most important moments in any person’s life? In your life? In my life? I’ll come back to these questions–really a single question–in a moment. But first I’d like to point out that as Jesus concludes the long sermon at the Last Supper, He is ...read more

  • Catch Fire With The Gospel Series

    Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Oct 18, 2014
     | 4,387 views

    We can do our part to set our parish on fire with devotion to the joy of the Gospel

    Thursday of 29th Week in Course Joy of the Gospel St. Paul had during his Christian life on earth at least one experience that he characterized as being lifted up to the heavens. He needed that consolation because of the hard work of evangelization he was called to perform. He saw the ...read more

  • Not For Shameful Gain

    Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Feb 17, 2018
     | 3,151 views

    There are all kinds of examples, great ones and poor ones, among the popes.

    Feast of the Chair of St. Peter 2018 Reformation/Revolution Today’s Catholic feast celebrates the “chair” or authority given by Christ to St. Peter and his successors, one that has its foundations in the Old Testament. We see St. Peter as the vicar, or maybe viceroy or even “chief of staff” of ...read more

  • Faith And The Two Meanings Of Works Series

    Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Oct 14, 2017
     | 3,910 views

    Faith, above all, is a gift of God. Now it’s a gift that he pours out liberally on all humans, but it will not save our souls unless we cooperate with it.

    Thursday of 28th Week in Course 2017 Reformation Revolution Saints John de Brébeuf and Isaac Jogues Our readings today say the same thing in different ways. St. Paul’s letter to the Romans was really the first work of systematic theology. It positions the saving work of Our Lord in the context of ...read more

  • What Some Folks Don't Know About Christmas

    Contributed by Curtis E. Nester on Dec 27, 2013
    based on 2 ratings
     | 7,187 views

    Explores what people should know about the birth of Jesus and how many are not aware of the true meaning of Christmas. Why we should be anticipating the second advent of Christ

    TITLE: What Some Folks Don't Know About Christmas TEXT: Galatians 4:4-5 INTRO: For 74 years, Russia had no official Christmas holiday. The Communists replaced the Bethlehem star with the red star. They banned Christmas trees and turned Christmas into a holiday celebrating Father Frost. Then, in ...read more

  • The Jaws Of Death Series

    Contributed by Jeffrey Sims on Aug 17, 2013
     | 4,885 views

    When the devil comes upon you like a roaring lion and tries to devour you God will deliver you from his snares.

    It seems that the earthly kings that Daniel served would never learn. We say last week how Nebuchadnezzar was so easily manipulated by people and so full of himself that he set an unjust law and followed through with an unjust punishment. But God delivered his faithful servants from the fire. We ...read more

  • Mission And Suffering Series

    Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Jun 29, 2014
     | 3,213 views

    We must not marvel that we suffer pain and persecution when we carry the message of Christ to our culture.

    Thursday of the 14th Week in Course Lumen Fidei Pop singers and bands engage in a ritual–they all do. There’s a warmup act, usually a second or third rate band. It’s their Introit and Gloria, except the praise is of the human act to follow. There’s audience ...read more