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  • A New Evangelical Explosion Series

    Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Nov 1, 2014
     | 3,358 views

    The Pope calls for a missionary conversion of the whole Church, especially the papacy.

    Thursday of the 31st Sunday in Course 2014 Joy of the Gospel The most pronounced conflict in the early Church was not a conflict with the Romans. Except for the persecution of the madman Nero, and a minor tiff with Claudius, the Church was pretty well left alone until close to the end of the ...read more

  • Useless Or Useful? Series

    Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Nov 8, 2014
     | 5,816 views

    Mercy is the greatest of the virtues in the external manifestation.

    Thursday of the 32nd Week in Course Joy of the Gospel St. Paul had a dilemma. One of his converts in Asia, Philemon, lived in Colossae. Philemon’s slave, Onesimus, had escaped and probably stolen property in the process. Escaped slaves were dealt with according to their owner’s whim ...read more

  • Open The Doors Of The Church Series

    Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Nov 29, 2014
     | 4,507 views

    Jesus enjoins us to do the will of the Father, but learning how to do God's will is a lifelong journey.

    Thursday of the 1st Week in Advent Joy of the Gospel When I read this passage from the great prophet of Advent, the Hebrew priest Isaiah, my memory goes back almost ten years to our pilgrimage to the Holy Land. Both the Old and New Testaments contain a recurring theme, one we see most perfectly ...read more

  • Not For Shameful Gain

    Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Feb 17, 2018
     | 3,072 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

  • Preparing For The Coming Of Christ Series

    Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Nov 5, 2016
     | 4,061 views

    An authentic faith – which is never comfortable or completely personal – always involves a deep desire to change the world

    Thursday of the 31st Week in Course 2016 Joy of the Gospel We stand now very close to the conclusion of our liturgical year, our holy year of grace and mercy that concludes on the Feast of Christ the King. I’m doubly blessed because I get to celebrate Christ the King Sunday twice. In the ...read more

  • Take The Risk And Grow Series

    Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Aug 27, 2016
     | 6,431 views

    Take the risk; take the challenge; take the grace and grow.

    Thursday of 21st Week in Course St. Paul’s words to Corinth today are like a commentary on the Gospel. Simon and the boys have been fishing all night, casting and pulling, casting and pulling. All they got was garbage. But at the word of Jesus, they put out into deep water–not the ...read more

  • How Do You Clean A Heart Series

    Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Mar 15, 2017
     | 4,836 views

    If the house, once cleaned of this demon, is not filled with goodness, the evil spirit will return with seven more vices and perversions and make our souls even worse, our souls and families even sicker.

    Third Sunday of Lent 2017 Extraordinary Form Today we find Christ, speaking through the Church’s liturgical texts, teaching us about the birds and the bees. I say the birds because the Communion verse tells us that the sparrow has found a home and the turtle dove a nest to lay her young near the ...read more

  • Why Evangelize? (Part 1)

    Contributed by Sterling Franklin on Mar 27, 2011
    based on 5 ratings
     | 5,338 views

    1. There is no other way but Jesus, 2. We are commanded in Scripture (and by Jesus!) to evangelize (preach the good tidings of hope in Him)

    Over the next few weeks, we will be covering some major (though very basic) reasons to evangelize. Some people may have stronger giftings and desires in the area, but all are called to reach out and preach the message of Jesus: His Life, Death, and Resurrection! Two reasons to start: 1. There is ...read more

  • Free To Serve, Or Not Series

    Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Nov 14, 2015
     | 3,943 views

    We will be judged on our service to the poor--but do our social systems make it easy or difficult to do so?

    Thursday of 33rd week in course 2015 Joy of the Gospel Two things tie our Scriptures together today. The obvious one is that they are texts written in or about a time of injustice and disaster. In the first reading, the Syrian king Antiochus IV has decreed that all his subjects would act like ...read more

  • Homilies And The Joy Of The Gospel Series

    Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Jul 11, 2015
     | 3,489 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

  • Sharing The Father's Embrace In Preaching Series

    Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Jul 26, 2015
    based on 3 ratings
     | 4,848 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

  • Deficiencies That Need Healing By The Gospel Of Joy Series

    Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Feb 21, 2015
     | 3,613 views

    Both Christian and secular cultures will benefit by understanding the Joy of the Gospel, but the Church must approach different cultures with respect.

    Thursday of the First Week in Lent Joy of the Gospel Today we hear from Jesus a restatement of the Golden Rule: “whatever you wish that men would do to you, do so to them; for this is the law and the prophets.” And this is Torah, this is the prophetic message. We want people to treat ...read more

  • God's Plan Is Best Series

    Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Apr 18, 2015
     | 4,671 views

    Like the eunuch from Ethiopia, we must be open to God's plan in Christ.

    Thursday of 3rd Week of Easter 2015 Joy of the Gospel The Father was surely drawing this Ethiopian to Jesus, and–not by luck–deacon Phillip was on the same road as the African’s chariot. The eunuch had been in Jerusalem to pray and study, so he was either a Jew or an admirer of ...read more

  • How Can We Fail To Share That Love Series

    Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Sep 6, 2014
     | 3,882 views

    Being a Christian is the result of an encounter with Jesus Christ, giving life a new horizon and decisive direction.

    Thursday of 23rd Week in Course and Commemoration of 9/11 Today we remember the events of September 11, 2001. That day, called nine-eleven, the whole world changed. In the Muslim world, it was an anniversary of the battle that raised the siege of Vienna, a huge defeat for the Muslim Turks, and ...read more

  • Catch Fire With The Gospel Series

    Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Oct 18, 2014
     | 4,343 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