The Emmaus Pastorate’s Podcast

Homily from 8-14-22

Whoever said following Christ was easy?!  Sometimes it burns!!

Homily on 8-7-22

"Faith is the realization of what is hoped for and evidence of things not seen."  ~St. Paul.

 

How strong is your faith?  How important is it?

Homily from 7-31-22

Where are you looking?  To what is earthly or heavenly?  In these dog days of summer, where is your attention and priority?

Homily from 7-24-22

Perseverance and persistence.  When dealing with people we don't always like and when asking something from God.  We don't always get the answer immediately, but with perseverance and persistence, the door will open, we shall find, and we shall receive!

Homily on 7-17-22

Let's pick the better thing!

Homily on 7-10-22

Who's on your list?  Who, or maybe what category of people, do you look down upon?  Who do you refuse to help or love?  A member of the hated class helped a stranger who had been beaten and left to die.  He was the Good Samaritan, despite his reputation, that of the beaten stranger, and the "faithful" Jews that passed on by.  Who's on your list?  Hopefully no one.  Now, "Go, and do likewise."

Homily from 7-3-22

As we celebrate Independence Day, we Catholic Christians are reminded that we have a moral obligation to continue creating "one nation, under God."  Our one nation doesn't need to be uniform, but it does need unity.  And that's our mission in the domestic church today!  Happy Independence Day!  Are you helping to unify our country?

Homily from 6-26-22

People tend to accomplish the things or tasks most important to them.  If that's true (and it usually is), where does discipleship fall on our priority list?  Are we disciples even when it's difficult or inconvenient?  Are we followers of Jesus all day every day in everything we do, think, and say?  How important is our faith really??

Homily on 6-19-22

Become what you receive!  At least that's what we're supposed to do after receiving the Body and Blood of Christ.  Become just that: Christ's Body, Blood, soul, and divinity in our world, the true presence of Christ to one another.  

Homily from 6-12-22

As Christians, we are born into and for each other.  That's what it means to be a community, to exist in and for each other.  And that's what the Trinity is at its very essence: three individual beings existing so harmoniously they aren't just like one being, but they are one being!  As we welcome new members into the church and as we live our daily lives, may we remember that despite the hard times we all face as Christians we are still living in and for each other!