Hi everyone – here’s my homily for the 21st SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME – AUGUST 22, 2010. The readings can be found at https://www.usccb.org/nab/082210.shtml. Thanks as always for reading and all your comments and feedback. HOMILY: A few weeks ago my oldest brother was disciplining his daughter, my 4 year old niece. I’m not sure […]
Category: Dating Advice
The world is full of dating advice – much of which is toxic and damaging to relationships. We approach dating advice from the perspective of Catholic teachings as they relate to the persons and the role that dating and romantic relationships play in our lives as Christians.
In this section, we’ll explore dating advice for first time dates as well as advice for those who are going on their 20th date. More importantly, we’ll look at why relationships sometimes fail and what it takes to make the work.
SEEING OURSELVES AS GOD SEES
“Mary’s greatness consists in the fact that she wants to magnify God, not herself.” – Pope Benedict XVI Hi everyone! Today we celebrate the great feast of the ASSUMPTION OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY – a celebration that Christians have been commemorating since the fifth century. The feast invtes Christians to see in the Virgin […]
PATRICK HENRY HUGHES – a guy you HAVE to meet…
Hi everyone! I hope you’re summer is going great! Here is my homily for the 19th Sunday in Ordinary Time, August 8, 2010. The readings can be found at https://www.usccb.org/nab/080810.shtml . Thanks as always for reading and for your feedback and comments – I appreciate it! (Check the videos of him on Youtube after you […]
WHERE IS GOD WHEN YOUR COMPUTER BREAKS?
Hi everyone, hope you’re summer is going well! Here is my homily for August 1, 2010 -the 18th Sunday in Ordinary Time. The readings can be found at https://www.usccb.org/nab/080110.shtml. Thanks for reading and all of your feedback! God Bless – Fr. Jim HOMILY: I’ve had quite a love-hate relationship with electronic gadgets in my life. […]
CHRISTMAS IN JULY
Hi everyone – here’s my homily for the 14th SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME – JULY 4, 2010 (Readings can be found at https://www.usccb.org/nab/070410.shtml ) Thanks as always for reading and your feedback. HAPPY 4th of JULY! GOD BLESS AMERICA!!! Fr. Jim HOMILY: One thing that I really hate to do is shopping. Any shopping – […]
STS PETER AND PAUL – ELEPHANT’S AND RECOGNITION
Hi everyone, here’s my homily for THE FEAST OF STS. PETER AND PAUL – JUNE 29, 2010 – which I gave at the FOCUS (Fellowship of Catholic University Students) Staff Training in Champaign, Illinois. The readings can be found at https://www.usccb.org/nab/062910.shtml Thanks as always for reading and your feedback… For those from MSU Newman, the […]
NO JESUS – DON’T COME IN HERE…
Hi everyone, here’s my homily for SATURDAY of the 12th WEEK OF OT – June 26, 2010 – which I gave at the FOCUS (Fellowship of Catholic University Students) Staff Training in Champaign, Illinois. The readings can be found at https://www.usccb.org/nab/062610.shtml Thanks as always for reading and your feedback…God Bless – Fr. Jim HOMILY: “I […]
BAD FRUIT, COSTUMED WOLVES OR PLASTICS…AVOID THEM ALL
Hi everyone, here’s my homily for June 23, 2010 – WEDNESDAY of the 12th Week in OT (the readings can be found at – https://www.usccb.org/nab/062310.shtml ) as I continue my time here in Champaign Illinois for the FOCUS Staff training. HOMILY This past semester, before everyone returned to campus, the officers for our Student Organization […]
HARSH TRAINING TO SAVE LIVES
Hi everyone, I’m currently serving as a chaplain to FOCUS (Fellowship of Catholic University Students) Staff Training in Champaign Illinois. I wasn’t scheduled to preach at yesterday’s Mass for the 12th Sunday in Ordinary Time, but am on for several Masses this week, so I’ll share these as they’re possible This homily was for MONDAY […]
A TRIBUTE TO MOTHER TERESA
Hi everyone – here’s my homily for the 11th Sunday of Ordinary Time – June 13, 2010. The readings can be found at https://www.usccb.org/nab/061310.shtml – Thanks so much for reading and all your feedbacks and comments! God Bless – Fr Jim HOMILY: So the owner of the Empire State Building has found himself in a […]
