UMD NEWMAN CATHOLIC CAMPUS MINISTRY

Homily from the Thirty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time.If comparison is a thief of joy, then we have to learn how to steal it back.In the battle to escape the comparison trap, we can become invincible to bad comparison by actively looking for the blessings, giving thanks, and inviting others into celebrating them. Because there are some things worth celebrating.Mass Readings from November 17, 2019:Malachi 3:19-20Psalm 98:5-92 Thessalonians 3:7-12Luke 21:5-19TO DOWNLOAD THE BIBLE STUDY TAP ON THIS LINK OR COPY THE FOLLOWING LINK IN YOUR INTERNET BROWSER (Chrome, Firefox, Safari, etc)https://bulldogcatholic.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/comparisin-stealing-joy.pdf

Homily from the Third Sunday of Easter.Back to normal might not be what we think.Our lives can be spent wishing for certain outcomes. But a security built on specific outcomes is a conditional and temporary security. We need true hope to walk in confidence. Mass Readings from April 26, 2020:Acts 2:14, 22-33Psalm 16:1-2, 5, 7-111 Peter 1:17-21Luke 24:13-35TO DOWNLOAD THE BIBLE STUDY TAP ON THIS LINK OR COPY THE FOLLOWING LINK IN YOUR INTERNET BROWSER (Chrome, Firefox, Safari, etc)https://bulldogcatholic.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/insecure-not-home.pdf

Homily from the Twenty-ninth Sunday in Ordinary Time.Often, the next hardest step is the next step.Continuing to walk in the midst of failure, rejection, and imperfection is a sign of a great life. In your life, you will take hundreds of first steps. But in a great life, you will take thousands of next steps.Mass Readings from October 20, 2019:Ezekiel 17:8-13Psalm 121:1-2, 3-4, 5-6, 7-82 Timothy 3:14-4:2Luke 18:1-8TO DOWNLOAD THE BIBLE STUDY TAP ON THIS LINK OR COPY THE FOLLOWING LINK IN YOUR INTERNET BROWSER (Chrome, Firefox, Safari, etc)https://bulldogcatholic.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/the-hardest-step-the-next-step-1.pdf

Homily from the Twenty-fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time.Ambition involves the willingness to risk. Selfless ambition is the willingness to risk the loss of status for the good of someone else.Great leaders are not those who make their authority over others felt. Great leaders (and great people) are those who, like Christ, place themselves and their gifts at the service of others. They have no fear of losing their status, because they have no status to lose.Mass Readings from September 23, 2018:Psalm 54:3-4, 5, 6, 8James 3:16-4:3Mark 9:30-37TO DOWNLOAD THE BIBLE STUDY TAP ON THIS LINK OR COPY THE FOLLOWING LINK IN YOUR INTERNET BROWSER (Chrome, Firefox, Safari):https://bulldogcatholic.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/greatest-of-all-time-selfless-ambition.pdf

Homily from the First Sunday of Advent.You will never be ready unless you get ready.Advent is a season of preparation. We get ready to celebrate the first coming of Christ into this world. We also get ready for His Second Coming at the end of the world…or at the end of our individual lives. During Advent, we get ready to die.Mass Readings from December 02, 2018:Jeremiah 33:14-16Psalm 25:4-5, 8-9, 10, 141 Thessalonians 3:12—4:2Luke 21:25-28, 34-36TO DOWNLOAD THE BIBLE STUDY TAP ON THIS LINK OR COPY THE FOLLOWING LINK IN YOUR INTERNET BROWSER (Chrome, Firefox, Safari):https://bulldogcatholic.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/advent-2018-be-ready-get-ready.pdf

Homily from Ash Wednesday.You are in a fight; what comes next?For many of us, our default assumption about life is: it’s fine. Even when things are obviously broken, we can pretend that they will “fix themselves.” But Lent reminds us that we are in a battle that won’t be won unless we are ready to engage the enemy who will attack us like our Lord was attacked in the wilderness...behind enemy lines.Mass Readings from March 6, 2019:Joel 2:12-18Psalm 51:3-4, 5-6, 12-14, 172 Corinthians 5:20—6:2Matthew 6:1-6, 16-18TO DOWNLOAD THE BIBLE STUDY TAP ON THIS LINK OR COPY THE FOLLOWING LINK IN YOUR INTERNET BROWSER (Chrome, Firefox, Safari):https://bulldogcatholic.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/behind-enemy-lines.pdf

Homily from the First Sunday of Lent.The decision that broke the world.This world is not perfect. And we are not perfect. But imperfect does not mean unloved.Mass Readings from March 1, 2020:Genesis 2:7-9; 3:1-7Psalm 51:3-6, 12-13, 17Romans 5:12-19Matthew 4:1-11TO DOWNLOAD THE BIBLE STUDY TAP ON THIS LINK OR COPY THE FOLLOWING LINK IN YOUR INTERNET BROWSER (Chrome, Firefox, Safari, etc)https://bulldogcatholic.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/un-done-weve-become-undone.pdf

Homily from the Thirty-first Sunday in Ordinary Time.What makes them so great? What makes me so awful?When someone else being honored or loved more than we are meets our insecurity, we are tempted to tell stories…about them and about ourselves. But when we know who we are and are grateful for what we have, we have security. And comparison is powerless.Mass Readings from November 3, 2019:Wisdom 11:22-12:2Psalm 145:1-2, 8-9, 10-11, 13, 142 Thessalonians 1:11-2:2Luke 19:1-10TO DOWNLOAD THE BIBLE STUDY TAP ON THIS LINK OR COPY THE FOLLOWING LINK IN YOUR INTERNET BROWSER (Chrome, Firefox, Safari, etc)https://bulldogcatholic.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/comparisin-infinitely-preferred.pdf

Homily from the Third Sunday in Ordinary Time.Do not underestimate what God is doing when it seems like God is doing nothing.There are seasons of silence, and hiddenness, and brokenness in all of our lives. These times are not just useful, they are necessary for us to become the kind of people God needs us to be. Mass Readings from January 26, 2020:Isaiah 8:23—9:3Psalm 27:1, 4, 13-141 Corinthians 1:10-13, 17Matthew 4:12-23TO DOWNLOAD THE BIBLE STUDY TAP ON THIS LINK OR COPY THE FOLLOWING LINK IN YOUR INTERNET BROWSER (Chrome, Firefox, Safari, etc)https://bulldogcatholic.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/underestimated-silence-is-not-absence.pdf

Homily from Holy Saturday, the Easter Vigil.We profess the faith today so we can persevere in the faith tomorrow.Christianity is an historical religion that is not based on feelings, philosophies, or myths. It is based on a fact: the fact of the resurrection of Jesus. The one thing that changes everything.

Homily from the Fourth Sunday of Easter.Failure either gives us clarity and conviction or course correction.Failure is not final and failure is not fatal. As long as we don’t stop, and as long as we are willing to learn from our failures, they have no power to defeat us but only to educate us and make us better.Mass Readings from May 12, 2019:Acts 13:14, 43-52 Psalm 100:1-2, 3, 5Revelation 7:9, 14-17John 10:27-30TO DOWNLOAD THE BIBLE STUDY TAP ON THIS LINK OR COPY THE FOLLOWING LINK IN YOUR INTERNET BROWSER (Chrome, Firefox, Safari, etc)https://bulldogcatholic.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/fail-the-only-way-to-fail.pdf