Jesus sends out his disciples not as tourists. He sends them out as missionary disciples; he sends them out as travelers. That is the closest understanding we would have as a traveler is one to explore and experienced the newness. (Read More…)Here is the my homily for the Fourteenth Sunday of Ordinary Time. Please feel free to share it with others.I will be on vacation for the rest of July, returning the fist of August. During this time I will not be answering emails, texts or phone calls.

Jesus sends out his disciples not as tourists. He sends them out as missionary disciples; he sends them out as travelers. That is the closest understanding we would have as a traveler is one to explore and experienced the newness. <a href="https://conta.cc/3ysAzxo" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">(Read More…)</a>Here is the my homily for the Fourteenth Sunday of Ordinary Time. Please feel free to share it with others.I will be on vacation for the rest of July, returning the fist of August. During this time I will not be answering emails, texts or phone calls.

Homily for The Fourteenth Sunday of Ordinary Time - Pilgrims Not Tourists

Clearly, our destination is eternal life; and clearly the Way that Jesus introduces is a simple way. It is the way of love. He constantly challenges those who understood older ways, the law, as that way was far more rigid. And Jesus comes along and just simply says the law is completely fulfilled in the law of love.Here is the my homily for the Thirteenth Sunday of Ordinary Time. Please feel free to share it with others. (Read more…)

Clearly, our destination is eternal life; and clearly the Way that Jesus introduces is a simple way. It is the way of love. He constantly challenges those who understood older ways, the law, as that way was far more rigid. And Jesus comes along and just simply says the law is completely fulfilled in the law of love.Here is the my homily for the Thirteenth Sunday of Ordinary Time. Please feel free to share it with others. <a href="https://conta.cc/3nles6S" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">(Read more…)</a>

Homily for the Thirteenth Sunday of Ordinary Time - Gospels Our Map Jesus is our Way 

Memory is a powerful faculty of the mind. Memory was considered in the ancient times as one of the four faculties of the human body that was considered foundational for the human being.  (Read more…)Here is the my homily for the Feast of the Body and Blood of Christ. Please feel free to share it with others.0

Memory is a powerful faculty of the mind. Memory was considered in the ancient times as one of the four faculties of the human body that was considered foundational for the human being.  <a href="	https://conta.cc/3NbaZSV" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">(Read more…)</a>Here is the my homily for the Feast of the Body and Blood of Christ. Please feel free to share it with others.0

Homily for The Feast of the Body and Blood of Christ

There is so much ink spilled on trying to explain the doctrine of the Trinity and it is unfortunate because I think explaining it is less important than experiencing it. And how we experience the Trinity is to do what Jesus did. It is when we love one another, we experience the Trinity.  (Read more…)Here is the my homily for the Feast of the Most Holy Trinity. Please feel free to share it with others.

There is so much ink spilled on trying to explain the doctrine of the Trinity and it is unfortunate because I think explaining it is less important than experiencing it. And how we experience the Trinity is to do what Jesus did. It is when we love one another, we experience the Trinity.  <a href="	https://conta.cc/3xu040B" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">(Read more…)</a>Here is the my homily for the Feast of the Most Holy Trinity. Please feel free to share it with others.

Homily for the Feast of the Most Holy Trinity - Social Institutional System: Compassion

It is not us as human beings that keep the church afloat. It is the Holy Spirit that keeps it alive and flying through the centuries. We have to be humble enough to recognize there is something magnificent here and that it is the Holy Spirit that animates the church. Here is the my homily for Pentecost Sunday. Please feel free to share it with others.

It is not us as human beings that keep the church afloat. It is the Holy Spirit that keeps it alive and flying through the centuries. We have to be humble enough to recognize there is something magnificent here and that it is the Holy Spirit that animates the church. Here is the my homily for Pentecost Sunday. Please feel free to share it with others.

Homily Pentecost Sunday - The Church Can Fly!

When we are beginning something new, we are also letting go of something old. Right? We have grown and hopefully become a better version of ourselves. But now that is coming to an end, there is a newness. We are called to grow, to step out of that comfort and grow into something new.Here is the my homily for Ascension Sunday. Please feel free to share it with others.  (Read more…)

When we are beginning something new, we are also letting go of something old. Right? We have grown and hopefully become a better version of ourselves. But now that is coming to an end, there is a newness. We are called to grow, to step out of that comfort and grow into something new. Here is the my homily for Ascension Sunday. Please feel free to share it with others.  (<a href="	https://conta.cc/3ac1EMD" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Read more…)</a>

Homily Ascension Sunday - LORRAX

It is so important not to name the persons by their illness but rather that they have an illness. They are more than their illness; they are to be treated as persons. Here is the my homily for the Sixth Sunday of Easter. Please feel free to share it with others.

It is so important not to name the persons by their illness but rather that they have an illness. They are more than their illness; they are to be treated as persons. Here is the my homily for the Sixth Sunday of Easter. Please feel free to share it with others.

Homily for the Sixth Sunday of Easter - Peace I Give

We are called to return love for hate; to include the excluded; and to always admit when we are wrong. The road to heaven is very wide and it is wide enough for everyone. May we remain on it with food for the journey for all. (Read more…)

<a href="https://conta.cc/3Llq7ft" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> </a>We are called to return love for hate; to include the excluded; and to always admit when we are wrong. The road to heaven is very wide and it is wide enough for everyone. May we remain on it with food for the journey for all.<a href="https://conta.cc/3Llq7ft" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> (Read more…)</a>

Homily for the Fifth Sunday of Easter - Road To Heaven Is Wide

We need nourishment from this table every week. We need to see each other and be strengthened with others that are on the same journey, the same path, of listening and attuning our hearing and then following the Lord.  (Read more…)Here is the my homily for the Fourth Sunday of Easter. I am sorry this is a little late but I am away on our Diocesan Clergy Study Week. I will return to the parish for this upcoming weekend Please feel free to share it with others.I hope everyone had a good Mother's Day and hope to see everyone next Sunday at masses!

We need nourishment from this table every week. We need to see each other and be strengthened with others that are on the same journey, the same path, of listening and attuning our hearing and then following the Lord. <a href="https://conta.cc/3sy6r1k" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> (Read more…)</a>Here is the my homily for the Fourth Sunday of Easter. I am sorry this is a little late but I am away on our Diocesan Clergy Study Week. I will return to the parish for this upcoming weekend Please feel free to share it with others.I hope everyone had a good Mother's Day and hope to see everyone next Sunday at masses!

Homily for the 4th Sunday of Easter - Attune Your Hearing

You are not only a sign, not only are you a symbol, you are the Sacrament of Jesus that points the way to God’s love in our world. And we promise to be the first to be kind; first to be gentle; first to be forgiving; and first to be loving.Here is the my homily for the Third Sunday of Easter and we celebrated First Communion this weekend. This homily was directed at the children, but also for us. Please feel free to share it with others. (Read more…)

You are not only a sign, not only are you a symbol, you are the Sacrament of Jesus that points the way to God’s love in our world. And we promise to be the first to be kind; first to be gentle; first to be forgiving; and first to be loving.Here is the my homily for the Third Sunday of Easter and we celebrated First Communion this weekend. This homily was directed at the children, but also for us. Please feel free to share it with others. <a href="https://conta.cc/3kI9uzz" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">(Read more…)</a>

Homily for the Third Sunday of Easter - The Sacrament of Jesus - May 1, 2022

Breaking open the Word of God …Applying it to the lived experiences of daily lifeIn the busyness of modern life, it is sometimes difficult to see and experience God in our lives. Through his homilies, Fr. Brendan challenges and invites us to take a break focus on what the Lord is saying. God is not only present but is opening up the divine story in each of us.

Today as we celebrate the Divine Mercy Sunday, this Sunday we celebrate the love of God that shines light in the midst of our darkness that dispels the fear and the frustration, we celebrate it by being that to others; gentle and kind; loving and forgiving so that all will find the new door to new life. (Read more…)Here is the my homily for this past Sunday. Please feel free to share it with others.See everyone this Sunday at masses!

Today as we celebrate the Divine Mercy Sunday, this Sunday we celebrate the love of God that shines light in the midst of our darkness that dispels the fear and the frustration, we celebrate it by being that to others; gentle and kind; loving and forgiving so that all will find the new door to new life. <a href="https://conta.cc/3KfQ3sn" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">(Read more…)</a>Here is the my homily for this past Sunday. Please feel free to share it with others.See everyone this Sunday at masses!

Homily for the Second Sunday of Easter Sunday of Divine Mercy - The Hallway Between Doors- 

Love casts out darkness. Love heals every wound. Love overcomes every kind of evil. Love is victorious. That is the message of Easter. Love has the power to change everything. That is the great ah-ha! Love changes everything! (Read more…)Here is the my homily for Sunday. Earlier, I tested positive for COVID and was unable to celebrate the Triduum and Easter Sunday this year. I had prepared my homilies for these celebrations and share them with you in this forum. I am happy to say that I am better and I have tested negative for COVID. I am still recovering my full energy but I well on the mend. See everyone this Sunday at masses!

Love casts out darkness. Love heals every wound. Love overcomes every kind of evil. Love is victorious. That is the message of Easter. Love has the power to change everything. That is the great ah-ha! Love changes everything! <a href="https://conta.cc/37vinKd" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">(Read more…)</a>Here is the my homily for Sunday. Earlier, I tested positive for COVID and was unable to celebrate the Triduum and Easter Sunday this year. I had prepared my homilies for these celebrations and share them with you in this forum. I am happy to say that I am better and I have tested negative for COVID. I am still recovering my full energy but I well on the mend. See everyone this Sunday at masses!

Homily for Easter Sunday The Resurrection of the Lord - The Great Ah-Ha! Love Changes Everything- 

May we know that God’s silence can be trusted. May we trust his silence and know that he is there in the midst of our suffering. He does not abandon us. He suffers with us. He will resurrect us from our deepest and darkest moments and we can trust his silence. Maybe we can be there for someone’s else silence and be the healing presence of Christ. (Read more…)Here is the my homily for Good Friday. Earlier this week, I tested positive for COVID and am unable to celebrate the Triduum and Easter Sunday this year. I had prepared my homilies for these celebrations and share them with you in this forum. Please feel free to share it with others.I am self quarantining and only have very mild symptoms. I appreciate all of your prayers for my recovery.

May we know that God’s silence can be trusted. May we trust his silence and know that he is there in the midst of our suffering. He does not abandon us. He suffers with us. He will resurrect us from our deepest and darkest moments and we can trust his silence. Maybe we can be there for someone’s else silence and be the healing presence of Christ. <a href="https://conta.cc/3JSxCKb" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">(Read more…)</a>Here is the my homily for Good Friday. Earlier this week, I tested positive for COVID and am unable to celebrate the Triduum and Easter Sunday this year. I had prepared my homilies for these celebrations and share them with you in this forum. Please feel free to share it with others.I am self quarantining and only have very mild symptoms. I appreciate all of your prayers for my recovery.

Homily for Good Friday - God's Silence Can Be Trusted

Christ gave us the model. Wash each other’s feet. A symbol to serve one another. Symbol to love one another and allow others to love you.Here is the my homily for Holy Thursday. Earlier this week, I tested positive for COVID and am unable to celebrate the Triduum and Easter Sunday this year. I had prepared my homilies for these celebrations and share them with you in this forum. Please feel free to share it with others.I am self quarantining and only have very mild symptoms. I appreciate all of your prayers for my recovery. (Read More…)

Christ gave us the model. Wash each other’s feet. A symbol to serve one another. Symbol to love one another and allow others to love you.Here is the my homily for Holy Thursday. Earlier this week, I tested positive for COVID and am unable to celebrate the Triduum and Easter Sunday this year. I had prepared my homilies for these celebrations and share them with you in this forum. Please feel free to share it with others.I am self quarantining and only have very mild symptoms. I appreciate all of your prayers for my recovery. <a href="https://conta.cc/3EkpnoS" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">(Read More…)</a>

Homily for Holy Thursday  Evening Mass of the Lord's Supper - Only a Service Entrance to Heaven

The power of the cross can have many different forms in our life. Maybe this week what we can do is to look in our own lives and see if there is someone in our own life who’s cross we can carry with them and be aware of the privileged moment; or can we allow somebody else to carry our cross if it is too much to bear. The power of the cross is in sharing it.Here is the my homily for the Sixth Sunday of Lent. Please feel free to share it with others.The last session of my new retreat called " From Here to Eternity: How to Live and Die Well is tonight, April 12, 2022. The sessions begin at 7:00pm and you can join via the livestream at St. Simon Presents.

The power of the cross can have many different forms in our life. Maybe this week what we can do is to look in our own lives and see if there is someone in our own life who’s cross we can carry with them and be aware of the privileged moment; or can we allow somebody else to carry our cross if it is too much to bear. The power of the cross is in sharing it.Here is the my homily for the Sixth Sunday of Lent. Please feel free to share it with others.The last session of my new retreat called " From Here to Eternity: How to Live and Die Well is tonight, April 12, 2022. The sessions begin at 7:00pm and you can join via the livestream at <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9CiB0PhiDQ0&amp;list=PLBYk-FkQ5YIwT27GI1MCzoSjQKuaIAR6T" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">St. Simon Presents.</a>

Homily for the Sixth Sunday of Lent - Be Like Simon: Carry Someone Else's Cross

Today's Gospel is the story of the women caught in adultery. The lesson for today is about mercy and forgiveness. We need to understand what forgiveness is not: Forgiveness is not condoning the behavior; it is not agreeing that it was okay; and it is certainly not saying that it is okay to continue to do this behavior. Even Jesus says to the woman: “No one has condemned you and neither do I. Now go and sin no more.” We too are called to do the same thing. (Read more…)Here is the my homily for the Fifth Sunday of Lent. Please feel free to share it with others.The last session of my new retreat called " From Here to Eternity: How to Live and Die Well is scheduled for April 12, 2022. The sessions begin at 7:00pm and you can join via the livestream at St. Simon Presents.And since we have a week off, you can review the three previous sessions at this same website.

Today's Gospel is the story of the women caught in adultery. The lesson for today is about mercy and forgiveness. We need to understand what forgiveness is not: Forgiveness is not condoning the behavior; it is not agreeing that it was okay; and it is certainly not saying that it is okay to continue to do this behavior. Even Jesus says to the woman: “No one has condemned you and neither do I. Now go and sin no more.” We too are called to do the same thing. <a href="https://conta.cc/3u9UQGR" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">(Read more…)</a>Here is the my homily for the Fifth Sunday of Lent. Please feel free to share it with others.The last session of my new retreat called " From Here to Eternity: How to Live and Die Well is scheduled for April 12, 2022. The sessions begin at 7:00pm and you can join via the livestream at <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9CiB0PhiDQ0&amp;list=PLBYk-FkQ5YIwT27GI1MCzoSjQKuaIAR6T" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">St. Simon Presents.</a>And since we have a week off, you can review the three previous sessions at this same website.

Homily for the Fifth Sunday of Lent - Let Go and Live in the Moment

We always called it the Prodigal Son reading but really, we are better off calling it the Prodigal Father because he does the same thing for both sons. He goes out of the house to greet both sons because both sons need to come to their senses. Both are wrong. (Read More…)Here is the my homily for the Fourth Sunday of Lent. Please feel free to share it with others.And please join us again this evening March 29 for the third session of a new retreat called " From Here to Eternity: How to Live and Die Well. "The sessions begin at 7:00pm and you can join via the livestream at St. Simon Presents. You can also review previous sessions at this same website. Here are the details:

We always called it the Prodigal Son reading but really, we are better off calling it the Prodigal Father because he does the same thing for both sons. He goes out of the house to greet both sons because both sons need to come to their senses. Both are wrong. <a href="https://conta.cc/3wGqmhA" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">(Read More…)</a>Here is the my homily for the Fourth Sunday of Lent. Please feel free to share it with others.And please join us again this evening March 29 for the third session of a new retreat called " From Here to Eternity: How to Live and Die Well. "The sessions begin at 7:00pm and you can join via the livestream at <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9CiB0PhiDQ0&amp;list=PLBYk-FkQ5YIwT27GI1MCzoSjQKuaIAR6T" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">St. Simon Presents.</a> You can also review previous sessions at this same website. Here are the details:

Homily for the Fourth Sunday of Lent - Come to Our Senses

God tells us through this Transfiguration today that he wants us to listen to his chosen Son. Let us find some stillness somewhere and slow down enough to study the language of God in nature; in the Word of God; most especially in the poor and the broken; the wounded and then above all else within our own hearts.Here is the my homily for the Second Sunday of Lent. Please feel free to share it with others. (Read more…)And please join us every Tuesday evening beginning March 15th and ending April 12 (we will not have a session on April 5 due to the Chrism Mass) for a new retreat called " From Here to Eternity: How to Live and Die Well. "The sessions begin at 7:00pm and you can join via the livestream at St. Simon Presents.

God tells us through this Transfiguration today that he wants us to listen to his chosen Son. Let us find some stillness somewhere and slow down enough to study the language of God in nature; in the Word of God; most especially in the poor and the broken; the wounded and then above all else within our own hearts.Here is the my homily for the Second Sunday of Lent. Please feel free to share it with others. <a href="https://conta.cc/3u63EN4" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">(Read more…)</a>And please join us every Tuesday evening beginning March 15th and ending April 12 (we will not have a session on April 5 due to the Chrism Mass) for a new retreat called " From Here to Eternity: How to Live and Die Well. "The sessions begin at 7:00pm and you can join via the livestream at <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9CiB0PhiDQ0&amp;list=PLBYk-FkQ5YIwT27GI1MCzoSjQKuaIAR6T" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">St. Simon Presents.</a>

Homily for the Second Sunday of Lent - Look at Jesus; Listen to Jesus

There is something called a false dilemma or false dichotomy. It is a rhetorical tool to win an argument. It is not a tool that seeks truth. It puts two apparent opposites as a contrast to force somebody to choose one or the other when the truth lies somewhere in between. It is the false idea of either/or versus both/and. (Read more…)And please join us again this evening March 22 for the second session of a new retreat called " From Here to Eternity: How to Live and Die Well. "The sessions begin at 7:00pm and you can join via the livestream at St. Simon Presents. You can also review previous sessions at this same website.

There is something called a false dilemma or false dichotomy. It is a rhetorical tool to win an argument. It is not a tool that seeks truth. It puts two apparent opposites as a contrast to force somebody to choose one or the other when the truth lies somewhere in between. It is the false idea of either/or versus both/and. <a href="https://conta.cc/3wsjGn2" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">(Read more…)</a>And please join us again this evening March 22 for the second session of a new retreat called " From Here to Eternity: How to Live and Die Well. "The sessions begin at 7:00pm and you can join via the livestream at <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9CiB0PhiDQ0&amp;list=PLBYk-FkQ5YIwT27GI1MCzoSjQKuaIAR6T" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">St. Simon Presents.</a> You can also review previous sessions at this same website.

Homily for the Third Sunday of Lent - False Dilemmas

The devil is known by many different names in scripture: The evil one; Satan; the ancient serpent or as we will hear later in today’s liturgy, the ancient tempter. The Holy Father, Pope Francis, refers to the devil calls him the Father of All Lies!Here is the my homily for the First Sunday of Lent and as you will hear in this homily, I am at St. Monica Parish giving a Lenten Parish Mission called Cairns on the Second Mountain of Life. Please join me on this retreat via the livestream at https://stmonica.net/mass.The mission begins tonight, Monday March 7 and continues through Wednesday, March 9. Each night is from 7 pm - 8:30pm. Please feel free to share it with others. (Read More…)

The devil is known by many different names in scripture: The evil one; Satan; the ancient serpent or as we will hear later in today’s liturgy, the ancient tempter. The Holy Father, Pope Francis, refers to the devil calls him the Father of All Lies!Here is the my homily for the First Sunday of Lent and as you will hear in this homily, I am at St. Monica Parish giving a Lenten Parish Mission called Cairns on the Second Mountain of Life. Please join me on this retreat via the livestream at <a href="https://stmonica.net/mass" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://stmonica.net/mass</a>.The mission begins tonight, Monday March 7 and continues through Wednesday, March 9. Each night is from 7 pm - 8:30pm. Please feel free to share it with others. <a href="https://conta.cc/3HRFScf" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">(Read More…)</a>

Homily for the First Sunday of Lent - Father of All Lies

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