Fr. Chris Reuter gives his homily on Sunday, October 9, 2016. He talks to us about the two stories related to leprosy from today’s readings, and how in both stories, only the foreigner came back to say thank you. He emphasizes that we need to express our gratitude to God in our prayers. He also discusses that we are all in need of healing.
Readings: 2 Kings 5:14-17; Psalm 98; 2 Timothy 2:8-13; and Luke 17:11-19.
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Fr. Carl Scherrer gives his homily on Sunday, October 2, 2016. Fr. Carl talks to us about learning how to follow God’s plan, including a great story from St. Teresa of Calcutta.
Readings: Habakkuk 1: 2-3, 2: 2-4; Psalm 95; 2 Timothy 1:6-8, 13-4; and Luke 17: 5-10
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Fr. Carl Scherrer gives his homily on Saturday, September 24, 2016. He talks to us about the rich man / poor man parable and how the poor man has a name (Lazarus) but the rich man doesn’t, a twist on what is typical even today. We must never be complacent or indifferent to the poor around us.
Readings: Amos: 6:1, 4-7; Psalm 146; 1 Timothy 6:11-16; and Luke 16:19-31
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Fr. Carl Scherrer gives the homily on Sunday, September 18, 2016. He talks to us about stewardship and taking quick, decisive action when there is a spiritual crisis in our lives.
Readings: Amos: 8:4-7; Psalm 113; 1 Timothy 2:1-8; and Luke 16: 1-13
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Fr. Carl Scherrer gives the homily on Sunday, September 4, 2016. He talks to us about St. Teresa of Calcutta with messages related to these three quotes from St. Teresa: “Live simply so that others might simply live,” “Do small things with great love,” and “A Saint is simply someone who believes God loves them.”
Readings: Wisdom 9:13-18; Psalm 90; Philemon 9-10, 12-17; and Luke 14:25-33
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Fr. Chris Reuter gives the homily on Sunday, August 28, 2016. He talks to us about social order, and how Jesus upended everything and how we need to continue to do that today. We apologize for the poor sound quality on this recording.
Readings: Sirach 3: 17-18, 20, 28-29; Psalm 68; Hebrews 12:18-19, 22-24; and Luke 14: 1, 7-14
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Fr. Carl Scherrer gives the homily on Sunday, August 21, 2016. He tells us that it’s not about the quantity of people who are saved, it’s the quality of the people. The door is open for all of us, but we need to be one with the Lord in the here and now, not just afterwards.
Readings: Isaiah: 66:18-21; Psalm 117; Hebrews 12:5-7, 11-13; and Luke 13:22-30
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Fr. Chris Reuter gives the homily on Sunday, August 14th, 2016. He talks to us about the barriers that we erect around us, but how there is something that just doesn’t love a wall. Conflicts will always be part of life, what we can control is what we do about them. We need to commit ourselves to peacemaking, reconciliation, and at the very least, not adding fuel to the fire.
Readings: Jeremiah 38:4-6, 8-10; Psalm 40; Hebrews 12:1-4; and Luke 12:49-53
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Fr. Carl gives his homily on Saturday, August 6, 2016. Fr. Carl talks to us about readiness for Jesus’ coming to us in the present day- each and every day of our lives. Still today we may fail to recognize God in everything around us, including each other.
Readings: Wisdom 18:6-9; Psalm 33; Hebrews 11:1-2, 8-19; and Luke 12: 32-48
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Fr. Carl gives the homily on Sunday, July 31, 2016. Live simply, so that others might simply live. All the things we have belong to God, we are simply the caretakers.
Readings: Ecclesiastes 1:2, 2:21-23; Psalm 90; Colossians: 3:1-5, 9-11; and Luke 12:13-21
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