Homilies

"The Lord is with You"

“Mary knew that the acceptance of her queenship was perfectly compatible with her own lowly circumstances.”

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Foolishness for God

Fr. Abbot's homily in thanksgiving for members of the Abbot's Circle.

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The Dumb Ox and the Little Lamb

He entered once for all into the sanctuary, not with the blood of goats and calves but with his own Blood, thus obtaining eternal redemption.

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Sacred Heart of Jesus

There is no sorrow we can feel that the Sacred Heart does not want to alleviate for us.

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Homily: Anniversary of the Dedication of the Abbey Church

The Church is so profound a mystery that no one image fully plumbs it depths and explains it exhaustively. Each image has its own aspect to emphasize and bring to light in ways the others do not.

The mystery of our Blessed Lord’s passion, death, and resurrection is so central to our faith, such an immovable foundation upon which everything else is based, that He spoke of it not only openly once, twice, and a third time at least, but He also alluded to it in riddles and images, so that by uncovering the truth beneath the veil the hearts of His disciples might be the more confirmed in their conviction that what He had said in plain words was true indeed.

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Homily 3rd Sunday of Easter 2023

"What are you discussing as you walk along?" They stopped, looking downcast.

Runaround Answers

"Do you want to be healed?" Our Lord’s simple question is unassumingly aimed at helping this man in the most pertinent difficulty that he has been facing.

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To Cross Over To Christ's Side

Lent is a journey and ultimately a journey to cross over to Christ’s side.

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The Fruit of His Kingdom

He expects us to bear fruit that befits His Kingdom. This fruit depends on how we receive God's will into our lives.

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The Forgiving, Life-Giving Waters

Those who are steeped in satisfying their desires for the pleasures of this world have inflicted upon themselves their own worst punishment.

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Grace Awakened Eyes

Our Lord destroyed death. He did that in His own death on the cross and resurrection from the dead.

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The Dove Does Not Need to Come Back

Then he sent out a dove, to see if the waters had lessened on the earth. But the dove could find no place to alight and perch, and it returned to him in the ark, for there was water all over the earth. Putting out his hand, he caught the dove and drew it back to him inside the ark.

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You Are The Salt Of The Earth

Like soldiers preparing for battle, we need to approach this coming Lenten season with a proper knowledge of our strengths and our weaknesses and review our plan of attack.

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The Wisdom of God

Today is also the day of our conversion. We can still decide today to put our hands to the plow. Plowing and sowing demand self-discipline, focus, timeliness and staying in your lane if you expect any reward.

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Christ's One Message

Do you not yet understand or comprehend? Are your hearts hardened? Do you have eyes and not see, ears and not hear?

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We believe, and we adore, and we love.

What we heard in the first line of today’s first reading, St. Thomas makes clear, suffices to be good theological definition of the virtue of faith. What do we believe but the First Truth, God Himself, but precisely as something as yet unseen?

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A Necessary Part of the Christian Life

How much time do I actually give to my friends? How much do I pray for my friends? How much do I really try to see the face of Christ in the face of my friend?

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We Gotta Start Somewhere

We need to look upon others with love regardless of their perfections or imperfections. We need to imitate the loving Savior who risked it all in order to capture your soul alone.

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Purity of Heart and Mercy

Priests, as mediators, are called in a special way to live out two virtues: purity of heart and mercy. Christ's interactions with the Pharisees give us a deeper insight.

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Imitators of the Saints

We earnestly desire each of you to demonstrate the same eagerness for the fulfillment of hope until the end, so that you may not become sluggish, but imitators of those who, through faith and patience, are inheriting the promises.

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Epiphany

The mystery of divine light begun at the Christmas Midnight Mass is here brought to completion, for the message delivered directly to simple Jewish shepherds is today revealed through a star to the educated Magi from the East.

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