Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church: Catholic Sunday Homilies

We Are Freed from All that Holds us Back, because Jesus is The Resurrection ( Jn 11:1-45)

Jesus confronts the last enemy, and frees us from all that can hold us back even death itself. This frees us to live boldly in the light. 

To See with God’s Eyes (Jn 9:1-41)

The Holy Spirit not only gives us the power to act like we ought, and love in difficult situations, but can also even change the way we see a situation; to see it more like God sees it. Let us pray for the gift to see our self, others, and the world as God sees it, and the courage to respond to what we see as God would.

Jesus Teaches about Prayer Sacrament and Relationship (Jn 4:5-42)

In the Gospel passage about Jesus meeting the woman at the well, we can learn how through prayer, participation in the form of worship of Jesus established (the Sacraments ) we grow closer to him in a life-changing relationship. 

We Need More Abrahams: Live of Mission and Purpose (Mt 17:1-9)

God called Abraham to step out in faith, from his comfortable home, to an unknown future to be a blessing to others. In the Gospel Jesus is revealed as the Way the Truth and the Life, and today’s passage, we are instructed to listen to Him. The world needs more Abrahams, that is those who are willing to step out in faith to live a life in response to God’s voice, and to be a blessing to the nations.  This is how God answers our prayers for a better world.  

Jesus Wins the Battle We Lost, and Now Shares the Victory with Us (Mt 4:1-11)

On the first Sunday of lent, Jesus enters into the desert to battle with the devil, the same struggle our ancestors lost. Christ, however, is victorious and shows us how to be victorious too.

The Most Challenging Teaching of Jesus: But Possible if We Know God’s Love (Mt 5:38-48)

Jesus continues His Sermon on the Mount by calling us to the highest possible standard to love everyone even our enemies. This is indeed challenging, and not possible for human beings, but made possible in the love God offers us in Jesus Christ.

In Jesus We Have More Than The Law: We Have the Power to Live It (Mt 5:17-37)

The law only served a purpose until Jesus came, it limited sin’s effect. But with Jesus, we have the remedy for sin, he transforms our heart, and that allows us to live the law, and go beyond. 

As Salt Transforms a Dish We Are to Transform the World (Mt 5:13-16)

The kingdom of God spreads by our witness. Like salt, makes the ingredients of a dish taste better, so too, we go out into the world to help transform it by helping others become the best versions of themselves by building them up and showing them God’s love. We do this by his power in us, and therefore, in so doing give glory to God. 

The Beatitudes: A Comfort and a Challenge (Mt 5:1-12)

Jesus shows himself to be starting a new exodus, and fulfill the prophecies of God’s intervention to bring about the Kingdom. However, His plan for how this happens was different than expected. It is not a top down order imposed by Him that we passively receive, but a bottom up transformation of the world that with His strengthen in us we help bring about. This is hard work, and it is a long task, and when we recognize suffering because of this we are blessed to know that we are part of God’s future which He promises will come. This can be a great comfort, but it’s also a challenge for if we’ve become too comfortable in this world, than perhaps we’re not sharing in the transformation of the world that God is asking us to participate in.

God Uses Business to Promote the Gospel (Mt 4:12-23)

The headquarters of Jesus’s ministry was in Capernaum, a business town, and a town through which ran an international trade route. God used all these things to proclaim the kingdom, he still wants to.  All the work of humanity are meant to share in the ministry of Christ.