Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church: Catholic Sunday Homilies

To Be Part of Something Bigger: One of Our Greatest Desires (Mk 6:7-13) (15 OT)

We have been made for mission! We all want to be part of something bigger than us. Many search for that in job, political party, country. These are good, but are only shadows of our first & highest call, to share in the eternal Mission of Jesus Christ.

Be Amazed at what God Has Done! That Leads to Faith! (Mk 6:1-6a) (14 T)

It is Amazing the Jesus was Amazed at the lack of Faith he encountered in His hometown of Nazareth.  Elsewhere people were Amazed at Jesus' mighty deeds. Is it perhaps because they were too familiar with Jesus? How about us? Having grown up in a Christian Culture, perhaps in the church, do we too take for granted the work of God is Jesus? Are we too familiar with our teachings and Jesus to let them really Amaze us? Faith is a basing our life on Jesus, this takes a miracle, a mighty deed from Jesus. It can happen if we make room for that miracle. Take time today to be Amazed at what God has done for us, while we were still sinners, in Christ Jesus.

Can Science Find a Cure for Death? Too Late!

Can science find a cure for death? If you read the latest news, some scientists think they can!  Well I've got news for them, there already is a cure for death! It came 2,000 years ago! Why not take the cure for death; Baptism, so we can not only live forever, but even now have a bolder more full life as we live unafraid of anything because of Jesus Christ. 

When We Cry Out to God Amidst our Storms; and God is Silent (Mk 4:35-31) (12 OT)

Why does not God hear my prayer and command the storms of my life to be still?  The disciples in the boat had to awaken Jesus, is Jesus sleeping? Are there other reasons why he might not answer me and help end these troubled times we are in?  This homily shows the three reasons why we may not seem to think Jesus is present or that he cares about us. 1) Sometimes our storms are caused by our own doing; we need to be the answer to our prayer. 2) Sometimes we've fallen away from God giving evil a foothold. 3) Sometimes, like Job, we get no answer, but in faith we must trust He is doing something through our suffering that we may not yet understand. 

Pray, Hope and Don't Worry! (Mk 4:26-34)

Sometimes we work too hard! Sometimes we carry the weight of the world on our shoulders. Jesus is the savior, not us. We are called to do our Best and let God do the Rest. We are called to be faithful, not success. As St. Padre Pio says; "Pray, Hope and Don't Worry." God can write straight with crooked lines, God can make all things work for the good of the Kingdom (Rm 8:28), the coming of the Kingdom is in God's hands; we do our best and let God do the rest!

The Source and Summit of Our Faith: Jesus or the Eucharist? His True Presence or only Symbolic? (Mk 14:12-16, 22-26) (10 OT)

To the modern mind, not steeped in the Scripture and Tradition of the Church, the Catholic belief in the True Presence of Jesus in the Eucharist is so hard to believe, because it does not make sense. But to even the modern mind, when aware of the Scripture and Tradition of the Church, it is easier to accept Jesus' True Presence precisely because it DOES make so much sense!

The Good News of the Gospel in an Elevator (Mt 28:16-20) (9 OT)

Have you ever heard of a God who did all this for us? What is the Good News simply explained? It is that we were once lost and now found. Once alone now loved and a member of God's family, filled with His riches; Faith, Hope, Love, the Holy Spirit and eternal life. This is the Good News and we can (and are asked by God) to share it with others.  But how?

Why Talk About Pentecost 2,000 Ago, when We Can Have One Today? (Jn 20:19-23) (7 ET)

The Holy Spirit is always with us. It is the Power of God. It is the Promise of God. It realizes the Words Spoken when it is invoked. Let us ask for the Holy Spirit to Come Today, with It's Gifts, and let's follow It's inspirations everyday.

The Eucharist: God Leads Us, Feeds Us, and Is In Us! (Mk 16:15-20) (6 ET)

Today on the feast of the Ascension we also celebrated First Communions. The One Jesus of Nazareth Ascends to Heaven, to be with us in the Eucharist. Once only one person, he is now in more that 1 Billion! Let's bring Him to more. 

Roses are Red, Violets Are Blue, God Loves You! (Jn 15:9-17) (6 ET)

Our God is a Lover. We are part of a Love story! All creations exists because of Love. God sent His Son because of Love. He wants us to live in that Love. Yet how can love be commanded, as Jesus commands? God creates it in us, by His Command, just as he commanded creation to come into being.