Fr. Jim's Weekly Homily

Homily for the 3rd Sunday of. Lent (March 23 2025) Total Time: 10m11sMeditation From Jesus Lives HERE

Homily for the 2nd Sunday of Lent (March 16, 2025) Total Time: 13m1sPeter Burak (Renewal Ministries) VideoQuote from St. John Paul IIIf in the planning that awaits us we commit ourselves more confidently to a pastoral activity that gives personal and communal prayer its proper place, we shall be observing an essential principle of the Christian view of life: the primacy of grace. There is a temptation which perennially besets every spiritual journey and pastoral work: that of thinking that the results depend on our ability to act and to plan. God of course asks us really to cooperate with his grace, and therefore invites us to invest all our resources of intelligence and energy in serving the cause of the Kingdom. But it is fatal to forget that “without Christ we can do nothing” (cf. Jn 15:5). It is prayer which roots us in this truth. It constantly reminds us of the primacy of Christ and, in union with him, the primacy of the interior life and of holiness. When this principle is not respected, is it any wond

Homily for the 1st Sunday of Lent (March 9, 2025) Total Time: 15:14sThought of this song that I really like while giving the homily and especially the line "you don't have to prove yourself" 

Homily for Ash Wednesday 2025 (March 5, 2025) Total Time 10m4s 

Homily for the 8th Sunday of Ordinary Time (March 2, 2025) Total Time: 15m32s

Homily for the 7th Sunday of Ordinary Time (February 23, 2025) Total Time: 13m20s**I made a mistake and said Corrie Ten Boom was from Belgium. Belgium is a separate country. She was from Holland and from the town of Haarlem in the Netherlands.** Here is the link to Wikipedia to learn more about her. There are numerous videos on YouTube where she was giving talks or being interviewed. I was particularly moved by this one on the power of prayer. On the way back from a trip to Italy with some friends, I watched the movie about her life called, "The Hiding Place". It was excellent! Here is a 30 minutes video with her testimony. 

Homily for the 6th Sunday of Ordinary Time (February 15, 2025) Total Time: 11:17Quotes in the homily from the Imitation of Christ: MY CHILD, I must be your supreme and last end, if you truly desire to be blessed. With this intention your affections, which are too often perversely inclined to self and to creatures, will be purified. For if you seek yourself in anything, you immediately fail interiorly and become dry of heart. Thomas à Kempis, The Imitation of Christ (Oak Harbor, WA: Logos Research Systems, 1996), 115.MY CHILD, I am the Lord Who gives strength in the day of trouble. Come to Me when all is not well with you. Your tardiness in turning to prayer is the greatest obstacle to heavenly consolation, for before you pray earnestly to Me you first seek many comforts and take pleasure in outward things. Thus, all things are of little profit to you until you realize that I am the one Who saves those who trust in Me, and that outside of Me there is no worth-while help, or any useful counsel or lasting remedy

Homily for the 5th Sunday of Ordinary Time (February 9, 2025) Total Time 9m36s

Homily For The Presentation of the Lord (February 2, 2025) Total Time: 12m4sReflection I shared from the devotional "Jesus Calling"LEARN TO LAUGH at yourself more freely. Don’t take yourself or your circumstances so seriously. Relax and know that I am God with you. When you desire My will above all else, life becomes much less threatening. Stop trying to monitor My responsibilities—things that are beyond your control. Find freedom by accepting the boundaries of your domain. Laughter lightens your load and lifts your heart into heavenly places. Your laughter rises to heaven and blends with angelic melodies of praise. Just as parents delight in the laughter of their children, so I delight in hearing My children laugh. I rejoice when you trust Me enough to enjoy your life lightheartedly. Do not miss the Joy of My Presence by carrying the weight of the world on your shoulders. Rather, take My yoke upon you and learn from Me. My yoke is comfortable and pleasant; My burden is light and easily borne. A cheerful hear

Homily for the 3rd Sunday of Ordinary Time (January 26, 2025) Total Time: 10m56

Homily for the 2nd Sunday of Ordinary Time (January 19, 2025) Total Time: 13m58s

Homily for the Baptism of the Lord (January 12, 2025) Total Time: 13m27s

Homily for Epiphany Sunday (January 5, 2025) Total Time 11::45)

Homily for the celebration of Holy Family Sunday (December 29, 2024) Total Time: 8m28s

Homily for Christmas (Vigil Mass) December 24, 2024 Total Time: 8m28s

Homily for the 4th Sunday of Advent (December 22, 2024) Total Time: 14m7s Advent Reflection by ALFRED DELP, SJ (Click HERE)

Homily for the 3rd Sunday of Advent (December 15, 2024) Total Time:5m40s

Homily for the 1st Sunday of Advent (December 1, 2024) Total Time: 10m16s

Homily for the Solemnity of Christ the King (November 24, 2024) Total Time: 9m58s

Homily for the 33rd Sunday of Ordinary Time (November 17, 2024) Total Time: 12m30sSummary (created by AI)