Fr. Jim's Weekly Homily

Homily for the 19th Sunday of Ordinary Time (August 10, 2025) Total Time:14m12s

Homily for the 18th Sunday of Ordinary Time (August 3, 2025) Total Time: 9m39s

Homily for the 17th Sunday of Ordinary Time (July 27, 2025) Total Time: 13m24s (Recorded at the 5:30PM Mass at Sacred Heart parish in Enumclaw, WA)

Homily for the 16th Sunday of Ordinary Time (July 20, 2021) Total Time: 11m51sResource: "Shut Out The World" by Sean Smith

Homily for the 15th Sunday of Ordinary Time (July 13, 2025) Total Time: 11m44s

Homily for the 14th Sunday of Ordinary Time (July 6, 2025) Total Time: 15m6

Homily for the Solemnity of St. Peter and St. Paul (June 29, 2025) Total Time: 11m34s

Homily for the Solemnity of Corpus Christi (June 22, 2025) Recorded at the 10AM Mass at St. Barbara parish in Black Diamond, WA. Total Time: 9m36s

Homily for the Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity (June 15, 2025) Total Time: 10m1s"Where No One Stands Alone (Gaither Vocal Band)

Homily for Pentecost Sunday (June 8, 2025) Recorded at the 9AM Mass at Sacred Heart parish, Enumclaw. Total Time: 14m57s

Homily for the Ascension of the Lord (June 1, 2025) Total Time: 10m58s

Homily for the 6th Sunday of Easter (May 25, 2025) Total Time: 13m5s

Homily for the 5th Sunday of Easter (May 18, 2025) Total Time: 10m27sFull text of excerpt from Ronda's Journal and the dream her friend, Charlie Rich shared with her. 

Homily for the 4th Sunday of Easter (May 11, 2025) Total Time: 10m18s

Homily for the 3rd Sunday of Easter: Total Time: 17m6sReflection shared during homily: You waste a lot of time, however, worrying about storms you can see forming along the horizon of your life. In the past many of the storms you had anticipated veered off in another direction, never reaching you. Although some of them did actually hit, usually they had lost much of their power by the time they got to you. I urge you to switch your focus from difficulties that may come your way to My Presence, which is always with you.  You will never find security by trying to anticipate all the storms that may reach you someday. Remember that I control the atmosphere of your life. Trust Me by relaxing and releasing your concerns into My capable care. It saddens Me to see you obsessing about possible problems rather than bringing these matters to Me.  When you find yourself anxiously scanning the horizon of your life, use that as a reminder to seek My Face. You will not find Me off in the distance. I am here beside you, near

Homily for the 2nd Sunday of Easter (Divine Mercy Sunday) April 27, 2025 Total Time: 12m54sMy mercy is greater than your sins and those of the entire world. Who can measure the extent of my goodness? For you I descended from heaven to earth; for you I allowed myself to be nailed to the cross; for you I let my Sacred Heart be pierced with a lance, thus opening wide the source of mercy for you. Come, then, with trust to draw graces from this fountain. I never reject a contrite heart. Your misery has disappeared in the depths of My mercy. Do not argue with Me about your wretchedness. You will give me pleasure if you hand over to me all your troubles and griefs. I shall heap upon you the treasures of My grace.                                                                                  St. Faustina (Diary #1485)

Homily for Easter Sunday (Vigil Mass at St. Barbara parish - August 19, 2025) Total Time: 8m16Homily of Pope Francis at the Easter Vigil at St. Peter Basilica (April 20, 2019)

Homily for the Solemn Celebration of the Lord's Passion (April 18, 2025) Total Time: 8m57s (**Please note I made a mistake and said Mark chapter 24 and should have said Matthew chapter 24**)

Homily for the Solemn Celebration of the Lord's Supper (April 17, 2025) Total Time: 10m13

Homily for the 5th Sunday of Lent (Recorded at the 11AM Mass - St. Aloysius, Buckley, WA on April 6, 2025) Total Time 13m58s)Angelus Message of Pope Francis (March 10, 204)Dear brothers and sisters, buongiorno!On this fourth Sunday of Lent, the Gospel presents us with the figure of Nicodemus (cf. Jn 3:14-21), a Pharisee, “a ruler of the Jews” (Jn 3:1). He saw the signs Jesus performed, he recognized him as a teacher sent by God, and he went to meet him by night, so as not to be seen. The Lord welcomes him, converses with him and reveals to him that he came not to condemn, but to save the world (cf. v. 17). Let us pause to reflect on this: Jesus came not to condemn, but to save. This is beautiful!Often in the Gospel we see Christ revealing the intentions of the people he meets, at times unmasking their false attitudes, such as with the Pharisees (cf. Mt 23:27-32), or making them reflect on the disorder of their life, as with the Samaritan woman (cf. Jn 4:5-42). There are no secrets before Jesus: he reads them