Focusing on the Coming Election

Father Richard Perozich, a priest of the Diocese of San Diego, speaks boldly about having the right attitude towards the coming election. Read here. Source: Renew America.

Awesome Reality of the Holy Mass

Thanks to Esther of A Catholic Mom in Hawaii!

Epiphany Homily by Msgr. Daniel F. Hoye

This post is dedicated to Maryellen of Grandma's Musings.

For those of us who like an extended celebration of Christmas, today IS the acceptable date of Epiphany.:-) I must make it clear though that here in the United States, this past Sunday, January 3, was when our Church celebrated it.

Meet Msgr. Daniel F. Hoye who gave his parishioners an encouraging homily. I discovered his wisdom for the occasion on Facebook. I'd joined Facebook in October of last year, and have managed to connect with so many wonderful people; to me, it is an initial step to contributing to the building of a stronger body of Christ. I have found blogging and facebooking to be good means of sharing my own love of God and the spreading of the gospel of the Most High Priest Jesus Christ. So, yes, I am doing a bit of that element - by posting for all of us Msgr. Daniel Hoye's enlightening homily.

A joyful Epiphany to you all, beloved friends in Christ. May we find the Epiphany of every ordinary or mundane task we have - for behind each one of them is an eager Christ whose light wants to be shown!

Homily by Msgr. Charles Pope

A reality check for everyday living, even this Christmas Season...

Listen to the funeral homily by Msgr. Charles Pope. Death talk on Christmas? Death is the beginning of the life everlasting to come to those who are faithful; it is the key to the resurrection of the living.



Visit Monsignor Charles Pope at the Archdiocese of Washington to read his latest post.

Thanks, Tina Mahar, for this post on Facebook!

The Church and the 'vampire industry'

Please listen to what Fr. Robert Barron has to say about our Church and the 'vampire industry.' You may post it on your blogs or forward it to the youth of today. Mahalo!

The Offertory of the Holy Mass

Once a month we have a "Teaching Mass", where the children from Religious Education participate and some part of the Mass is explained. Here is a clip of me explaining the Offertory (it's not really a homily, but a reflection). The Offertory is meant as a moment to offer our lives and our hearts to God on the altar.
- Fr. Joel from Holy Priesthood.

What a way to get ready for Lent! I encourage you to listen to the recording on offertory by Fr. Joel himself. It is so uplifting and it brings us to greater understanding of what offertory is all about. You might be surprised to know that there is so much more to us being offered to the Father through Jesus and with Jesus during consecration. It starts with Offertory.