Omnia Christus

Holy Thursday is an invitation to participate in the "death of God" on the cross through the Eucharist, choosing to live a redeemed life of peace and joy even in the midst of a broken and suffering world. Exodus 12:1-8, 11-14 | Corinthians 11:23-26 | John 13:1-15 Preached on the 17th of April, 2025, at St Ann Catholic Church in Salt Lake City, Utah. Get full access to Omnia Christus at omniachrist...

By facing the dark reality of betrayal—both in Judas’s history and in the Church today—we are invited to reject the path of using others and instead follow Peter’s example of humble repentance and return to Christ. Isaiah 50:4-9 | Matthew 26:14-25 Preached on the 5th of April, 2023, at St Ann Catholic Church in Salt Lake City, Utah. Get full access to Omnia Christus at omniachristus.substack.com/s...

Holy Week is a call to return to the Lord by examining where our time and concerns are truly placed and ensuring that God, rather than modern distractions, is at the center of our being. Isaiah 49:1-6 | John 13:21-33, 36-38 Preached on the 12th of April, 2022, at the Cathedral of the Madeleine in Salt Lake City, Utah. Get full access to Omnia Christus at omniachristus.substack.com/subscribe

True Christian mission must flow from a deep, personal encounter with Christ. We must slow down and truly notice the "sights, sounds, and smells" of the faith during Holy Week. Without slowing down to experience His presence, all our "practical" efforts for the poor and the Church will ultimately be empty and ineffective. Isaiah 42:1-7 | John 12:1-11 Preached on the 11th of April, 2022, at the Cat...

Palm Sunday is a call to stop hiding behind "great causes" and the emotions of the crowd, and instead follow the example of the Good Thief by honestly facing our brokenness and asking for Christ's mercy. Isaiah 50:4-7 | Philippians 2:6-11 | Matthew 21:1-11 Preached on the 2nd of April, 2023, at St Ann Catholic Church in Salt Lake City, Utah. Get full access to Omnia Christus at omniachristus.subst...

The phrase "the Jews" in John's Gospel is best understood as an historical "family argument" between Jewish people, and the true purpose of these readings is to lead every individual to accept Christ's universal sacrifice for their own sins. Ezekiel 37:21-28 | John 11:45-57 | Archbishop Sample on Judaism Preached on the 18th of March, 2026, at Holy Trinity Catholic Church in Beaverton, Oregon. Get...

Jesus intentionally makes us uncomfortable to shock us out of self-centeredness, inviting us to stop "throwing stones" at difficult truths and instead use His grace to do the hard work of spiritual growth. Jeremiah 20:10-13 | John 10:31-42 Preached on the 31st of March, 2023, at St Ann Catholic Church in Salt Lake City, Utah. Get full access to Omnia Christus at omniachristus.substack.com/subscrib...

God is not just the abstract foundation of all existence, but a personal relationship of love into which we are invited through the human face of Jesus Christ. Genesis 17:3-9 | John 8:51-59 Preached on the 7th of April, 2022, at the Cathedral of the Madeleine in Salt Lake City, Utah. Get full access to Omnia Christus at omniachristus.substack.com/subscribe

Mary’s Immaculate Conception was not a "nice extra" but a spiritual necessity that allowed her, as the representative of all humanity, to give a perfectly free and total "yes" to God’s plan for salvation. Isaiah 7:10-14 | Hebrews 10:4-10 | Luke 1:26-38 Preached on the 24th of March, 2026, at St Juan Diego Church in Bethany, Oregon. Get full access to Omnia Christus at omniachristus.substack.com/su...

The true mission of Christ was to be “lifted up” on the cross, demonstrating that authentic joy and resurrection are found only by getting out of ourselves and giving everything in self-sacrificial love. Numbers 21:4-9 | John 8:21-30 Preached on the 5th of April, 2022, at the Cathedral of the Madeleine in Salt Lake City, Utah. Get full access to Omnia Christus at omniachristus.substack.com/subscri...

True peace is found by moving beyond the split of public and private personas to embrace a single, authentic identity in Christ, feeding our "good wolf" through the intentional practices of Lent. Daniel 13:41-62 | John 8:1-11 Preached on the 6th of April, 2025, at St Ann Catholic Church in Salt Lake City, Utah. Get full access to Omnia Christus at omniachristus.substack.com/subscribe

By facing the reality of death rather than hiding behind a fake "peppy" optimism, we can embrace Christ’s promise that death is not an end but a beginning to an eternal relationship of light and peace. Ezekiel 37:12-14 | Romans 8:8-11 | John 11:1-45 Preached on the 26th of March, 2023, at St Ann Catholic Church in Salt Lake City, Utah. Get full access to Omnia Christus at omniachristus.substack.co...

True monotheism requires a constant effort to ensure that modern ideologies or national loyalties do not take God’s place as the operative religion in our lives. Jeremiah 11:18-20 | John 7:40-53 Preached on the 2nd of April, 2022, at the Cathedral of the Madeleine in Salt Lake City, Utah. Get full access to Omnia Christus at omniachristus.substack.com/subscribe

God remains hidden not to evade us, but to protect our freedom, inviting us to move beyond "mathematical certainty" into a transformative, choice-based relationship of love. Wisdom 2:1, 12-22 | John 7:1-2, 10, 25-30 Preached on the 23rd of March, 2023, at St Ann Catholic Church in Salt Lake City, Utah. Get full access to Omnia Christus at omniachristus.substack.com/subscribe

St. Joseph, the rightful but hidden King of Israel, shows us that true authority and fatherhood are found not in loud proclamations, but in silent, active obedience to God. Samuel 7:4-5, 12-14, 16 | Romans 4:13, 16-18, 22 | Luke 2:41-51 Preached on the 19th of March, 2025, at St Joseph’s Villa in Salt Lake City, Utah. Get full access to Omnia Christus at omniachristus.substack.com/subscribe

By understanding "commander's intent," we realize that our faith is not about checking off a list of rules but about maintaining a living relationship with God that guides our actions in every circumstance. Isaiah 49:8-15 | John 5:17-30 Preached on the 22nd of March, 2023, at St Ann Catholic Church in Salt Lake City, Utah. Get full access to Omnia Christus at omniachristus.substack.com/subscribe

Christ's miracles and our Lenten sacrifices share the same goal: to free us from the slavery of sin so that we might stop merely surviving and instead come fully alive inside. Ezekiel 47:1-9, 12 | John 5:1-3, 5-16 Preached on the 16th of March, 2026, at Holy Trinity Catholic Church in Beaverton, Oregon. Get full access to Omnia Christus at omniachristus.substack.com/subscribe

Because Jesus experienced life as a fully human being, we can truly follow Him by silencing the noise of the world to listen to His voice within our hearts and serve His presence in others. Isaiah 65:17-21 | John 4:43-54 Preached during a retreat on the 3rd of August, 2024, at St Ann Catholic Church in Salt Lake City, Utah. Get full access to Omnia Christus at omniachristus.substack.com/subscribe

By putting down our digital and legalistic "boxes," we can follow the example of St. Joseph and the man born blind to live authentically in the truth of God’s reality. Exodus 17:3-7 | Romans 5:1-2, 5-8 | John 4:5-42 Preached on the 19th of March, 2023, at St Ann Catholic Church in Salt Lake City, Utah. Get full access to Omnia Christus at omniachristus.substack.com/subscribe

True spiritual progress begins when we stop deceiving ourselves with high self-esteem and instead embrace the humble, "scary" reality of our own faults, allowing God to fill the space we have cleared. Hosea 6:1-6 | Luke 18:9-14 Preached on the 23rd of October, 2022, at St Ann Catholic Church in Salt Lake City, Utah. Get full access to Omnia Christus at omniachristus.substack.com/subscribe

True vocation is found by overcoming the fear that giving everything to God will diminish us, realizing instead that surrendering our "Monopoly money" attachments to Christ is the only path to experiencing life's full beauty and freedom. Hosea 14:2-10 | Mark 12:28-34 Preached on the 16th of March, 2022, at the Cathedral of the Madeleine in Salt Lake City, Utah. Get full access to Omnia Christus at...

True spiritual freedom is not achieved by simply casting out sin, but by filling the resulting emptiness with the love and presence of Christ so there is no room for evil to return. Jeremiah 7:23-28 | Luke 11:14-23 Preached on the 16th of March, 2022, at the Cathedral of the Madeleine in Salt Lake City, Utah. Get full access to Omnia Christus at omniachristus.substack.com/subscribe

Jesus came to bring us face-to-face with God and ourselves, inviting us to stop pretending and instead find true fulfillment by grounding our lives in an authentic relationship of love. Deuteronomy 4:1, 5-9 | Matthew 5:17-19 Preached on the 23rd of March, 2022, at the Cathedral of the Madeleine in Salt Lake City, Utah. Get full access to Omnia Christus at omniachristus.substack.com/subscribe

Forgiveness is not about excusing evil, but about making the heroic choice to let go of hatred so that you are not consumed by bitterness, allowing you to live in the peace and love of Christ. Daniel 3:25, 34-43 | Matthew 18:21-35 Preached on the 12th of August, 2021, at St Ann Catholic Church in Salt Lake City, Utah. Get full access to Omnia Christus at omniachristus.substack.com/subscribe

True evangelization is not found in intellectual arguments but in the radical act of becoming a friend, showing forth the loving face of God through authentic human relationship. Kings 5:1-15 | Luke 4:24-30 Preached on the 21st of March, 2022, at the Cathedral of the Madeleine in Salt Lake City, Utah. Get full access to Omnia Christus at omniachristus.substack.com/subscribe