Superior Priest

16Aug24. Men’s Silent Retreat at Sacred Heart Retreat House in Alhambra. We will go over Relationship Identity Mission (RIM). When we live our spiritual life in that correct order it works. When we get it backwards, it is disordered and goes poorly. First get right with God in relationship through truths you know about Him and what He says in scripture.

21Jul24 (24bO16). The feeding of the five thousand begins the Bread of Life discourse in the Gospel of John. Jesus is the Good Shepherd who wants to care for our physical and spiritual needs. He continues to shepherd and care for us spiritually through all the sacraments of the Church.

14Jul24 (24bO15). We are all called to Mission. Some are called to a Religious Vocation, but all are called to spread the Gospel.

7Jul24 (24bO14). Family is difficult. We don’t always do what we want. We are human and fallen. Even St. Paul struggled with the difficulty of human weakness. God’s grace is sufficient for us for our humility makes us strong in God. St. Maria Goretti gives us a great example of resisting the flesh and being fully free to love.

30Jun24 (24bO13). Why does God heal some and not others? Jesus tells us faith and trust in the power of God. However it is also an important reality to trust in God that even if he doesn’t heal it is for our good and we pray for perseverance. Blood removes the woman from community and makes things unclean, but Jesus makes all clean and holy through his touch.

23Jun24 (24bO12). We often experience the world and our life in a storm. Our natural reaction is fear, but our faithful reaction should be trust. Let our fear and anxiety be handed over to God. God cares about us more than we care about ourselves.

16Jun24 (24bO11). Homily at my home parish of Nativity of Our Lord in Rhinelander while on leave. Our time is not worse than other times. The times are always bad and good. Our hope is not in the perfect world, but in God’s Providence. Let us be faithful and root ourselves in God and His Bride, the Catholic Church.

2Jun24 (24Corpus). Half of Mass is the same every time. Why do we do this. Maybe we don’t fully understand it. There is so much more here than we can fully comprehend.

11May24 (24Ascension). Jesus wants to lead us in Heaven. The Eucharist is the greatest gift that we can receive. We need the Eucharist for our spirit as much as we need water for our body.

7Apr24 (24DivineMercy). Today Jesus gives the power to forgive sins to the Apostles. That authority is passed on the successors of the Apostles, Bishops. This gift of forgiveness in the sacrament of Confession is still with us today. God wants to forgive us. Cooperate with God’s Mercy and never despair.

30Mar24 (24EasterVigil). We think God’s ways aren’t fair, but they are perfect. He is multiple steps ahead of us. His end game is our salvation. Let us lean into faith of Jesus Christ and the sacraments and unite our will to His.

28Mar24 (24Thursday). Institution of the Eucharist and Institution of the Priesthood. Priests are not perfect. They need your prayers. Don’t criticize but pray.

3Feb24 (24bO5). Preaching again to sailors and Marines in 29 Palms at SLTE. Job teaches us that bad things happen to good and bad, and good happens to the good and bad. We are not God. God acts as he pleases. God cares about more than our physical wellbeing; he desires our salvation. We are called to trust him always.

28Jan24 (24bO4). Preaching to Sailors and Marines in 29 Palms at SLTE. Most superheroes are celibate and so are priests. The reason, the job is too important. Priests need to live with an undivided heart for the Lord. Religious brothers and sisters or Monks and Friars and Nuns are also called to celibacy and live with an undivided heart for the Lord. Military soldiers also live with a time of celi...

23Jul23 (23aO16). Liturgy is messy and so is life. Life has good and bad. We wish that there was not bad and want God to rip it all up, but God wants to give us every chance to grow in love of free will.

18Jun23 (23aO11). This is the first homily on Camp Pendleton Chapel. The harvest is abundant but the laborers are few. Pray so that there may be more laborers in the Kingdom. God is calling men and women to live in celibacy, with an undivided heart for the Lord.

16JUN23 (EFCfinal). This is the final talk given at a middle school summer camp of Extreme Faith Camp (EFC). What are seeking for happiness? Hopefully one has encountered God at EFC and can go home bringing the witness of faith. If we are faithful it will bring light to other people.

28May23 (23Pentecost). The Holy Spirit brings unity in diversity. Tower of Babel has unity in pride that leads to being divided. Pentecost has disunity present that brings unity in the midst of diversity. All people hear St. Peter’s preaching in their local language. God respects and loves the diversity of peoples and talents. We need to also be grateful and love the differences in people.

23APR23 (23aE3). The story of the Road to Emmaus has the first Mass where they have the Liturgy of the Word and Liturgy of the Eucharist. God wants to draw us to faith and love. He has drawn me with the Eucharist to grow and love more. This is not done through the secret, right action, but always being with Jesus as he is always with God the Father and with us. Be at peace with Being with Jesus.

02APR23 (23Easter). There are more details about the Resurrection then we may initially realize. The resurrection gives us founded hope for our faith. Jesus has risen from the dead and we can know that all that he told us and taught us is true. Let us come to the Eucharistic sacrifice with gratitude and reverence for the great gift here.

09APR23 (23Friday). Jesus died for us. His love and passion has no bounds. Let us always look upon the cross and know that God has no limits for what he is willing to do to bring us back into relationship with him.

02APR23 (23aPalm). The Passion of Jesus Christ not only refers to his suffering, but also his passionate love for us. He is so in love with us that he is willing to suffer and die for us. Wow! We should also be passionate for him. Two great ways that He shows us to be perfect in love is humility and obedience. Let us grow in our passionate love through this humility and obedience.

19MAR23 (23aL4). God uses physical things to effect things. With David he used Samuel’s anointing that made the Spirit rush upon him. In the Gospel Jesus uses spit and clay with the man’s action of washing to bring about healing. He continues to want to affect us with physical things in the Sacraments and most especially the Eucharist.

12MAR23 (23aL3). Jesus died for us while we were yet sinners. Think about that. Not while we were perfect or had our life together, but while we were sinners with no proof of correction. This is the unconditional love of God which we can not fathom. This is the knowledge we are called to live in.

05MAR23 (23aL2). God wants to strengthen us for difficulties. However, our tendency is to forget. Let us build up the memory of what God has done so we never forget. Don’t allow Spiritual Amnesia to ruin your life, fight against it and talk to God.