Christ the King Catholic Church

Homily given at the 9:00 a.m. Mass on Sunday, June 16, 2019, the Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity, by Fr. Ed Fride, Pastor, Christ the King Catholic Church. Today's first reading depicts Wisdom as playing before God and delighting in being with us. Being in a relationship with each Person of the Trinity is meant to be a gift to us, a gift of love and joy. Keywords: Evangelization, worship

Homily given at the 7:00 p.m. Vigil Mass on Saturday, June 8, 2019, the Solemnity of Pentecost, by Fr. Ed Fride, Pastor, Christ the King Catholic Church.  Reflecting on the Pentecost Vigil readings , Fr. Ed says that, in the midst of everything around us that tempts us to discouragement, the power of the Spirit is given to us to love! (See Romans 5:5 .) Keywords:  evangelization, worship

Homily given at the 4:30 p.m. Mass on Saturday, June 1, 2019, the Solemnity of the Ascension, by Fr. Ed Fride, Pastor, Christ the King Catholic Church.  Today's first reading and Gospel describe Jesus' ascension into Heaven. Jesus ascended to send us the Spirit. Now is the time to prepare our hearts for more of the Holy Spirit, especially that we might love as He calls us to. Fr. Ed offers suggest...

Homily given at the 9:00 am Mass on Sunday, May 26, 2019, the 6th Sunday of Easter, by Dcn. Pete Hansen, Christ the King Catholic Church. Dcn. Pete, newly ordained to the Permanent Diaconate for the Diocese of Lansing on May 18, recounts the story of his vocation to the diaconate. Keywords: vocation, formation, discipleship, availability

Homily given at the 11:00 am Mass on Sunday, May 19, 2019, the 5th Sunday of Easter, by Dcn. Dan Foley, Christ the King Catholic Church. Dcn. Dan reflects on the need to have both truth and love in order for people to come to accept the Lordship of Jesus and for His followers to grow in holiness. In today's Gospel , Jesus tells us that others will know we are His disciples by our love for one anot...

Homily given at the 11:00 a.m. Mass on Sunday, May 12, 2019, the 4th Sunday of Easter, by Fr. Ed Fride, Pastor, Christ the King Catholic Church. This Sunday is also Mother's Day. Fr. Ed notes that in  today's Gospel , Jesus, the Good Shepherd, says that "My sheep hear My voice." One of the things that the Shepherd is calling us to do is to defend the dignity of women and of motherhood. For that, w...

Homily given at the 11:00 a.m. Mass on Sunday, May 5, 2019, the 3rd Sunday of Easter, by Fr. Ed Fride, Pastor, Christ the King Catholic Church. This Mass was also this year's First Communion Mass at Christ the King. Fr. Ed notes that, in today's Gospel , the first command the Lord Jesus gave to Peter after he affirmed his love was, "Feed My lambs." Today we do that in a special way as we feed our...

Homily given at the 11:00 a.m. Mass on Sunday, April 28, 2019, Divine Mercy Sunday, by Dcn. John Ozog, Christ the King Catholic Church. Dcn. John recounts the revelations to St. Maria Faustina Kowalska that led Pope St. John Paul the Great to establish Divine Mercy Sunday and the graces that are available to us on this feast. Keywords: Easter, Divine Mercy, forgiveness, trust

Homily given at the 9:00 a.m. Mass on Sunday, April 28, 2019, Divine Mercy Sunday, by Dcn. Larry Randolph, Christ the King Catholic Church.  Dcn. Larry notes that Jesus revealed Himself to His disciples by showing them His wounds. Why were the wounds so important for them and for us? Keywords: Passion, mercy, forgiveness, surrender to God

Homily given at the 9:00 a.m. Easter Sunday Mass on Sunday, April 21, 2019, by Fr. Ed Fride, Pastor, Christ the King Catholic Church. As we celebrate the Resurrection of Jesus, Fr. Ed reflects on how the Lord Jesus revealed Himself to His disciples and how He reveals Himself to us today. We then need to choose how we respond to that revelation. Keywords:  Baptism, Eucharist, surrender to God, fait...

Homily given at the 9:00 a.m. Mass on Easter Sunday, April 21, 2019, by Dcn. Gerry Holowicki, Christ the King Catholic Church. Dcn. Gerry reflects on the events of the Resurrection (with the help of the children who attended this Mass) and what it means for us. Keywords: Easter, Resurrection, holiness, love

Homily given at the 9:00 p.m. Easter Vigil Mass on Saturday, April 20, 2019, by Fr. Ed Fride, Pastor, Christ the King Catholic Church. The readings of the Easter Vigil show the Holy One of Israel moving through men and women who said "Yes" to Him. He now wants to move through us as well, to have His light shine through us into the darkness of the world. Keywords:  Holy Spirit, surrender to God, co...

Homily given on Good Friday, April 19, 2019, at the Liturgy of the Passion of Our Lord Jesus, by Dcn. Larry Randolph, Christ the King Catholic Church. Dcn. Larry reflects on why we go through the events of the Passion each year on Good Friday instead of just skipping forward to the Resurrection. Keywords: mercy, salvation, love

Homily given at the 7:00 p.m. Mass on Holy Thursday, April 18, 2019, the Evening Mass of the Lord's Supper, by Dcn. Dan Foley, Christ the King Catholic Church. Dcn. Dan reflects on the importance of memory and what it meant when Jesus told His apostles at the Last Supper to "Do this in memory of Me." ( Luke 22:19 ) He then speaks of the unique role given to the priest to fulfill this command of th...

Homily given at the 11:00 am Mass on Sunday, April 14, 2019, Palm (Passion) Sunday, by Dcn. Dan Foley, Christ the King Catholic Church. Reflecting on the Gospel before the Palm Sunday procession , Dcn. Dan invites us to put ourselves into the scene, joining in the anticipation that the true Messiah has come. However, when the longed-for overthrow of the Romans doesn't materialize, do we, too, turn...

Homily given at the 9:00 a.m. Mass on Sunday, April 14, 2019, Palm (Passion) Sunday, by Dcn. Larry Randolph, Christ the King Catholic Church.  Reflecting on today's Gospel of the Passion of our Lord Jesus from St. Luke , Dcn. Larry notes that love requires sacrifice. In the midst of our sufferings, we need to trust in God's love and be obedient to His Will. Dcn. Larry encourages us to allow His Pa...

Homily given at the 9:00 a.m. Mass on Sunday, April 7, 2019, the Fifth Sunday of Lent, by Fr. Ed Fride, Pastor, Christ the King Catholic Church.  Fr. Ed reflects on today's Gospel of the raising of Lazarus  (from Year A). Even though Jesus knew that He was about to raise Lazarus from the dead, when He saw Mary's and Martha's tears, He wept. He shares in our suffering and raises us up.  As we prepa...

Homily given at the 9:00 a.m. Mass on Sunday, March 31, 2019, the Fourth Sunday of Lent, by Fr. Ed Fride, Pastor, Christ the King Catholic Church.  Reflecting on today's readings (from Year A), Fr. Ed notes that the Holy Spirit wants to rush on us just as He rushed on David to help us in our time of need. In order to go to Jesus in our time of need, we need to have a personal relationship with Him...

Homily given at the 4:30 p.m. Mass on Saturday, March 23, 2019, the Third Sunday of Lent, by Fr. Ed Fride, Pastor, Christ the King Catholic Church.  Reflecting on the experience of the people of Israel in the first reading  (from Year A), Fr. Ed points out that, when we consider everything God has done for us, we have a choice regarding how we respond to difficulties: Do we respond with grateful a...

Homily given at the 11:00 a.m. Mass on Sunday, March 17, 2019, the Second Sunday of Lent, by Fr. Ed Fride, Pastor, Christ the King Catholic Church.  In today's readings , the Triune God reveals His Presence in concrete ways to Abram and to Peter, James, and John. The Triune God reveals His Presence to all His People and invites them to trust and follow Him. Keywords: worship, conversion, Eucharist

Homily given at the 11:00 a.m. Mass on Sunday, March 10, 2019, the First Sunday of Lent, by Fr. Ed Fride, Pastor, Christ the King Catholic Church.  God wants to set us free as He set Israel free. Lent is meant to be a time for releasing more of the love, joy, and peace that we long for into our lives. Because Lent is also crazy busy, multitasking our spiritual life's activities can help. Keywords:...

Homily given at the 7:30 p.m. Mass on Ash Wednesday, March 6, 2019, Ash Wednesday, by Fr. Ed Fride, Pastor, Christ the King Catholic Church.  Lent is meant to be a season when we fall more deeply in love with Jesus. When choosing our Lenten practices, we need to look for the things we can do that will directly bring us more of Jesus Himself. Keywords: conversion, surrender to God, worship, Scriptu...

Homily given at the 11:00 a.m. Mass on Sunday, March 3, 2019, the 8th Sunday in Ordinary Time, by Fr. Richard Lobert, chaplain at Fr. Gabriel Richard High School in Ann Arbor . Fr. Lobert reflects on how today's readings  address the fruit that our lives bear, especially how we use our speech. He encouraged us to use our speech to speak the Word of God, especially the Holy Name of Jesus. Keywords:...

Homily given at the 9:00 a.m. Mass on Sunday, March 3, 2019, the Eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time, by Dcn. Larry Randolph, Christ the King Catholic Church.  Referring to the readings of the day , Dcn. Larry reflects on our call to discipleship and what it means for our lives. Lent, which begins this Wednesday, is a good time to examine our lives and ask God to make us saints. Keywords: surrender to...

Homily given at the 9:00 a.m. Mass on Sunday, February 24, 2019, the Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time, by Fr. Ed Fride, Pastor, Christ the King Catholic Church.  Today's first reading describes one of the two times when David showed great mercy to King Saul. In the Gospel , Jesus calls us by the power of His grace to do the same. Keywords: worship, conversion, mercy