Corpus Christi University Parish Homilies

Father Jeremy Miller: “Pope Francis says our job as Christians is to turn multitudes into Communities, to work to build up intimate communities in which people are known and loved.”

Father Jeremy Miller: “The trinity reveals who we are as human beings, that we were created in relationality. We were made to live in community, not in isolation.”

Father Jeremy Miller: “In Babel, you have the scatterings of people throughout all the world because no one can understand anybody anymore. In the Pentecost account, you have the gathering in Jerusalem of people throughout the world.”

Father Jeremy Miller: "Jesus said he will just be present in different ways."

Deacon Justin Moor: “One way we can determine the type of legacy we are building is to take a look at what we are focused on in each moment and to ask ourselves if we are being more like Jesus or more like Judas.”

Quote from Desmond Tutu: “Out of the cacophony of random suffering and chaos that can mark human life, the life artist sees or creates a symphony of meaning and order.”

Father Jeremy Miller: “Let’s see ourselves in Peter’s spiritual journey today, let’s be grateful for our spiritual birth that we’re here today for some reason.”

Father Jeremy Miller: “Mercy is a type of love where the giver bestows what the recipient doesn’t have or what they don’t think they’re deserving of.” 

Father Jeremy Miller: “We belong here. We belong in the empty tomb. We belong at the altar of Jesus’ sacrifice, which is the continuation of his resurrected body that we receive as food.”

Father Jeremy Miller: “The cross does not say that pain and suffering go away. The cross promises to neutralize the pain, put it on God’s terms.”

Father Jeremy Miller: “Let’s seek wherever we find ourselves and see ourselves in the parable, that we will run toward the embrace of our heavenly Father.”

Father Jeremy Miller: “Let’s give God the oxygen and the wood that he needs in order to set the flame of our hearts on fire.”

Father Jeremy Miller: “Embrace the arduous path of going up the mountain. We also do not go up that mountain alone. Jesus goes with us and gives us the necessary tools to do it.”

Deacon Justin Moor: “Is the Gospel just something that happened to someone else in a faraway place that doesn’t seem relevant to our lives here today?”

Father Jeremy Miller: “All of the major human vices: Jesus gives us the recipe that we focus on during Lent to combat.”

Father Philip Smith: “We all do that in certain moments in our life, don’t we? We’re two different people in two different situations, because we want to fit in, make certain people happy, gain a certain type of advantage. We don’t also be ourselves. Jesus was challenging his disciples today to know who they were and to be that person always, to be that person consistently.”

Father Jeremy Miller: “If you enjoy doing good, does that make you less good? No, it makes you human.” 

Deacon Justin Moor: "With this being World Marriage Week, with World Marriage Day being today, and St. Valentine’s Day being just a day away, let’s try looking at these woes Jesus spoke of through the lens of love and from the perspective of the one who is love."

Father Jeremy Miller: “Once we have this awe-filled moment with God, how do we translate it into action?”

Father Jeremy Miller: “Jesus calls us to ideals and makes demands of us that we’re not always ready to do. Let’s allow ourselves to ride an emotional roller coaster.”

Father Jeremy Miller: “How are we examining our foundation as a parish?”

Father Jeremy Miller: “It’s an invitation to fill our jars, our lives, to the brim, and then turn them over to see what miracles God can do with them.”

Father Jeremy Miller: “This feast invites us a Catholic Christians to say that no matter how important all the sources of our identity are, that the primary one is that we are united with Christ as beloved sons and daughters of our heavenly father.”

Father Jeremy Miller: “The Magi today give us a great image of keeping our eyes up and our spirits up in the midst of what can be difficult circumstances surrounding us.”

Father Jeremy Miller: “Family Love teaches us how to find redeeming qualities in people you would have never chosen in the first place.”