Father Nick Blaha Homily Cast

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"What were his thoughts during this part of the journey? As in the morning he watched the passing of trees, thatched roofs, tilled fields, the changing vistas appearing at every bend in the road, an occupation soothing to the spirit that may almost take the place of thought. Nothing can be sadder or more profound than to see a thousand things for the first and last time. To journey is to be born a...

Free. Total. Faithful. Fruitful. Delivered at Christ the King Catholic Church, 9:30am 3 October 2021

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Preached at Christ the King Catholic Church, 9:30am Mass, 5 September 2021

"In your observance of the commandments of the LORD, your God, which I enjoin upon you, you shall not add to what I command you nor subtract from it.  Observe them carefully, for thus will you give evidence of your wisdom and intelligence to the nations, who will hear of all these statutes and say, ‘This great nation is truly a wise and intelligent people.’" Deuteronomy 4:6

Sálvense de esta generación perversa. Hechos de los Apostoles 2, 40

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Preached at Blessed Sacrament Church, 8 August 2021

The Spirit of the Lord GOD is upon me, because the LORD has anointed me to bring good tidings to the afflicted... to grant to those who mourn in Zion-- ... the oil of gladness instead of mourning, the mantle of praise instead of a faint spirit-- that they may be called oaks of righteousness, the planting of the LORD, that he may be glorified." Isaiah 61:1,3 Today's episode of Reading Rainbow menti...

Preached at Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church 27 June 2021

This homily revisits a set of reflections on fatherhood first given in 2015. I find the truths here worth perennial contemplation. 

The Scriptures this Sunday are full of imagery of leafy gardens and strong, branching trees. These are the images the Scriptures use for living well ordered lives--which is precisely the goal of "Ordinary Time," which is a bit of a misnomer. Better to call it "ordered time," to evoke the ordering of our lives around the sacred mysteries celebrated in Christmas and Easter, Corpus Christ and the Hol...

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May your people exult for ever, O God, in renewed youthfulness of spirit, so that, rejoicing now in the restored glory of our adoption, we may look forward in confident hope to the rejoicing of the day of resurrection. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, God, for ever and ever.

Preached at Christ the King Church, the Octave of Easter, 2021

"Cheap grace is the preaching of forgiveness without requiring repentance, baptism without church discipline, communion without confession, absolution without personal confession. Cheap grace is grace without discipleship, grace without the cross, grace without Jesus Christ." Dietrich Bonhoeffer

"Under the dispensation of the Spirit all things were to become new and to be reversed. Strength, numbers, wealth, philosophy, eloquence, craft, experience of life, knowledge of human nature, these are the means by which worldly men have ever gained the world. But in that kingdom which Christ has set up, all is contrariwise." --Saint John Henry Newman, to whom the majority of the thoughts in this...

This homily was preached at Christ the King at the opening Mass for our faculty formation days, in which a representative of the Institute for Catholic Liberal Education presented to us on the liberal arts pedagogy being implemented at Christ the King Catholic School . Please forgive my errata on the details of Polycarp's life and martyrdom.

"What is a farm but a mute gospel? The chaff and the wheat, weeds and plants, blight, rain, insects, sun — it is a sacred emblem from the first furrow of spring to the last stack which the snow of winter overtakes in the fields.” Ralph Waldo Emerson

"Every good Christian ought to be more ready to give a favorable interpretation to another's statement than to condemn it. But if he cannot do so, let him ask how the other understands it. And if the latter understands it badly, let the former correct him with love. If that does not suffice, let the Christian try all suitable ways to bring the other to a correct interpretation so that he may be sa...

“Christ is always present in his Church, especially in her liturgical celebrations. He is present in the sacrifice of the Mass, not only in the person of his minister, but especially under the Eucharistic species…, in the sacraments…, in his word…, and when the Church prays and sings…. Rightly, then, the liturgy is considered as an exercise of the priestly office of Jesus Christ." --The Second Vat...

Christmas joy that lasts.

This homily was delivered in Spanish. Yo pasé unas semanas meditanto y escribiendo este retrato de palabras para nuestras familias de la escuela Christ the King Clasiscal, y me gustaría compartirlo con ustedes como meditación sobre la importancia y dignidad de la familia.