Father Seán Loomis

Fourteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time First Reading: Ezekiel 2: 2-5 Responsorial Psalm: Psalms 123: 1-2, 2, 3-4 Second Reading: Second Corinthians 12: 7-10 Alleluia: Luke 4: 18 Gospel: Mark 6: 1-6

Thirteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time First Reading: Wisdom 1: 13-15; 2: 23-24 Responsorial Psalm: Psalms 30: 2, 4, 5-6, 11, 12, 13 Second Reading: Second Corinthians 8: 7, 9, 13-15 Alleluia: Second Timothy 1: 10 Gospel: Mark 5: 21-43

Twelfth Sunday In Ordinary Time- First Reading: Job 38: 1, 8-11 Responsorial Psalm: Psalms 107: 23-24, 25-26, 28-29, 30-31 Second Reading: Second Corinthians 5: 14-17 Alleluia: Luke 7: 16 Gospel: Mark 4: 35-41

Eleventh Sunday in Ordinary Time- First Reading: Ezekiel 17: 22-24 Responsorial Psalm: Psalms 92: 2-3, 13-14, 15-16 Second Reading: Second Corinthians 5: 6-10 Gospel: Mark 4: 26-34

Tenth Sunday in Ordinary Time- First Reading: Genesis 3: 9-15 Responsorial Psalm: Psalms 130: 1-2, 3-4, 5-6, 7-8 Second Reading: Second Corinthians 4: 13 – 5:1 Alleluia: John 12: 31b-32 Gospel: Mark 3: 20-35

“Jesus gives His body and His blood. To purge, to heal, to rehabilitate, and to raise on high every single person who receives it… beginning with us. Your mission and mine is to conquer death in ourselves by receiving the Eucharist, and then in the world by drawing others to it’s table… wherever God sends you, as often as you are there… so the the reign of death would be conquered and humanity onc...

“Recognize the dignity that each of us bears. Treat yourselves and others as reverently as the Jews did the very name of God- for you are more precious. Knowing that in doing so, God Himself is being praised.” The Holy Trinity Solemnity- First Reading: Deuteronomy 4: 32-34, 39-40 Responsorial Psalm: Psalms 33: 4-5, 6, 9, 18-19, 20, 22 Second Reading: Romans 8: 14-17 Alleluia: Revelation 1: 8 Gospe...

Pentecost Sunday- First Reading: Acts 2: 1-11 Responsorial Psalm: Psalms 104: 1, 24, 29-30, 31, 34 Second Reading: First Corinthians 12: 3b-7, 12-13 or Galatians 5: 16-25 Gospel: John 20: 19-23 or John 15: 26-27; 16: 12-15

“She gave us life at the moment of our baptism. She teaches us. She gives us our identity in Christ. She nurtures that identity into maturity. She heals our wounds in confession and the sacrament of anointing. She counsels us in moments of great distress and fear. She feeds us at her table with word and with sacrament. She celebrates our milestones and accompanies us in our difficulties. And just...

“Consider the beliefs that you espouse in your life, the spirituality that you follow, the gospel that you choose to live. Is it the one that Peter and the Apostles preach? Is it consistent with the teachings of the church which have remained unchanged for thousands of years? If it’s not- you’re following the wrong spirit.” Sixth Sunday of Easter First Reading: Acts 10: 25-26, 34-35, 44-48 Respons...

“If we humble ourselves and give God our brokenness… if we let the Father prune us with each little cross we bear, then God’s work in us will be brought to completion. And the fruit of our labors will infinitely outnumber the wounds at our hands.” Fifth Sunday of Easter: First Reading: Acts 9: 26-31 Psalms: Psalms 22: 26-27, 28, 30, 31-32 Second Reading: First John 3: 18-24 Alleluia: John 15: 4a,...

“…the next time you see the image of Jesus as the Good Shepherd…remember how GOOD He is, but see in it also the apostolic mission we bear to bring that good news to others.” Fourth Sunday of Easter- First Reading: Acts 4: 8-12 Responsorial Psalm: Psalms 118: 1, 8-9, 21-23, 26, 28, 29 Second Reading: First John 3: 1-2 Alleluia: John 10: 14 Gospel: John 10: 11-18

“You are the garden and Easter is our springtime.” As we walk through our neighborhoods and see the beauty that comes from the hard work of the gardening and cultivating, let us remember “that is what God is doing in our lives as well… recall that it is actually for us that God has dug a space in the family of the church. He has removed our stoney hearts with His teachings, particularly during Len...

He is Risen! Alleluia! Happy Easter from all the ABVM staff! First Reading: Acts 10: 34a, 37-43 Responsorial Psalm: Psalms 118: 1-2, 16-17, 22-23 Second Reading: Colossians 3: 1-4 or First Corinthians 5: 6b-8 Alleluia: First Corinthians 5: 7b-8a Gospel: John 20: 1-9

Today, we read the Passion of Christ in the Gospel of John . Father Loomis ask us this question, the same question posed to him by Dr. Kelly Anderson while on pilgrimage to the Holy Land last year: "Why?" "Why does the death of of this man on the cross bring Salvation? Why is this tragedy so necessary?" What is the sacrifice on the cross "doing"? The answer lies in ou...

Today, we read the Passion of Christ in the Gospel. Father Loomis tells us that “every major character in the Passion reading is engaging in some form of suspicion and self reliance… and yet it is Christ’s relentless confidence in the Father that compels Him up the hill and onto the wood.” We are reminded of these words from our Savior…“Abba, Father. Not what I will, but what you will.” What makes...

We’re in the final stages- new life is ALMOST HERE. Jeremiah says. “The days are coming, says the LORD, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and the house of Judah. It will not be like the covenant I made with their fathers the day I took them by the hand to lead them forth from the land of Egypt; for they broke my covenant, and I had to show myself their master, says the LORD....

“What does a ‘habit of faith’ actually mean?” Father tells us that the Gospel of John lays this out perfectly for us- but it’s in the Greek. “So must the Son of Man be lifted up, that whoever believes in Him may have eternal life. For God so loved the world that He gave His only Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have eternal life.” Father directs us to the word that John uses...

“I the lord am your God who brought you out of the land of Egypt, the place of slavery.” Father Loomis begins this homily, centered around the spiritual discipline of obedience- by quoting this passage from the first reading in Exodus. He explains how he used to see this verse as a type of manipulation… God saying that he had freed the Hebrews from slavery under Pharaoh only to make them slaves to...

In this homily, Father Loomis shares the story of the Ulma family in Poland during WWII… a Catholics that hid a Jewish family in their home from the Nazis. They were eventually found and all killed- including all of their 6 children and the unborn child in Mrs. Ulma’s womb. Father compares the trust the Ulma family had for God in this story to the reading of Abraham where God promises to make Abra...

“Why do you come here?” This is the question that Father Loomis asks (between bicep curls) of the people that go to the gym only to stand around the front desk. The possibilities that facility has for them is untapped. It is also a question that can be asked of the Christian life. Why do you come to Mass every Sunday, baptize your children, and participate in the feats and fasts? Why does this spa...

“I say, this Lent we should really flip in around. Get pumped for it. Don’t be afraid to see your leprocy and ask Christ to make you clean. Reject the lie that holiness is too hard, too miserable to pursue. Because the joy of heaven is forever. And it exceeds what we could imagine for ourselves. And if we’re honest, when we sin, it doesn’t really end up leaving us happy anyway.”- Father Loomis Six...

“He is with us in our pain, even if He doesn’t spare us from it. That our suffering is achieving a glory within us. That He will compensate our agony with glory in heaven. That those who treat us unjustly WILL be punished in the end. And that by carrying the cross with Him, we WILL share in His resurrection.” - Father Loomis Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time: First Reading: Job 7: 1-4, 6-7 Responsoria...

As we prepare for Lent, Father Loomis encourages us to examine which of our “castle walls” are weak. When the enemy (Satan) tries to attack- that is the wall he will go for. Once we are able to identify that, we can determine what spiritual exercises we need to draw us closer to Christ.

Third Sunday in Ordinary Time: First Reading: Jonah 3: 1-5, 10 Responsorial Psalm: Psalms 25: 4-5, 6-7, 8-9 Second Reading: First Corinthians 7: 29-31 Alleluia: Mark 1: 15 Gospel: Mark 1: 14-20