Fr. Brian Soliven Sermons

Why do you exist? How would you respond if someone asked you that question? Answering this question rightly gives life a lightning focus. If we answer it wrongly, we can easily find ourselves adrift and dazed. Our Creator gives us a clue. --- Help Spread the Good News --- Father Brian’s homilies are shared freely thanks to generous listeners like you. If his words have blessed you, consider suppor...

We do the most ridiculous things for love, don't we? Not only teenagers are guilty of this, but even God himself. In fact, I dare say, Christianity can only be best understood in this way.  --- Help Spread the Good News --- Father Brian’s homilies are shared freely thanks to generous listeners like you. If his words have blessed you, consider supporting this volunteer effort. Every...

Before we can truly love those we cherish the most, we must learn how to "hate" them first. Only then, can we finally begin to love them the way they deserve to be loved. --- Help Spread the Good News --- Father Brian’s homilies are shared freely thanks to generous listeners like you. If his words have blessed you, consider supporting this volunteer effort. Every gift helps us continue recording a...

To be a good Christian is a lot like being a good student in school. Whether we're in elementary, high school, college, or in a trade school, a student, like the serious Christian must presume the gap . We need to recognize that we do not know everything; we have to be shown the way, or as the first line in the reading we heard from Sirach, we must "conduct (our) affairs with humility." (Sirach 3:...

There's no greater goal than making it to Heaven. Everything else we do on this earth is passing away like a breeze when you think about it. Will you or I even make it? The answer in this Sunday's Gospel may startle you. Our Lord cautions us:  "Many will attempt to enter but will NOT be strong enough."  --Luke 13:24 (emphasis added)    Yet even despite this seemingly dire warni...

What did Jesus truly mean when he said,  “Very truly I tell you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you have no life in you.   Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I will raise them up at the last day. For my flesh is real food and my blood is real drink .” (See John 53-55) Was he speaking literally? If God is love (See 1...

Brothers and Sisters,  I'm dying...  but hopefully, not anytime soon. We're all dying and aging in our own ways. It's the inevitable conclusion of the human condition we share. However, as Christians washed clean with the Blood of Jesus Christ, we " Do not go gentle into that good night,"  as Dylan Thomas famous poem exhorts us. We laugh at death. We sing hymns in its face. We scoff...

Who wants to be rich? I do. --- Help Spread the Good News --- Father Brian’s homilies are shared freely thanks to generous listeners like you. If his words have blessed you, consider supporting this volunteer effort. Every gift helps us continue recording and sharing the hope of Jesus—one homily at a time. Give Here: https://frbriansoliven.org/give

Why calling God our Father changes everything. --- Help Spread the Good News --- Father Brian’s homilies are shared freely thanks to generous listeners like you. If his words have blessed you, consider supporting this volunteer effort. Every gift helps us continue recording and sharing the hope of Jesus—one homily at a time. Give Here: https://frbriansoliven.org/give

Homily on the 16th Sunday in Ordinary Time. --- Help Spread the Good News --- Father Brian’s homilies are shared freely thanks to generous listeners like you. If his words have blessed you, consider supporting this volunteer effort. Every gift helps us continue recording and sharing the hope of Jesus—one homily at a time. Give Here: https://frbriansoliven.org/give

Homily on the 15th Sunday in Ordinary Time. --- Help Spread the Good News --- Father Brian’s homilies are shared freely thanks to generous listeners like you. If his words have blessed you, consider supporting this volunteer effort. Every gift helps us continue recording and sharing the hope of Jesus—one homily at a time. Give Here: https://frbriansoliven.org/give