Fr. Dan's Homilies
Palm Sunday - Mk 14:1-15:47 - March 29, 2015

5th Sunday of Lent - Jn 12:20-33 - March 22, 2015
Trust Walk - "Die with me."

4th Sunday of Lent - Jn 3:14-21 - March 15, 2015
Trust Walk - "Love like me."

3rd Sunday of Lent - Jn 2:13-25 - March 8, 2015
Trust Walk - "Endure with me."

2nd Sunday of Lent - Mk 9:2-10 - March 1, 2015
Trust Walk - "Trust in me."

1st Sunday of Lent - Mk 1:12-15 - February 22, 2015
Trust Walk - "Walk with me."

Ash Wednesday - February 18, 2015

6th Sunday of Ordinary Time - Mk 1:40-45 - February 15, 2015
"Be imitators of me, as I am of Christ." - St. Paul

3rd Sunday of Ordinary Time - Mk 1:14-20 - January 25, 2015
"Follow me." - Jesus

2nd Sunday of Ordinary Time - Jn 1:35-42 - January 18, 2015
“Come and see.” - Jesus
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The Baptism of the Lord – Mk 1:7-11 - January 11, 2015
“A life not lived for others is not a life.” - Mother Teresa

The Epiphany of the Lord - Mt 2:1-12 - January 4, 2015
"Christ came among us to say to us you are capable of making a better world" - Cardinal Wuerl

Solemnity of Mary, Holy Mother of God - Lk 2:16-21 - January 1, 2015
"Let us resolve to improve our spiritual health."

Solemnity of the Holy Family of Jesus, Mary and Joseph - Lk 2:22-40 - December 28, 2014
"Choose to live this day.  And, trust in God's plan for whatever is to come."

Christmas 2014
"The call to generosity."

4th Sunday of Advent - Lk 1:26-38 - December 21, 2014
"Nothing is impossible with God!"

3rd Sunday of Advent - Jn 1:6-8,19-28 - December 14, 2014
"Be the light!"

2nd Sunday of Advent - Mk 1:1-8 - December 7, 2014
"Prepare your way!"

1st Sunday of Advent - Mk 13:33-37 - November 30, 2014
"Keep watch!"

The Solemnity of Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe - Mt 25:31-46 - November 23, 2014
"Live until you die."

33rd Sunday in Ordinary Time - Mt 25:14-30 - November 16, 2014
"Well done, my good and faithful servant."

The Feast of the Dedication of the Lateran Basilica in Rome - Jn 2:13-22 - November 9, 2014
"Change or else."

All Souls Day - Jn 6:37-40 - November 2, 2014
"Death is only the beginning."

30th Sunday in Ordinary Time - Mt 22:34-40 - October 26, 2014
"Do more, love more."

29th Sunday in Ordinary Time - Mt 22:15-21 - October 19, 2014
"Give to God what belongs to God."

28th Sunday in Ordinary Time - Mt 22:1-14 - October 12, 2014
"Invest & Invite"

27th Sunday in Ordinary Time - Mt 21:33-43 - October 5, 2014
"Where is your vineyard?"

26th Sunday in Ordinary Time - Mt 21:28-32 - September 28, 2014
"Don't just say it, live it."

25th Sunday in Ordinary Time - Mt 20:1-16a - September 21, 2014
"Life is not fair, but God is just."

23rd Sunday in Ordinary Time - Mt 18:15-20 - September 7, 2014
"Coming together is a beginning. Keeping together is progress. Working together is success." - Henry Ford

19th Sunday in Ordinary Time - Mt 14:22-33 - August 10, 2014
"To love is to be vulnerable." - C.S. Lewes

18th Sunday in Ordinary Time - Mt 14:13-21 - August 3, 2014
"We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give." - Youtuber Sam Pepper

17th Sunday in Ordinary Time - Mt 13:44-52 - July 27, 2014
"Recognize Your Value"

15th Sunday in Ordinary Time - Mt 13:1-23 - July 13, 2014
"I live to give others hope" - Charlie Wedemeyer

Solemnity of Saints Peter and Paul - Mt 16:13-19 - June 29, 2014
"That the powerful play goes on and you may contribute a verse. What will your verse be?" - Dead Poets Society

Holy Trinity Sunday - Jn 3:16-18 - June 15, 2014
"When we put God first in our life, everything else falls into is proper place" - Msgr. John Hogan

Pentecost Sunday - Jn 20:19-23 - June 8, 2014
“Lord, send out your Spirit, and renew the face of the earth.” – Psalm 104

4th Sunday of Easter - Jn 10:1-10 - May 11, 2014
"Jesus I trust in you!"

3rd Sunday of Easter - Lk 24:13-35 - May 4, 2014
"What brings you sustainable joy in your life?"

2nd Sunday of Easter - Divine Mercy Sunday - Jn 20:19-31 - April 27, 2014
"Do not be satisfied with mediocrity." - Saint John Paul II

Easter Sunday - Jn 20:1-9 - April 20, 2014
"Our of the ashes I rise!"

Good Friday- Jn 18:1-19:42 - April 18, 2014
"It is to the cross that the Christian is challenged to follow his Master: No path of redemption can make a detour around it." - Hans Urs von Balthasar

Palm Sunday - Mt 26:14-27:66 - April 13, 2014
"Father, into Your hands, I commend my spirit."

5th Sunday of Lent - Jn 11:1-45 - April 6, 2014
"How do we go from despair to hope? The Seven Last Words of Christ on the Cross."

4th Sunday of Lent - Jn 9:1-41 - March 30, 2014
"Everyone has a story.  Everyone is a child of God."

3rd Sunday of Lent - Jn 4:5-42 - March 23, 2014
"You will never leave me to face my perils alone." - Thomas Merton

2nd Sunday of Lent - Mt 17:1-9 - March 16, 2014
"A true lasting change takes time.  It is a marathon, not a sprint."

1st Sunday of Lent - Mt 4:1-11 - March 9, 2014
"Go from temptation to strength by turning towards God."

Ash Wednesday - Mt 6:1-6, 16-18 - March 5, 2014
"Lord, you know me.  Let me know you." - St. Augustine)

8th Sunday in Ordinary Time - Mt. 6:24-34 - March 1-2, 2014
"Pay it Forward."

6th Sunday in Ordinary Time - Mt. 5:17-37 - February 15-16, 2014
"Choose to participate in the community God has given to you."
 
Feast of the Presentation of the Lord - Lk 2:22-40 - February 1-2, 2014
"Faith is the strength by which a shattered world shall emerge into the light." - Helen Keller

3rd Sunday in Ordinary Time - Mt 4:12-23 - January 25-26, 2014
"What does Christ's love need to fix in you?"

2nd Sunday in Ordinary Time - Jn 1:29-34 - January 18-19, 2014
"...from the ashes of great tragedy, feats of glory may be born."
Links to YouTube videos on Luke Abbate as mentioned in my homily:
Tribute to Luke Abbate by Wake Forest Univesity - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EXCUvTDCl9U
The Fifth Quarter, the story of Luke Abbate, movie trailer - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zqqtY6Q7v4Y
The Luke Abbate Fifth Quarter Foundation - http://lukeabbate.comsynth.com/

The Baptism of the Lord - Mt 3:13-17 - January 11-12, 2014

The Epiphany of the Lord - Mt 2:1-12 - January 4-5, 2014
"Be resolved to manifest Jesus Christ in your life!"

Solemnity of Mary, Holy Mother of God - Lk 2:16-21 - January 1, 2014
"Behold your mother (Jn 19:27)."

Feast of the Holy Family - Mt 2:13-15,19-23 - December 28-29, 2013
"Striving to live as a Disciple of Christ by example."

Christmas 2013
"The true spirit of Christmas."

4th Sunday of Advent - Mt 1:18-24 - December 21-22, 2013
"Emmanuel - God is with us!"

3rd Sunday of Advent - Mt 11:2-11 - December 14-15, 2013
"Then will the eyes of the blind be opened (Is 35:5a)."

2nd Sunday of Advent - Mt 3:1-12 - December 7-8, 2013
"Will you take the risk to believe and experience miracles?"

1st Sunday of Advent - Mt 24:37-44 - November 30-December 1, 2013
"Let us believe and expect miracles!"

33rd Sunday in Ordinary Time - Lk 21:5-19 - November 16-17, 2013
"Let us recognize the person in the act of giving - the person of Jesus Christ!"       
Click here to view the homily - 33rd Sunday OT - C - Giving Series Week 2 of 3
Link to Pope Francis speaking to bishops and the faithful at Our Lady of Guadalupe, Mexico City on we are called to be missionaries again and go make disciples (courtesy of Catholic News Service):
http://www.catholicnews.com/data/stories/cns/1304852.htm

32nd Sunday in Ordinary Time - Lk 20:27-38 - November 9-10, 2013     
"What the world gives, the world can take away.  Embrace God in your life!"
Click here to view the homily - 32nd Sunday OT - C - Giving Series Week 1 of 3                                                                                           

31st Sunday in Ordinary Time - Lk 19:1-10 - November 2-3, 2013
"If Jesus said to you 'for today I must stay at your house,' would you be ready to receive him?"

30th Sunday in Ordinary Time - Lk 18:9-14 - October 26-27, 2013
"A just cause.  A loyal servant.  We are called to live by faith and deeds."
Click here to view the homily - 30th Sunday OT - C
Links to YouTube videos on Terry Fox as mentioned in my homily:
Tribute to Terry Fox (words from Terry used in my homily) - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DbjrirCZ5VM
Into the Wind Trailer for the Documentary on Terry Fox - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nJi1wif53hU




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