Can I tell you how proud I am of you, how very much I appreciate your prophetic witness on behalf of innocent babies in their mother’s wombs, how honored I am to lead you in this great prayer of the Mass this bracing pro-life March day!

Now can I ask you to think hard about one phrase from the Bible that we just heard in our reading: united in faith.

united in faith.

That’s why we are here at Mass; that’s what we will be in a couple hours…

Here’s my homily from this morning. In today’s Gospel, Jesus teaches us that we need to balance hard work and quiet prayer.

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Here’s my homily from this morning. We learn that the mystery of the Incarnation had to happen because we needed one like God to save us and we needed one like us so that human nature could be saved.

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Here’s my homily from this morning. We love God because He first loved us. To accept that is the heart of the Good News.

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Here’s my homily from this morning. In today’s Gospel, we remember that Jesus is our navigator. Whatever storm we may go through, even if we think we will sink, He says to us, “Be not afraid.”

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Here’s my homily from this morning. In yesterday’s Gospel we hear how Mary, despite receiving her own shocking news, immediately went to help her cousin Elizabeth. It is a beautiful act of charity – the kind of charity that Christmas teaches.

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Here’s my homily from this morning. Today is the Annunciation to Zechariah. During the holidays, we like to gather and retell family stories. That’s what’s going on in our Gospel this morning. These are family stories of miraculous deeds that surrounded the birth of Jesus. 

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Here’s my homily from this morning. Over the next three days,our Gospels will focus on 3 annunciations. Today we read about the annunciation of St. Joseph. These were necessary because God had to remind Joseph, Zechariah and Mary that the Messiah was coming in a simple way.

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Here’s my homily from this morning. Just like St. Patrick’s Cathedral is built on a rock, so must our faith be. If our lives are built on anything else other than the rock of faith in our Lord, sooner or later we will be shaken.

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Here’s my homily from this morning. During Advent, we often hear the phrase “On that day.” Did you know in the Old Testament it actually refers to the first coming of Jesus, Christmas, and in the New Testament it refers to the second coming of Jesus at the end of time?

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