Homilies/Talks

On this 1st Sunday of Lent, Fr. Joseph speaks briefly about calling to mind the essentials while avoiding temptation and distractions.

On this Ash Wednesday, Fr. Joseph mentions that everything is passing away even our bodies. What if we died this Lent? What distractions would we cut out of our lives?

Thru the grace of Baptism we become capable of loving from the heart the one who hurt us so badly. We become capable of forgiving. Our sin kills Jesus within us and in others, and yet the Father forgives those who come to him. Fr. Joseph tells a great story of forgiveness about a man named John.

The first reading makes it clear we have free will. Jesus raises the bar of how we live the commandments; we are to love from the heart not only externally. And briefly, what makes a marriage lawful.

"You are the light of the world," says the Lord, but we cannot reflect Christ's light if we're hiding in the darkness of sin.