08/28/16 Fear of Missing Out

Fear can be a great motivator. But it is also something that drains us of life. Humility is essential for a joyful life. In order to grow in humility, one simply must choose gratitude. A person [...]

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07/24/16 Use It Or…

Homily from the Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time, given at the Steubenville On the Lake Youth Conference. Jesus promised that the father would send the Holy Spirit to anyone who asks. But that [...]

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06/26/16 To Be Free

Homily from the Thirteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time. Jesus has not only called us to be free, He has made it possible for us to be free. But true freedom means that we take responsibility, action, [...]

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06/19/16 A Summertime Examination

Homily from the Twelfth Sunday in Ordinary Time. Today, Jesus asks the question, “Who do you say that I am?” Fathermike asks, “Who do you say that you are?” Revisiting [...]

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06/12/16 The Slide and the Break

Homily from the Eleventh Sunday in Ordinary Time. Few bad people decide to be bad, but every good person has to decide to be good. Mass Readings from June 12, 2016: 2 Samuel 12:7-10, 13 Psalm [...]

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04/24/16 Heroic Confidence: Resilience

Homily from the Fifth Sunday of Easter. There are times when we can avoid a problem. And there are times when there is no other option than to go through the difficulty. Lives change when we [...]

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04/17/16 Heroic Confidence: Even If

When a person has confidence, they are entrusting themselves to another. Christian hope is not centered around an idea; it is focused on a Person. One of the things we know about God is that [...]

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