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The Father's Joy
Jesus came to reveal the Father, so that His joy may be in us. My mission is to help you experience greater joy and freedom in the Holy Spirit. There is always more!
Episodes
- The Father's Joy
Receiving a "rush of the Holy Spirit"
It's easy to live with self-centered tunnel vision. Jesus wants to heal our blindness to behold the Father's love coming to encounter us all the time! Homily…
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Blessed are those in darkness and desperation
Without the "lows," we start to trust too much in ourselves. Jesus meets us in our dark moments to offer us the "living water" of the Holy Spirit! 3rd Sunday…
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Overcoming our reluctance to sacrifice
Are sacrifices being taken from us or are we freely offering them? Experiencing Jesus' sacrificial love, propels us into self-offering! Homily for the 2nd…
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When we are tempted...
Being tempted is part of our wounded human nature. Jesus conquers satan so we too can conquer in Him! Homily for the 1st Sunday of Lent, Year B
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Having a better Lent...
Lent is all about restoring our relationships, not just making it "hurt" Homily for the 6th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year B
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The Darkness and Dreariness of Life
Sometimes we feel like we are in raw pain with Job. Jesus comes to break through the darkness and respond with His Presence. Homily for the 5th Sunday of…
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The reality of evil spirits...
We are in a battle not just against ourselves, others, and our circumstances but also against the real powers of darkness. We have nothing to fear if we stay…
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Take 2-The unexpected call...
Same readings, different homily. God is always speaking, and His unexpected invitations bear great fruit when we have the courage to say to them! Homily for…
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Take 1-Someone is counting on you
We often don't know the impact our life is having on others...may we not miss the opportunity to draw others closer to Jesus just by the way we live! Homily…
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Am I drifting through life?
Though we have made many commitments in our life, often we become half-hearted in fulfilling them. We are invited to renew our "yes" to these calls with every…
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Comfort and distraction is holding us back!
Growing in any area of our life requires sacrificing some comfort. Jesus, help us to pay attention and say "yes" to your invitation to leave our comfort and go…
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Family life is humbling!
Our virtue is tested and grown especially around our families. Three phrases unlock deeper humility and relationship with God and others...
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Embracing relationship, renouncing the enemy
Jesus is born to restore the relationship we lost through the enemy's deception and our lack of trust! Christmas Mass
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More hope, peace, joy, and love please!
Jesus has many presents for us this Christmas...surrender unwraps them!
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Jesus, I give You my box...please give me joy!
Joy is always available to us because joy is the presence of Jesus. What stands in the way of us being with Him right now? Gaudete Sunday, Year B
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Making a better confession
Many Catholics have a hard time explaining why we go to a priest for confession. Often, we also haven't be taught as adults on some of the finer points of…
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Mary, Bring the Fire!
When we give Mary all that is ours, She gives us all that is Hers, including the fire of Her Spouse, the Holy Spirit! Immaculate Conception Homily
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Jesus, save me from the bondage of self-preservation!
We often make decisions out of fear of losing respect or not having enough for ourselves. Jesus moves us to get outside of ourselves and to trust He will…
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Just checking boxes?
Yes, we are called to serve others, but always in the context of a relationship of love with Jesus. We are the hungry, thirsty, naked, imprisoned ones He cares…
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Doubling our blessings
Gratitude is the secret to abiding in the awareness of God's love for us. 33rd Sunday of Ordinary Time, Year A
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How do you measure love?
The oil that the wise virgins carry is their love for God shown through their time and attention given to Him! 32nd Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year A
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A deep dive into liturgy
What's the purpose of liturgy? Training for liturgical ministers and parishioners to enter into the sacraments more whole-heartedly
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The Greatest of All Time
Humility is what makes Mary so great 31st Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year A
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You are not running alone
We are surrounded by a cloud of witnesses, our brothers and sisters the saints!
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Finding peace in the "Our Father"
A deeper dive into that prayer that Jesus Himself taught us and that we so easily take for granted!
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When I'm having a hard time liking myself...
It's hard, if not impossible, to love God, others, and ourselves as we are called to if we don't first believe we are already loved...
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God's will be done...with or without me!
St. John Paul II's story shows us that we can either passively or actively participate in God's will being done on earth!
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Too busy to feast
We are anxious and worried about many things, but still we don't engage with God's invitation to receive His love in prayer and the sacraments that brings us…
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Have no anxiety all.
We can rejoice and be at peace because the Lord is near! 27th Sunday in Ordinary Time
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Becoming a vessel of healing
Jesus came to heal our wounds, and He says it is often those we least expect that are ready to be healed by Him first! Homily for the 26th Sunday of Ordinary…
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You aren't fair, God!
God isn't fair...He's superabundantly generous, especially because we don't deserve it!
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I can't forgive!
Sometimes extending forgiveness feels impossible. With grace and clarifying what it means to forgive, we can be set free from bitterness, anger, and resentment…
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Jesus, save us from fear of the hard conversations!
We don't like to give correction, and we definitely don't like receiving it. Jesus, help us to not be afraid of living in the truth!
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You don't have to suffer alone
God became man to enter and take upon Himself all of human suffering so that we never have to suffer alone again.
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Finding peace under authority
Though we don't like being under others' authority, we can only have true freedom and peace if we remain under God's
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Why do I feel like Jesus isn't answering?
Our prayers always have power, but sometimes it feels like we are wasting our times. We are invited increase our faith and persevere anyway!
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Mary, lift my heart out of these stormy waters!
Mary, especially through the rosary, brings peace to our hearts, even in the middle of the storm.
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Jesus, why is this happening? I'm trying to do what you asked!
Experiencing desolation in the spiritual life is normal. Sometimes we cause it, and other times the Lord allows it for whatever reason. We are called to…
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Uncomfortable silence
The Father asks us to listen to the Son, but often out of fear we distract ourselves away from hearing His voice and our own hearts. Feast of the…
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The weeds of life
Jesus guarantees that we will confront evil for our whole earthly life. How can we be patient until that time when He sorts out all the good from the messes?
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What's my block?
The truth that Jesus is always laboring to love me is life changing, especially when the obstacles to receiving that love are removed.
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Releasing the burden of anxiety
We are anxious and burdened because we carry burdens that Jesus hasn't asked us to carry. Realizing we can't achieve what is being asked of us becomes a grace…
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America's favorite past time...
It's easy to complain and take blessings for granted. What are we grateful for in this imperfect, but very blessed country?
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Living like we actually need Jesus
It's easy to reduce our faith to a checklist. What if we lived with the conviction Jesus can and wants to provide for us in every area of our life?
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Do not be anxious!
Deep peace is rooted in our free choices. It is always God's will that we have peace.
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3 things every father should say to their children
A father shows the love of the Father by speaking truths to his children.
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Praying with our body
What we believe affects our behavior, and how we pray with our body affects our soul. How we comport ourselves around the Eucharist both indicates and forms…
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June
Jesus is inviting us to rediscover "intimacy," being at home in His Sacred Heart.
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Dry bones, come alive!
It's easy to drift into apathy and dryness in our faith and relationship with Jesus. On this feast of Pentecost, He wants to fill us with new life and fire!
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An important announcement and a reason for hope in darkness
In times of darkness, Jesus says to us, "I will not leave you orphan. I will come to you!"
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Doing greater works than Jesus? Me?
Within the non-Christian culture we find ourselves in, the church should look increasingly like the Acts of the Apostles. We will do signs and wonders in…
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We are bad at resting...
On the feast of St. Joseph the Worker, it's important to remember what it means to enter into authentic rest
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How has Jesus loved you this week?
Unless we notice and receive how Jesus is loving us every day, we are what's wrong with Christianity...
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Feeling downcast in our suffering...
It is precisely in our suffering that we can experience our deepest communion with Jesus, especially when we bring it before His Eucharistic Presence. 3rd…
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Jesus, I trust in You!
Jesus' greatest hurt is our lack of trust. Experiencing Jesus' love and mercy in our lowest moments drives out the fear that holds us captive in our "locked…
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Jesus is risen...so what?
What difference does it make that Jesus rose from the dead? For starters, it means He is still alive and with us today, and He has broken the power of our…
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"Why do you embrace your cross, you fool?"
Suffer, the cross doesn't make sense to the world; it is always to be avoided and rejected. With the cross, we encounter Jesus and participate in interceding…
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How to live Holy Week
Jesus is pouring out His love for us all the time, and Holy Week is a prime opportunity to receive a greater outpouring of His mercy. We have to slow down in…