UMD NEWMAN CATHOLIC CAMPUS MINISTRY

Homily from the Fifth Sunday of Easter. "Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is gracious, if there is any excellence and if there is anything worthy of praise, think about these things." Philippians 4:8 Mass Readings from May 2, 2010: Acts 14:21-27 Revelation 21:1-5 John 13:31-33,34-35

Homily from the Fourth Sunday of Easter. "Redemption of the body on this earth means this: it means stop being a slave, and start living free. It means first exercise the gift. Next step: to be a gift. He (Pope John Paul II) says, 'If you become a gift, you clear the way for the redemption of the body.'" Mass Readings from Sunday, April 25, 2010: Acts 13:14,43-52 Revelation 7:9,14-17 John 10:27-30

Homily from the Third Sunday of Easter. "God is not calling you to be perfect. God is calling you to be holy, which basically means that God is calling you to be His. He looks at you and says, "Do you love me? Will you let me love you back?" Mass Readings from Sunday, April 18, 2010: Acts 5:27-32,40-41 Revelation 5:11-14 John 21:1-19

Homily from the Second Sunday of Easter, Divine Mercy Sunday. "Grace always works. Our problem is that we don't always open the gift [of grace] and use it." Mass Readings from April 11, 2010: Acts 5:12-16 Revelation 1:9-13,17-19 John 20:19-31

Homily from Palm Sunday. "Suffering without Christ just hurts. But suffering with Christ is redemptive. Suffering without Christ is just painful. But suffering with Christ will transform the world." Mass Readings from March 28, 2010: Isaiah 50:4-7 Philippians 2:6-11 Luke 23:1-49

Homily from the Fifth Sunday of Lent. "In today's Gospel, He saves this woman's life, He spares her life. But the most important part of it is when He looks at her and says these words: 'Neither do I condemn you. Go, and sin no more.' The deeper healing He gave her was not that He saved her physical life: it was that He gave her new life. He was able to save her soul. That's the most important part of the story. Jesus heals people, physical healing, as a sign of a deeper spiritual healing." Mass Readings from March 21, 2010: Isaiah 43:16-21 Philippians 3:8-14 John 8:1-11

Homily from the Third Sunday of Lent. "I believe that out of the worst thing that ever happened, the best thing that ever happened. Jesus was willing to die, an evil thing. But because of that He conquered death, which is the greatest thing. I believe that God, who didn't deserve to die, an evil thing, took my and your place, the greatest thing." Mass Readings from March 07, 2010: Exodus 3:1-8, 13-15 1 Corinthians 10:1-6,10-12 Luke 13:1-9

Homily from the Second Sunday of Lent. "If all we have here is ritual, then to hell with it. But if we have here in the Name of God, 'This is my body,' and His grace comes here, then it's worth everything." Mass Readings from February 28, 2010: Genesis 15:5-12,17-18 Philippians 3:17-4:1 Luke 9:28-36

Homily from the First Sunday of Lent. "When God looks at our suffering, when He looks at our pain, it's not like He stays aloof and says, "Seriously, why are you getting all worked up?" When Jesus encounters death the first time He cries, the second time, He dies. Why? Why does Jesus go into the desert to be tempted every way that we are? So that we can learn to trust Him." Mass Readings from February 21, 2010: Deuteronomy 26:4-10 Romans 10:8-13 Luke 4:1-13

Homily from Ash Wednesday. "The Church says this, 'You guys, if you want, today you can let go and God will be there. If you want, whatever is killing you, whatever is causing anxiety in your life, whatever is stressing you out, whatever might be choking your soul to death, if you want to, you can let go of it, and guess what? When you let go, God will be there.'" Mass Readings from Wednesday, February 17, 2009: Joel 2:12-18 2 Corinthians 5:20-6:2 Matthew 6:1-6,16-18

Homily from the Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time. "If I pursue fun or pursue laughter in order to forget the bigger things, the absolutes, things like beauty, and truth, and compassion, and the fact that 30,000 kids die every day, if I use laughter to forget about things that are important like joy or love or death, then woe to me: because I might spend my whole life going after the next laugh and missing the whole point of life." Mass Readings from February 14, 2010: Jeremiah 17:5-8 1 Corinthians 15:12,16-20 Luke 6:17,20-26

Homily from the Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time. "'Do not be afraid: because I am bigger than your weakness. Do not be afraid: because I am more powerful than your sin. Do not be afraid: because my love is greater...so much greater...than whatever failure you may have done.'" Mass Readings from February 7, 2010: Isaiah 6:1-8 1 Corinthians 15:1-22 Luke 5:1-11

Homily from the Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time. "Our vocation is love. Man's highest destiny, male and female, is love. That doesn't mean that your highest destiny is to fall in love: it means that your highest destiny is to make yourself into a gift for the other." Mass Readings from January 31, 2010: Jeremiah 1:4-5, 17-19 1 Corinthians 12:31-13:13 Luke 4:21-30

Homily from the Third Sunday in Ordinary Time. "If I like Jesus but not the Church, I have successfully kept myself distant from Him making an impact in my life. Because what makes Christ present to us today other than the Church? Nothing." Mass Readings from January 24, 2009: Nehemiah 8:2-4,5-6,8-10 1 Corinthians 12:12-30 Luke 1:1-4;4:14-21

Homily from the Christmas Day Mass celebrated in Brainerd, MN. "What we recognize as Catholic Christians is that when we enter into a Sacrament, what we're doing is we're taking an oath. We're not just saying, 'I believe in Jesus,' not just saying, 'I believe the Eucharist is Christ Himself.' What we're saying is, 'God, I am yours. My entire life is yours. Not only is there meaning to my life, but my life is yours.'" Mass Readings from Friday, December 25th, 2009: Isaiah 62: 11-12 Titus 3:4-7 Luke 2:15-20