UMD NEWMAN CATHOLIC CAMPUS MINISTRY

Homily from the Fourth Sunday of Advent. "So Christ pulls up on these spikes digging into His wrists, and He looks at his beloved disciple, which is to say He looks at you and at me, and He says these words: 'Behold, there is your mother.' He is not just saying, 'I want to introduce you to my Mother.' He says, 'I am giving you my Mother to be your Mother.' Mass Readings from December 20, 2009: Micah 5:1-4 Hebrews 10:5-10 Luke 1:39-45

Homily from the Third Sunday of Advent. "If you find yourself back in Confession again and again, that means you are trying. That means you are fighting. That means you are on the battlefield. That means you are charging after the Lord with everything you've got." Mass Readings from December 13, 2009: Zephaniah 3:14-18 Philippians 4:4-7 Luke 3:10-18

Homily from the Second Sunday of Advent. "Do not be content then to be at peace with yourselves until every single person you know and love has been won for Christ. Why? Because you have been won for Christ." Mass Readings from December 8, 2009: Baruch 5:1-9 Philippians 1:4-6,8-11 Luke 3:1-6

Homily from the First Sunday of Advent. "The Lord is calling us today not to be drowsy and not to be anxious, but to be this one word, to be strong. What makes us strong to the Lord? ...Love." Mass Readings from November 29, 2009: Jeremiah 33:14-16 1 Thessalonians 3:12-4:2 Luke 21:25-28,34-36

Homily from the Solemnity of Christ the King. "If Jesus is God, if He is the King objectively, my question is this: Is He my King subjectively? If I believe that objectively speaking, “Yes, Jesus is God, He is the Lord, He is the King of Kings!' Subjectively, now for me, for you tonight, ask this question: Is He your King?" Mass Reading for Sunday, November 22: Daniel 7:13-14 Revelation 1:5-8 John 18:33-37

Homily from the Thirty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time. "[How amazing would it be] if the administration was like, 'We are so relieved, we are so glad because those Catholics, when they are on campus, they are on the move. And whenever they are, wherever they are, there is healing. Wherever they are, there is hope. Wherever they are, there is mercy. And wherever they are, there is the presence of God'?" Mass Readings from Sunday, November 15: Daniel 12:1-3 Hebrews 10:11-14, 18 Mark 13:24-32

Homily from the Thirty-second Sunday in Ordinary Time. "'When it comes to your life, to give anything less than your best is to sacrifice the gift.' But I can look at my life and I can realize that, in my life, God doesn't get the best. He gets what's left. He doesn't get the first fruits, He gets whatever is left over with my day, or with my life, or with my time, or with my money. But to give anything less than the best is to sacrifice the gift." Mass Readings from Sunday, November 8: 1 Kings 17:10-16 Hebrews 9:24-28 Mark 12: 38-44

Homily from the Solemnity of All Saints. "They (the saints) have run the race already. They have finished the race already. They know what it is to suffer. They know what it is to struggle. They know what it is to get messed up and to keep running. And they can't run the race for us, but what can they do? They cheer us on. They call us by name. They run behind us and they push us. Because why? Because every single one of them wants nothing more than for you and me to win, to 'persevere in running the race that is set before us, keeping our eyes fixed on Christ.'" Mass Readings from November 1, 2009 Revelation 7:2-4, 9-14 1 John 3:1-3 Matthew 5:1-12

Homily from the Thirtieth Sunday in Ordinary Time. "Unless we understand the Eucharist and sacrifice, we will never understand what the priest is." Mass Readings for October 25, 2009: Jeremiah 31:7-9 Hebrews 5:1-6 Mark 10:46-52

Homily from the Twenty-ninth Sunday in Ordinary Time. "A sacrifice doesn't make God love us more. If we offer any kind of sacrifice, it does not make God love us more. What it does is this: it makes us into the kind of people who trust Him more." Mass Readings from October 18, 2009: Isaiah 53:10-11 Hebrews 4:14-16 Mark 10:35-45

Homily from the Twenty-eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time. "If the Catholic Church doesn't have the infallible authority to interpret this Book (the Bible), then this Book is worthless because we can get it wrong still." Mass Readings from October 11, 2009: Wisdom 7:7-11 Hebrews 4:12-13 Mark 10:17-30

Homily from the Twenty-seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time. "We know the story of Jesus, right? He's the New Adam. He's in the new Garden called not Eden, but called Gethsemane. And in this Garden of Gethsemane, He knows why He's here, He knows why He's on this Earth: His job is to guard His Bride. And the dragon comes in, and is about to mow down His life. But this Adam does not remain silent. This Adam does not just allow his bride to get mowed down, but this Adam makes the decision to stand and to say, 'Take me instead.'" Mass Readings from October 4, 2009: Genesis 2:18-24 Hebrews 2:9-11 Mark 10:2-16

Homily from the Twenty-sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time. "Jesus wants us to be free. Because why? Jesus is merciless when it comes to sin. He's merciful when it comes to you and me, completely full of mercy when it comes to you and me. But when it comes to the stuff that makes us slaves, when it comes to the stuff that kills you and me, the people He loves, He is absolutely merciless. He says 'cut it out', and so what we need to cut it out, what we need to defeat tyranny, is courage." Mass Readings from September 27, 2009: Nehemiah 11:25-29 James 5:1-6 Mark 9:38-43,45,47-48

Homily from the Twenty-fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time. "This is the message of Christianity. The point of your life is to be the best version of yourself, which is another way of saying the point of your life is to be a saint." Mass Readings from September 20, 2009: Wisdom 2:12, 17-20 James 3:16-4:3 Mark 9:30-37

Homily from the Twenty-fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time. "'My Cross was for you. It's not to beat you into the ground, it's to lift you up from the ground. You don't have to be nailed to that sin because I was nailed to this Cross. And it doesn't have to defeat you anymore, because I laid down my life so that you could live.'" Mass Readings from September 13, 2009: Isaiah 50:5-9 James 2:14-18 Mark 8:27-35