UMD NEWMAN CATHOLIC CAMPUS MINISTRY

Homily from the First Sunday of Lent. "He won't be a dictator. In fact, God refuses to be a dictator, and who He reveals Himself to be in this story (of Adam and Eve in the Garden) and in the Gospel today is our Father." Readings from Sunday, February 10, 2008: Genesis 2:7-9, 3:1-7 Psalm 51:3-6, 12-13, 17 Romans 5:12-19 Matthew 4:1-11

Homily from the Fourth Sunday of Ordinary Time. "Every single one of your heart's desires is meant to point you and lead you to the greatest desire of your life..to God Himself." Readings from Sunday, February 3, 2007: Zephaniah 2:3; 3:12-13 Psalm 146:6-7, 8-9, 9-10 1 Corinthians 1:26-31 Matthew 5:1-12

Homily from the Third Sunday of Ordinary Time. "Helping the unchurched become disciples but then equipping disciples to go out and be apostles." Readings from Sunday, January 27, 2007: Isaiah 8:23-9:3 Psalm 27:1, 4, 13-14 1 Corinthians 1:10-13, 17 Matthew 4:12-23

Homily from the Christmas Eve Mass. "I have to ask you this. Do you have a personal relationship with Jesus Christ? Can you say, 'YES! I am friends with God!' Because brothers and sisters if I can’t say yes to that question, you know what Christmas means to me? It’s nice, it’s cute. But if I can say, 'Yes, I have a personal relationship with Jesus Christ,' what I’m saying is, 'Christmas CHANGED my life. God took on flesh so that I could hold on to Him. God took on flesh so that He could change my life and I could meet Him.'" Readings from December 24th, 2007 (Christmas Vigil Mass: Isaiah 62:1-5 Psalm 89:4-5, 16-17, 27, 29 Acts 13:16-17, 22-25 Matthew 1:1-25

Homily from the Third Sunday of Advent. "Every human being is good. Every human being has an intrinsic dignity and an infinite worth. Each and every human being, you, have been specifically chosen and are being shaped to not just be good...but to be more than good." Readings from Sunday, December 16, 2007: Isaiah 35:1-6a, 10 Psalm 146:6-7, 8-9, 9-10 James 5:7-10 Matthew 11:2-11

Homily from the Second Sunday of Advent. "How will you and I react to John the Baptist's call, 'Repent!'?" Readings from Sunday, December 9, 2007: Isaiah 11:1-10 Psalm 72:1-2, 7-8, 12-13, 17 Romans 15:4-9 Matthew 3:1-12

Homily from the First Sunday of Advent. "Brothers and sisters, you are crucial to the story of God's Kingdom. If you do not play your part, the story of God's Kingdom is not fulfilled, and it is not complete...by staying awake and alert, by being fully alive, you and I are glorifying God." Readings from Sunday, December 2, 2007: Isaiah 2:1-5 Psalm 122: 1-2, 3-4, 4-5, 6-7, 8-9 Romans 13:11-14 Matthew 24:37-44

Homily from the Solemnity of Christ the King. "The King you and I serve, the King you and I have placed our lives under the dominion of, is a King who says, 'I will not spare my life, I will not come down from this cross, because they are my people and they are worth dying for. And I’m the kind of King who will NOT see them die.' He’s a King who says, 'You can have them over My dead body.'" Readings from Sunday, November 25, 2007: 2 Samuel 5:1-3 Psalm 122:1-2, 3-4, 4-5 Colossians 1:12-20 Luke 23:35-43

Homily from the Thirty-Third Sunday in Ordinary Time. "God does not come to burn away sinners. He's going to come to burn away sin. The problem will be for those of us who won't let go of our sin. ...The only thing that makes a sin unforgiveable is that we won't let it go." Readings from Sunday, November 18, 2007: Malachi 3:19-20 Psalm 98:5-6, 7-8, 9 2 Thessalonians 3:7-12 Luke 21:5-19

Homily from the Thirty-Second Sunday of Ordinary Time. "The most important thing that you and I can do is look with awe upon Jesus Christ. Because He alone, better than anyone else, expemplified virtue and showed us what it meant and how to conquer vice. Even more than that, He made it possible for us to be free from our weaknesses and sins by coming powerless, and on the Cross, winning our freedom." Readings from Sunday, November 11, 2007: 2 Maccabees 7:1-2, 9-14 Psalm 17:1, 5-6, 8, 15 2 Thessalonians 2:16-3:5 Luke 20:27-38

Homily from the Thirty-First Sunday of Ordinary Time. "Here is God, my brothers and sisters, saying, 'I want you. YOU'RE enough for me. NOT you skinnier! NOT you prettier! NOT you smarter! NOT you stronger! NOT you without your sins! But I want you right now, and THAT’s enough.' What do we say back to God?" Readings from Sunday, November 4, 2007: Wisdom 11:22-12:2 Psalm 145:1-2, 8-9, 10-11, 13, 14 2 Thessalonians 1:11-2:2 Luke 19:1-10

Homily from the Thirtieth Sunday of Ordinary Time. "Religionism offers us a tame God, God in a box. But TRUE religion, GOOD religion, REAL religion, offers us an encounter with the truly wild and truly good God." Readings from Sunday, October 28, 2007: Sirach 35:12-14, 16-18 Psalm 34:2-3, 17-18, 19, 23 2 Timothy 4:6-8, 16-18 Luke 18:9-14

Homily from the Twenty-Ninth Sunday of Ordinary Time. "There was at one point in which the people rebelled against God and God said, 'In justice, they have to die. Moses, I’ll spare your life.' And Moses says this, 'No, Lord, you forbid, if you must kill, let ME die, and let THEM live.' This is what you’re saying every time you say, 'I’ll pray for you. You’re in my prayers.' You’re placing your life on the line and saying, 'I will lay down my life for you.' We’re saying, 'I’ll offer my life for yours.'" Readings from Sunday, October 21, 2007: Exodus 17:8-13 Psalm 121:1-2, 3-4, 5-6, 7-8 2 Timothy 3:14-4:2 Luke 18:1-8

Homily from the Twenty-Eighth Sunday of Ordinary Time. "On the outside, you as a Catholic Christian look TAME when you go to Mass on Sunday. You look domesticated when you go to Mass on Sunday. But that is not reality! What we’re doing here is not tame! To encounter power and healing, to encounter the living God, as I talked about last week, to receive the Eucharist is to eat fire. The Eucharist being the atomic bomb of God Himself. It looks calm on the outside, but inside, It burns." Readings from Sunday, October 14, 2007: 2 Kings 5:14-17 Psalm 98:1, 2-3, 3-4 2 Timothy 2:8-13 Luke 17:11-19

Homily from the Twenty-Seventh Sunday of Ordinary Time. "Taking that torch out into the darkness means I’m not going to wait for someone to come to me, but I am going to go to them with the light AND with the fire. To seek out those people who might not even know they’re lost, to seek out those people who don’t even know what it is to be loved. They don’t even know what it is that they’re unloved in. To take a torch, a torch in the hand of someone who is bold and courageous is enough to save someone’s life. " Readings from Sunday, October 7, 2007: Habakkuk 1:2-3;2:2-4 Psalm 95:1-2,6-7,8-9 2 Timothy 1:6-8,13-14 Luke 17:5-10