Assumption Sermon
How to be holy like Mary (kind of.)
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08, 2017
11
08, 2017
Demonology Q and A
These are the questions and answers that I gave on the topic of exorcism and demonology. This talk was cut and paste into Q and A format by a friend who runs a radio show.
7
08, 2017
Transfiguration Sermon
This sermon is about Mount Tabor and the Transfiguration by way of the Sermon on the Mount and the countercultural calling of the Maccabean martyrs.
31
07, 2017
A Priest’s Thoughts on Cyberbullying
This subtitle is The 7 Hidden Dangers of Smartphones for Teens. The first of these seven is indeed cyberbullying. Simply read the first one if you were lured-in by the title of this blog post. Recently, I was at a large family’s home. The kids were all out back blowing bubbles. The older kids, being about 10 years old, twirled foot-long wands out of their dish soap to create bubbles about six inches in diameter. The youngest brother who was playing bubbles with them was only five years old. He simply couldn’t help himself from popping his older sisters' bubbles. I told him: "Just make your own." He looked at me with [...]
30
07, 2017
8th Sunday After Pentecost
Baptism Sermons, Part II of II: Sin and Grace.
23
07, 2017
7th Sunday After Pentecost
Baptism Sermons, Part I of II: The exorcisms.
16
07, 2017
6th Sunday After Pentecost
When distractions mask supernatural hunger.
11
07, 2017
The Image of God in the Human Face
St. Louis De Montfort teaches that Lucifer and all the angels were given a preview that one day, a creature would contain more glory than the angels. That creature is the Blessed Virgin Mary. So infuriated was Satan that a creature would be higher than him, that Lucifer (now Satan) led a third of the angels to rebel against God. St. Michael ejected the rebel spirits to the earth. So, eons later, Satan went to pursue Mary and her child: "And when the dragon saw that he had been thrown down to the earth, he pursued the woman who had given birth to the male child.”—Apocalypse 12:13 Both before and [...]
9
07, 2017
5th Sunday after Pentecost
This sermon considers the teachings of St. Igantius of Loyola on how to make decisions without fear. Ignatian discernment of spirits are linked on my blog as part I and part II.
2
07, 2017
4th Sunday After Pentecost
Cast into the deep.