Archive of homilies from January 5th, 2014, through November 22nd, 2014.

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Homiles may be based on the Lectionaries of three different Liturgical Traditions, identified by the following legend:

[OF] = The Ordinary Form of the Roman Rite.
[EF] = The Extraordinary Form of the Roman Rite.
[RR] = The Ruthenian Recension of the Byzantine Rite.
10:21 AM 11/22/2014 [OF] The Memorial of Saint Cecilia, Virgin & Martyr; or, the Thirty-Third Saturday of Ordinary Time. There Is No Sacrifice in Giving Up What One Doesn't Want. 1:48 PM 11/19/2014 [OF] The Thirty-Third Wednesday of Ordinary Time. Jesus Is Not a Blank Slate. 9:13 AM 11/16/2014 [OF] The Thirty-Third Sunday of Ordinary Time. Grading on a Curve & the Dogma of Sufficient Grace. 9:24 AM 11/14/2014 [OF] The Thirty-Second Friday of Ordinary Time. Keep Your Nose Out of God's Business.
9:26 AM 11/13/2014 [OF] The Memorial of Saint Frances Xavier Cabrini, Virgin. There Is No Such Thing as a Coincidence. 2:19 PM 11/12/2014 [OF] The Memorial of Saint Josaphat, Bishop & Martyr. The Leprosy of Spiritual Immaturity. 2:57 PM 11/9/2014 [EF] The Second Class Feast of the Dedication of the Archbasilica of Our Savior. And There Appeared Before the Eyes of the Roman People an Image of Our Savior. 10:28 AM 11/8/2014 [OF] The Thirty-First Saturday of Ordinary Time. It's All Greek to Me.
10:31 AM 11/6/2014 [OF] The Thirty-First Thursday of Ordinary Time. Our Lord's Unrequited Love. 10:12 AM 11/5/2014 [OF] The Thirty-First Wednesday of Ordinary Time. He Who Does Not Suffer is Not a Christian. 10:15 AM 11/3/2014 [EF] The First Class Feast of All Souls. Eternal Rest Grant unto Them, O Lord, and Let Perpetual Light Shine upon Them. 9:54 AM 11/2/2014 [OF] The Commemoration of All the Faithful Departed. Fishing Season is Over.
5:17 PM 11/1/2014 [EF] The First Class Feast of All the Saints. The Virgin Whiteness of Untarnished Orthodoxy. 9:54 AM 10/30/2014 [OF] The Thirtieth Thursday of Ordinary Time. Our Agitation over the Synod is a Testimony to Our Lack of Faith. 9:47 AM 10/29/2014 [OF] The Thirtieth Wednesday of Ordinary Time. Twisted 'Round for No Reason. 2:27 PM 10/26/2014 [EF] The First Class Feast of the Kingship of Our Lord Jesus Christ. Without Christ, the New World Order is neither New, nor in Order.
1:43 PM 10/25/2014 [OF] The Twenty-Ninth Saturday of Ordinary Time. Your Mommy and Your Kindergarten Teacher Were Wrong: You Are Not Special. 2:50 PM 10/24/2014 [OF] The Memorial of Saint Anthony Mary Claret, Bishop. A Patron Saint for Screw-Ups. 9:06 AM 10/19/2014 [OF] The Twenty-Ninth Sunday of Ordinary Time. And That's the Way It Is. Or Is It? 2:25 PM 10/15/2014 [OF] The Memorial of Saint Teresa of Jesus, Virgin & Doctor of the Church. [EF] The Third Class Feast of Saint Teresa, Virgin & Doctor. How One Man's Heretic Becomes Another Man's Saint.
2:46 PM 10/12/2014 [OF] The Twenty-Eighth Sunday of Ordinary Time. There's No Shame in Being Poor, only Poorly Dressed. 9:23 AM 10/11/2014 [EF] The Second Class Feast of the Motherhood of the Blessed Virgin Mary. The Wonder Would Be if Thou Wert not Puzzled at Which to Wonder Most. 2:09 PM 10/5/2014 [OF] The Twenty-Seventh Sunday of Ordinary Time. [EF] & [RR] The Seventeenth Sunday after Pentecost. Father has no preaching duties today; however, a homily on today's Gospel lesson [OF] can be found under 11:39 AM 8/18/2013 below. 2:50 PM 10/3/2014 [OF] The Twenty-Sixth Friday of Ordinary Time. A Belated Tribute to the Angels.
1:24 PM 10/1/2014 [OF] The Memorial of Saint Thérèse of the Child Jesus and the Holy Face, Virgin & Doctor of the Church. Selections from Father Michael's Index of Forbidden Books ... Which You Should Read. 9:32 AM 9/30/2014 [OF] The Memorial of Saint Jerome, Priest & Doctor of the Church. "Every Scholar, Then, Whose Learning Is of the Kingdom of Heaven Must Be Like a Rich Man, Who Knows How to Bring Both New and Old Things Out of His Treasure-house." 2:29 PM 9/28/2014 [OF] The Twenty-Sixth Sunday of Ordinary Time. Swatting Flies with a Wrecking Ball. 1:34 PM 9/24/2014 [OF] The Twenty-Fifth Wednesday of Ordinary Time. Quidquid Recipitur ad Modum Recipientis Recipitur.
2:32 PM 9/21/2014 [OF] The Twenty-Fifth Sunday of Ordinary Time. Don't Say It if You Don't Mean It. 9:46 AM 9/20/2014 [OF] The Memorial of the Martyrs Saint Andrew Kim Tae-gŏn, Priest, Paul Chŏng Ha-sang & Their Companions. Don't Let Your Religion Become a Side Show. 9:32 AM 9/19/2014 [OF] The Memorial of Saint Januarius, Bishop & Martyr. Father Michael's Number Nine Rule for the Interior Life: Don't Be So Impressed with Yourself. 10:27 AM 9/17/2014 [OF] The Memorial of Saint Robert Bellarmine, Bishop & Doctor of the Church. The Sacred Liturgy & Revisiting Father Michael's Number Five Rule for the Interior Life.
11:50 PM 9/16/2014 [OF] The Memorial of Saint Cornelius, Pope & Martyr, and Saint Cyprian, Bishop & Martyr. It's OK to Be Afraid of the Dark. 9:41 AM 9/14/2014 [OF] The Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross. Who Turned Out the Lights? 9:28 AM 9/12/2014 [OF] The Memorial of the Most Holy Name of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Father Michael's Number Eight Rule for the Interior Life: Choose Your Battles Wisely. 1:56 PM 9/11/2014 [OF] The Twenty-Third Thursday of Ordinary Time. Father Michael's Number Seven Rule for the Interior Life: One Man's Meat Is Another Man's Poison.
3:06 PM 9/9/2014 [OF] The Memorial of Saint Peter Claver, Priest & Religious. More of Father Michael's Number Six Rule for the Interior Life. 10:29 AM 9/8/2014 [OF] The Feast of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Frolicking in the Mud with Jesus. 8:05 AM 9/7/2014 [OF] The Twenty-Third Sunday of Ordinary Time. Power Failures Make for Short, Generic Homilies. 9:08 AM 9/6/2014 [OF] The Twenty-Second Saturday of Ordinary Time. Father Michael's Number Six Rule for the Interior Life: Don't Be a Lone Ranger.
3:03 PM 9/5/2014 [OF] The Twenty-Second Friday of Ordinary Time. Interlude for the Sacred Heart. 11:06 AM 9/3/2014 [OF] The Memorial of Saint Gregory the Great, Pope & Doctor of the Church. Father Michael's Number Five Rule for the Interior Life: Never Forget that Everything You Do that's Good Is Really Done by God. 3:02 PM 9/2/2014 [OF] The Twenty-Second Tuesday of Ordinary Time. Father Michael's Number Four Rule for the Interior Life: Never Be Afraid to Be Different. 10:43 AM 9/1/2014 [OF] The Twenty-Second Monday of Ordinary Time. Father Michael's Number Three Rule for the Interior Life: Be Yourself.
9:50 AM 8/31/2014 [OF] The Twenty-Second Sunday of Ordinary Time. [EF] & [RR] The Twelfth Sunday after Pentecost & [BR only] The Deposition of the Venerable Belt of the Most Holy Theotokos. Father has no preaching duties today. 3:13 PM 8/30/2014 [OF] The Twenty-First Saturday of Ordinary Time. Do We Really Want to Be Like "Them"? 10:15 AM 8/27/2014 [OF] The Memorial of Saint Monica. Father Michael's Number Two Rule for the Interior Life: Never Expect to See the Results of Your Efforts. 10:11 AM 8/26/2014 [OF] The Twenty-First Tuesday of Ordinary Time. Father Michael's Number One Rule for the Interior Life: Mind Your Own Business.
8:16 AM 8/24/2014 [OF] The Twenty-First Sunday of Ordinary Time. This Will Be on the Exam. 8:17 PM 8/20/2014 [OF] The Memorial of Saint Bernard of Clairvaux, Abbot & Doctor of the Church. Don't "Doctor Phil" the Gospel. 2:10 PM 8/19/2014 [OF] The Memorial of Saint John Eudes. Poetry is What is Lost in Translation (Unless It's the Life of a Saint). 2:30 PM 8/17/2014 [OF] The Twentieth Sunday of Ordinary Time. The Method in Our Lord's Madness.
2:36 PM 8/16/2014 [OF] The Nineteenth Saturday of Ordinary Time. Jesus Doesn't Bless the Children to Give Us a Cute Theme for Our Holy Cards. 10:45 AM 8/15/2014 [OF] & [EF] The Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary into Heaven. [RR] The Dormition of the Theotokos. Father has no preaching duties today. 9:16 AM 8/14/2014 [OF] The Memorial of Saint Maximilian Kolbe, Priest & Martyr. What Does the Lord's Prayer Really Say? 2:22 PM 8/10/2014 [OF] The Nineteenth Sunday of Ordinary Time. [EF] & [RR] The Ninth Sunday after Pentecost. Father has no preaching duties today.
9:19 AM 8/8/2014 [OF] The Memorial of Saint Dominic, Priest. Heaping Corpses to Stumble Upon. 3:01 PM 8/6/2014 [OF] The Feast of the Transfiguration of the Lord. God Always Has His Purpose. 10:46 AM 8/5/2014 [OF] The Eighteenth Tuesday of Ordinary Time. Elemetary, My Dear Watson. 2:39 PM 8/3/2014 [OF] The Eighteenth Sunday of Ordinary Time. The Blessed Eucharist: Who, Exactly, is Presuming to Feed Whom?
10:13 AM 8/2/2014 [OF] The Memorial of Saint Peter Julian Eymard, Priest, & the First Saturday of the Month. Understanding the Spirit of Reparation. 4:56 PM 7/27/2014 [OF] The Seventeenth Sunday of Ordinary Time. The Forgotten Virtue. 3:16 PM 7/26/2014 [OF] The Memorial of Saints Joachim & Anne, Parents of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Teaching the Mother of God. 3:22 PM 7/25/2014 [OF] The Feast of the Blessed Apostle James the Greater. Opening the Ulcer to Apply the Medicine.
9:44 AM 7/24/2014 [OF] The Sixteenth Thursday of Ordinary Time. The Friends of God. 11:30 PM 7/22/2014 [OF] The Memorial of Saint Mary Magdalene. Grace Comes Only to Those Humble Enough to Know They Need It. 2:51 PM 7/20/2014 [OF] The Sixteenth Sunday of Ordinary Time. I've Lived a Good Life; Why is God Letting This Happen to Me? 2:37 PM 7/18/2014 [OF] The Memorial of St. Camillus de Lellis, Priest. Just Because Something is Good & Holy Doesn't Mean It's What God Wants.
9:23 AM 7/16/2014 [OF] The Memorial of Our Lady of Mount Carmel. Whoever Does the Will of My Father: He is my Brother & Sister & Mother. 1:54 PM 7/15/2014 [OF] The Memorial of Saint Bonaventure, Bishop & Doctor of the Church. How a Saint Puts Up with Nonsense. 6:53 AM 7/13/2014 [OF] The Fifteenth Sunday of Ordinary Time. [EF] The Fifth Sunday after Pentecost. [RR] The Sunday of the Fathers of the First Six Ecumenical Councils and the Synaxis of the Archangel Gabriel. Father has no preaching duties today. 9:12 AM 7/12/2014 [OF] The Fourteenth Saturday of Ordinary Time. A Hot Coal to the Lips? Don't Try This at Home.
1:23 PM 7/9/2014 [OF] The Memorial of St. Augustine Zhao Rong, Priest & Martyr, and the One Hundred Nineteen Others Martyred for Their Faith in China, 1648 Through 1930. Think God is Asking Too Much of You? Try Asking These People What They Think. 10:00 AM 7/8/2014 [OF] The Fourteenth Tuesday of Ordinary Time. Lord, (Don't) Give Me a Sign. 9:10 AM 7/6/2014 [OF] The Fourteenth Sunday of Ordinary Time. [EF] & [RR] The Fourth Sunday after Pentecost. Father has no preaching duties today. 9:30 AM 7/4/2014 [OF] The Thirteenth Friday of Ordinary Time. A Votive Mass of the Sacred Heart for the First Friday of the Month. The 238th Anniversary of the Independence of the United States. What's the Point of Being Saved if There's Nothing to Be Saved From?
9:51 AM 7/2/2014 [OF] The Thirteenth Wednesday of Ordinary Time. Are We Secretly Telling Our Lord to Get Out of Town? 9:08 AM 7/1/2014 [OF] The Thirteenth Tuesday of Ordinary Time & the Memorial of Blessed Junípero Serra. Father Serra & the Case for Spiritual Maturity. 10:02 PM 6/29/2014 [OF] The Solemnity of the Blessed Apostles Peter & Paul. Planting the Church with Their Blood. 2:33 PM 6/28/2014 [OF] The Memorial of the Immaculate Heart of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Mary Teaches Us How to Read the Bible.
2:21 PM 6/25/2014 [OF] The Twelfth Wednesday of Ordinary Time. Instruct Me, O Lord, in the Ways of Thy Statutes. 1:35 PM 6/24/2014 [OF] The Solemnity of the Nativity of Saint John the Baptist. Put Me to the Test and Examine My Restless Thoughts, and Thyself Lead Me in the Ways of Old. 7:02 AM 6/22/2014 [OF] The Most Holy Body & Blood of Christ, known as Corpus Christi. [EF] & [RR] The Second Sunday after Pentecost. Father has no preaching duties today. 10:13 AM 6/21/2014 [OF] The Eleventh Friday of Ordinary Time. Don't Hold Your Breath for This Movie to Come Out.
2:59 PM 6/18/2014 [OF] The Eleventh Wednesday of Ordinary Time. Understanding the Gift of Fear of the Lord. 6:47 PM 6/17/2014 [OF] The Eleventh Tuesday in Ordinary Time. You Have Heard It Said...But I Say.... 2:56 PM 6/15/2014 [OF] The Sunday of the Most Holy Trinity. Seeing Three, He Adored One. 4:17 PM 6/11/2014 [OF] The Memorial of the Blessed Apostle Barnabas. Without Cost You Have Received; Without Cost You Are to Give.
10:11 AM 6/10/2014 [OF] Pentecost Sunday. Let Not this Sacred Season Leave Us as It Found Us. 12:40 PM 3/23/2014 [RR] The Third Sunday of the Great Fast, known as The Sunday of the Veneration of the Holy Cross. The Parting of Friends. 12:44 PM 3/16/2014 [RR] The Second Sunday of the Great Fast. Christ, the Model of Our Faith, Part Two: The Stuff of Which Life is Made. 12:18 PM 3/9/2014 [RR] The First Sunday of the Great Fast, known as The Sunday of the Holy Prophets or The Sunday of Orthdoxy. Christ, the Model of Our Faith, Part One: It's All Greek to Me.
11:41 AM 3/2/2014 [RR] The Fourth Sunday of the Triodion, called The Sunday of Cheesefare or The Sunday of Forgiveness. Care for Some Cheese with Your Whine? 11:57 AM 2/23/2014 [RR] The Third Sunday of the Triodion, called The Sunday of Meatfare. One Man's Meat is Another Man's Poison. 1:05 PM 2/16/2014 [RR] The Second Sunday of the Triodion, called The Sunday of the Prodigal Son. Don't Live Like a Corinthian. 12:05 PM 2/9/2014 [RR] The First Sunday of the Triodion, called The Sunday of the Publican & the Pharisee. Wrestling the Rogues and the Mountebanks.
11:57 AM 2/2/2014 [RR] The Sunday before the Triodion, known as The Sunday of Zacchaeus; also, The Enounter of Our Lord, God & Savior, Jesus Christ, with Simeon & Anna. Go Climb a Tree. 11:28 AM 1/26/2014 [RR] The Thirty-Sixth Sunday after Pentecost. The Shipwreck of Unorthodox Preaching. 11:45 AM 1/19/2014 [RR] The Thirty-Fifth Sunday after Pentecost. Lying to Our Lord is Never a Good Idea. 11:48 AM 1/12/2014 [RR] The Sunday after Theophany. They Walked No More in His Company.
11:34 AM 1/5/2014 [RR] The Sunday before Theophany. Forget Saving the World; How About Saving your Soul?


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