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January 24, 2021. 3rd Sunday in Ordinary Time homily by Fr. Matt Lowry about how the disciples respond in freedom to the Lord while the hired men are ensnared and restricted. Christ not only calls...
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January 17, 2021. 2nd Sunday in Ordinary Time homily by Fr. Matt Lowry about how Jesus invites us to move. He calls us to come after Him and by doing that, we see Him more clearly.
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January 10, 2021. Baptism of the Lord homily by Fr. Matt Lowry about how by "putting on" Christ in baptism, we share in His sonship. The Father says to us that we are chosen, beloved, and...
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January 3, 2021. Epiphany homily by Fr. Matt Lowry about how Jesus and His light are revealed to the world. Drawing close to the newborn baby shines the light on the Magi and us, inviting us towards...
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December 27, 2020. Holy Family homily by Fr. Matt Lowry about how Abram is an example of faith even when he can't see what God is doing. The holy family's faithfulness begins to bring to fulfillment...
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December 25, 2020. Christmas homily by Fr. Matt Lowry about how Jesus reveals that God is not some distant force, but a person who chooses out of love to come be with us. Jesus chooses to feel...
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December 20, 2020. 4th Sunday of Advent homily by Fr. Matt Lowry about how God's plan is so much better and more mysterious than the plans we have for ourselves. God invites us to be free to let go...
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December 13, 2020. 3rd Sunday of Advent homily by Fr. Matt Lowry about how knowing the Lord is with us and His will is being done brings joy. Joy in created things will not last, but finding joy in...
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December 6, 2020. 2nd Sunday in Advent homily by Fr. Matt Lowry about how Lord desires to come meet us where we are, and waits until we open the door to Him. The Lord will answer our efforts even if...
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November 29, 2020. 1st Sunday of Advent homily by Fr. Matt Lowry about how our redeemer is coming. We have been so watchful with Covid, yet how much more important to avoid the disease of sin and...
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November 22, 2020. Christ the King Sunday homily by Fr. Matt Lowry about how Christ desires to come and heal us. By allowing Him to sit on the throne of our hearts, we are able to love as Him, as...
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November 15, 2020. 33rd Sunday in Ordinary Time homily by Fr. Matt Lowry about how the fear of the Lord means to love the Lord above all. By giving back to Him all that we have been given (which is...
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November 8, 2020. 32nd Sunday in Ordinary Time homily by Fr. Matt Lowry about how the wise ones know the Lord and know how to respond when adversity strikes.
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November 1, 2020. All Saints homily by Fr. Matt Lowry about how the saints got to heaven by drawing closer to Christ and His sacraments. The saints knew they were beloved children of God, which freed...
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October 25, 2020. 30th Sunday in Ordinary Time homily by Fr. Matt Lowry about how we learn from witnesses in the faith. Jesus is our greatest model in the faith in how He loves the Father with...
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October 18, 2020. 29th Sunday in Ordinary Time homily by Fr. Matt Lowry about how God is so powerful He chooses to work and guide world events even without the knowing cooperation of those people. He...
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October 11, 2020. 28th Sunday in Ordinary Time homily by Fr. Matt Lowry about how God desires to fully supply all our needs. Whether we have a little or a lot, God is working to give us exactly what...
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October 4, 2020. 27th Sunday in Ordinary Time homily by Fr. Matt Lowry about how St. Paul encourages us to have no anxiety, and shows us the path by giving it to God in prayer. Knowing that Christ...
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September 27, 2020. 26th Sunday in Ordinary Time homily by Fr. Matt Lowry about how what matters is what we doing and saying in the current moment. We may have not made the best choices, but in this...
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September 20, 2020. 25th Sunday in Ordinary Time homily by Fr. Matt Lowry about how God is faithful to His promises, but also is very generous. He invites us to receive His gift of salvation and...
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September 13, 2020. 24th Sunday in Ordinary Time homily by Fr. Matt Lowry about how receiving God's incredible forgiveness and compassion heals us and allows us to forgive and show compassion to...
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September 6, 2020. 23rd Sunday in Ordinary Time by Fr. Matt Lowry about how Jesus wants us to give feedback to our brother in Christ. This only happens after we've reflected, prayed, and listened...
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August 30, 2020. 22nd Sunday in Ordinary Time homily by Fr. Matt Lowry about how following God's will involves holding our own plans lightly, in order be willing to let go and embrace His will. God...
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August 16, 2020. 20th Sunday in Ordinary Time homily by Fr. Matt Lowry about how God leads us by our desires because He has a plan to fulfill them. If He doesn't fulfill them right away it is because...
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August 9, 2020. 19th Sunday in Ordinary Time homily by Fr. Matt Lowry about how knowing Jesus is with us in the midst of the storm can give us great peace. Focusing on him and telling him about the...
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August 2, 2020. 18th Sunday in Ordinary time homily by Fr. Matt Lowry on how the Lord desires to feed us in all the ways that we are hungry. He has a plan to satisfy our earthly needs, but also...
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July 19, 2020. 16th Sunday in Ordinary Time homily by Fr. Matt Lowry about how God's power at work to move all things for good gives us hope in the midst of evil and our own sinfulness.
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July 12, 2020. 15th Sunday in Ordinary Time homily by Fr. Matt Lowry about how God desires for us to experience great faithfulness and fruitfulness in our lives. To cultivate rich soil in our lives...
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July 5, 2020. 14th Sunday in Ordinary Time homily by Fr. Matt Lowry on how Christ comes as our just savior in ways that are different than we might think and invites us to follow His lead.
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June 28, 2020. 13th Sunday in Ordinary Time homily by Fr. Matt Lowry on how God invites us to show charity to others because He wants us to participate in His love. The reward He gives us for loving...
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June 21, 2020. 12th Sunday in Ordinary Time homily by Fr. Matt Lowry about what it means to live in the face of fear. Knowing that God is with us gives us confidence to know that we can handle...
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June 14, 2020. Corpus Christi (Body and Blood of Christ) homily by Fr. Matt Lowry about how Christ sustains us in our difficulties by giving us His very self. He gets us through the desert by being...
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May 31, 2020. Pentecost homily by Fr. Matt Lowry on how God first breathed life into us in creation and now breathes new life into us by His Holy Spirit. Filled with His life, we are moved according...
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May 24, 2020. Ascension homily by Fr. Matt Lowry on how Jesus chooses to descend and join us in our humanity, so that He can lift us up to share in His divinity.
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May 17, 2020. 6th Sunday of Easter homily by Fr. Matt Lowry about how God is with us in all things. Everything we experience is somehow part of God's plan for our good, so that one day we can share...
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May 3, 2020. 4th Sunday of Easter homily by Fr. Matt Lowry on how following the Good Shepherd and going where He goes includes bearing the cross of Christ. Following after Him can include suffering...
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April 26, 2020. 3rd Sunday of Easter homily by Fr. Matt Lowry about how God reveals Himself through His Word. Knowing the Scriptures helps us to know the Lord and recognize Him in the Eucharist even...
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April 19, 2020. 2nd Sunday of Easter homily by Fr. Will Schmid on how Thomas is an example of how to unite ourselves to Jesus.
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April 12, 2020. Easter homily by Fr. Matt Lowry on how we have received our faith from witnesses. Then our encounter with the Risen Lord makes us His witnesses today. Our ability to trust in God's...
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April 11, 2020. Easter Vigil homily by Fr. Will Schmid about how the resurrection is not so much an end to death, but a new beginning to life. How we live gives witness to our faith and the joy that...
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April 9, 2020. Holy Thursday homily by Fr. Matt Lowry on how Jesus gives us a model of how to love others. On this night that Jesus institutes the Eucharist and the Priesthood, He demonstrates an...
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March 29, 2020. 5th Sunday of Lent homily by Fr. Matt Lowry on Jesus' power over death. Jesus raises Lazarus to show He has power over physical death, but more importantly, Jesus has power over sin...
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March 27, 2020. The Northern Fathers, Fr. Will Schmid and Fr. Matt Lowry, share reflections on the daily readings and the gift of indulgences. Through the Church, God continues helping bring healing...
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March 26, 2020. The Northern Fathers, Fr. Will Schmid and Fr. Matt Lowry, share reflections on the daily readings and how we are invited to find our affirmation from God and not seek it from other...
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March 25, 2020. The Northern Fathers, Fr. Will Schmid and Fr. Matt Lowry share reflections on the daily readings and the incredible event of God becoming man. This incredible reality reveals how God...
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March 24, 2020. The Northern Fathers, Fr. Will Schmid and Fr. Matt Lowry share reflections on the daily readings and how they apply to our lives today. It is easy to get caught up in how God is not...
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March 23, 2020. The Northern Fathers, Fr. Will Schmid and Fr. Matt Lowry share reflections on the daily readings and how one man's encounter with Christ led his whole household to know the Lord...
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March 22, 2020. The Northern Fathers, Fr. Will Schmid and Fr. Matt Lowry, share reflections on the Sunday readings and how Sunday can still be a day of rest and renewal. The readings illustrate how...
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March 21, 2020. The Northern Fathers, Fr. Will Schmid and Fr. Matt Lowry, share reflections on the daily Gospel and how Jesus calls out those convinced of their own righteousness and despise others...
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March 20, 2020. Northern Fathers, Fr. Will Schmid and Fr. Matt Lowry, reflect on today's readings and how they lead us deeper in relationship with the God who loves us and holds nothing good back...
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March 19, 2020. Northern Fathers, Fr. Will Schmid and Fr. Matt Lowry, share insights we can learn from the example of St. Joseph and how it can help us today in our current hidden life.
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March 18, 2020. Northern Fathers, Fr. Will Schmid and Fr. Matt Lowry, reflect on today's readings and how not the smallest part of God's law or promises will fall away. God makes Himself present in...
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March 17, 2020. The Northern Fathers, Fr. Will Schmid and Fr. Matt Lowry, share their thoughts on the current situation in light of today's Gospel and how our faith can strengthen us and give us hope.
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March 15, 2020. 3rd Sunday in Lent homily by Fr. Matt Lowry about how Christ knows everything about us and loves us as we are. The woman at the well shows us how being known completely by Jesus...
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March 8, 2020. 2nd Sunday in Lent homily by Fr. Matt Lowry about knowing that Jesus is with us allows us share in His peace and be willing to walk the road ahead without fear.
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March 1, 2020. 1st Sunday in Lent homily by Fr. Matt Lowry about God's plan of salvation. We were created for happiness and even though sin and mistrust entered the world, God has a plan to redeem...
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February 26, 2020. Ash Wednesday homily by Fr. Matt Lowry about how Jesus Christ faces death head on for us. Following His example, with Him, leads to resurrection and the fullness of life He created...
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February 23, 2020. 7th Sunday in Ordinary Time homily by Fr. Matt Lowry about how Christ calls us to love our enemies. We do this by receiving his perfect love in our imperfection and striving to...
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January 16, 2020. Newman Night talk by Gavin Ahern on the beauty and complementarity of the sexes. Video links: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CRC-8Gn0I0o&feature=youtu.be...
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February 20, 2020. Newman Night talk by Monsignor James Shea (President of the University of Mary) on insights into the modern challenge to living our faith and witnessing to the modern world. Very...
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February 16, 2020. 6th Sunday in Ordinary Time homily by Fr. Matt Lowry about how God gives us His law and commandments to guide us on the path to happiness. However, in the end what saves us is not...
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February 9, 2020. 5th Sunday in Ordinary Time homily by Fr. Matt Lowry about how we are called to let our light shine to the world through our faith and charity towards others.
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February 2, 2020. Presentation of the Lord homily by Fr. Matt Lowry about how Jesus is always at work refining and purifying our temple to make us His dwelling place.
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January 26, 2020. 3rd Sunday in Ordinary Time homily by Fr. Matt Lowry about how Christ chooses to come into our darkness with his light in order to bring salvation.
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January 19, 2020. 2nd Sunday in Ordinary Time homily by Fr. Matt Lowry about how it is by the power of the Holy Spirit that we claim Jesus as Lord. After recognizing Him as God, one is moved to...
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January 12, 2020. Baptism of the Lord homily by Fr. Matt Lowry about how in baptism we put on Christ as we receive His divine life and salvation. We are a new creation and can rest in our identity as...
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January 5, 2020. Epiphany homily by Fr. Matt Lowry about how the encounter with the Lord changed the Magi. God wants to change our lives for the better, but it requires recognizing our desire for...
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December 29, 2019. Holy Family homily by Fr. Matt Lowry about how God gives us a family for us to love, which makes us holy. Our Church family (including Mary and Joseph) is meant to help us on that...
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December 25, 2019. Christmas Eve (Mass during the Night) homily by Fr. Matt Lowry about how Christ comes to be our savior. He comes to meet us where we are with the gentleness of a baby. He invites...
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December 22, 2019. 4th Sunday of Advent homily by Fr. Matt Lowry about how God chooses to come be with us right where we are. We might wish we were in a different place, but God invites us to choose...
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December 15, 2019. 3rd Sunday of Advent homily by Fr. Matt Lowry about how we need the Lord to come and save us because we cannot do it ourselves. He is already here working to save us although...
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December 8, 2019. 2nd Sunday in Advent homily by Fr. Matt Lowry on how Christ desires to give us peace. This comes to us as a fruit of His presence, both in Baptism as well as in Advent as we invite...
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December 1, 2019. 1st Sunday of Advent homily by Fr. Matt Lowry about the confident hope of Christians that Christ will come. Advent is the reminder for us to always stand alert and ready for Christ...
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November 21, 2019. Newman Night talk (poor audio) given by Maria Flukas on how to help ourselves and others when in distress. Maria shares how emotions are not good and bad, and helps reflect on...
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November 24, 2019. Christ the King homily by Fr. Matt Lowry about how Jesus is Lord of all things. However, what Jesus wants most of all is for us to respond and allow Him to be Lord of our lives...
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November 17, 2019. 33rd Sunday in Ordinary Time homily by Fr. Matt Lowry about how God allows things to happen so that our lives can give testimony to our faith to our world. Christians live...
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November 10, 2019. 32nd Sunday in Ordinary Time homily by Fr. Matt Lowry about how we have reason to hope in Christ, who was raised from the dead and has a plan to redeem all things. Whether here on...
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November 3, 2019. 31st Sunday in Ordinary Time about how God calls us out of love, even though we are not worthy of it. He moves us from being sinners to sharing in his mission, which causes us to...
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October 27, 2019. 30th Sunday in Ordinary Time homily by Fr. Matt Lowry about how the prayer the lowly pierces the clouds and raises up to God. We are invited not to fall into the potential sin of...
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October 20, 2019. 29th Sunday in Ordinary Time homily by Fr. Matt Lowry about perseverance in prayer. The Lord wants to help us and what can help us to grow in that relationship is to develop a daily...
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October 13, 2019. 28th Sunday in Ordinary Time homily by Fr. Matt Lowry about how God reaches out to the outsider in order to draw them in to heaven. This day we also celebrate St. John Henry Newman (
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October 6, 2019 homily for the 27th Sunday in Ordinary Time by Fr. Matt Lowry about how the way to grow in faith is to keep going forward. In the difficulty we cry out, yet know that God is leading...
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September 29th, 2019. 26th Sunday in Ordinary Time.
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September 22nd, 2019. 25th Sunday in Ordinary Time.
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September 15th, 2019. 24th Sunday in Ordinary Time.
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September 8th, 2019. 23rd Sunday in Ordinary Time.
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September 1st, 2019. 22nd Sunday in Ordinary Time.
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August 25th 2019. 21st Sunday in Ordinary Time.
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August 18, 2019. 20th Sunday in Ordinary Time.
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August 15, 2019. Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary.
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August 11, 2019. 19th Sunday in Ordinary Time.
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August 4, 2019. 18th Sunday in Ordinary Time homily of Fr. Matt Lowry about not letting our possessions get in the way of the God's eternal plan. By putting God first we can own our possessions...
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July 28, 2019. 17th Sunday in Ordinary time homily by Fr. Matt Lowry about God's invitation to be persistent with Him about what we want. By talking to God about our desires we discover that it is...
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June 30, 2019. 13th Sunday in Ordinary Time homily of Fr. Matt Lowry about the invitation of Jesus to follow Him. By following the deepest desires of our hearts and going all in, we encounter our...
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June 23, 2019 homily of Fr. Matt Lowry for the Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ (Corpus Christi). Jesus is the Word and has power over words, so that when He says, "This is my...
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June 16, 2019 homily by Fr. Matt Lowry on the Blessed Trinity. One analogy to understanding the Trinity is Love. 1 John 4 describes God as love. In the one act of love there is the Lover, the Beloved,
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June 9, 2019. Pentecost homily by Fr. Matt Lowry about how receiving the Spirit of God gives us humans a higher dignity than the angels. Even when we cannot feel the goodness God sees in us and gives...
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June 2, 2019. Ascension homily by Fr. Matt Lowry about how the Ascension of Jesus into heaven shows us where our final destination is. The dignity we have from our baptism is that we were made not...
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May 19, 2019. 5th Sunday of Easter (year C) homily by Fr. Matt Lowry about the goodness of God's love and what it looks like as Christians live it out.
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May 12, 2019. 4th Sunday of Easter homily by Fr. Matt Lowry given at St. Theresa Parish in Phoenix about how God desires all of us to be his instruments of salvation. Fr. Matt was speaking at St...
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