by Fred Karpuk | Dec 15, 2008 | Cycle A, Holy Days, Holy Days
Catholic Homily Feast All Souls by Fred Karpuk 1, The CORPORAL works of Mercy: Feed the Hungary, Give drink to the thirsty, Clothe the naked. These works come to us from Mt 25. How about the Spiritual Works of Mercy? These charitable acts are based upon the teachings...
by Fred Karpuk | Dec 15, 2008 | Holy Spirit
Confirmation and the Holy Spirit Spirituality…OR HOLINESS is our effort to cooperate with God’s Grace to become what we have been created by the Lord God to be! And it is therefore a… Cooperative Effort Continuing Effort *It is helpful to know how...
by Fred Karpuk | Dec 15, 2008 | 2008, Corpus Christi, Cycle A
Catholic Homily for CYCLE A FEAST OF CORPUS CHRISTI by Fred Karpuk 1. I’ll bet there is not a mother/wife who at one time had both the young kids and the husband WHINING about how they were STARVING and need to eat NOW. And then a few minutes later after you had spent...
by Fred Karpuk | Dec 15, 2008 | 2007, Cycle C, Trinity Sunday
CYCLE C TRINITY SUNDAY 1. Many people believe in ‘GOD’ in some sort of way. Only Christians believe in the revelation of Jesus as God, who was SENT to us by the Father and who says “the Father and I are one”. Then too, only Christians believe...
by Fred Karpuk | Dec 15, 2008 | 1st Sunday of Lent, 2007, Cycle C, Lent
Cycle C Lent 1 1. There is one word we use to describe the work of the Church which includes us ALL and that is EVANGELIZATION. I have come here to this great parish of Nativity to encourage each of you to a greater degree of participation in this work. Especially...
by Fred Karpuk | Dec 15, 2008 | 2007, Cycle C, Holy Family Sunday
CYCLE C HOLY FAMILY 2. Aside from the Marriage, Birth, Journey to Egypt and this Gospel story of Finding Jesus in the temple, not much more is known about the Holy Family. In our own experiences we supply the Ups and downs Mary and Joseph might have had. This story...
by Fred Karpuk | Dec 15, 2008 | 2007, 5th Sunday of Easter, Cycle C, Easter
CYCLE C EASTER 5TH 1. Last week as we celebrated Good Shepherd Sunday, we talked about the importance of VOCATIONS in the Church. Deacon Dick reminded us nicely that all in the church are called by God to serve Him. A few as Bishop, Priest, Deacon or religious. Many...
by Fred Karpuk | Dec 15, 2008 | 2007, 28th Sunday of Ordinary Time, Cycle C, Ordinary
CYCLE C 28TH 1. Let’s start with Naaman, He was a Gentile. A successful soldier from Syria. At times Syria was an ally of Israel and at times it was not. He was considered to be suffering from a chronic and humiliating skin ailment. That it was Leprosy is unsure. Skin...
by Fred Karpuk | Dec 15, 2008 | 2007, 24th Sunday of Ordinary Time, Cycle C, Ordinary
Cycle C 24th 1. BULL WORSHIP. The Golden Calf is the sign of mid eastern god of Power and Fertility. But after all Yahweh did for the Israelites, to establish a personal relationship with them (Remember, “I am your God and you are my people”), by bringing them out of...
by Fred Karpuk | Dec 15, 2008 | 2007, 20th Sunday of Ordinary TIme, Cycle C, Ordinary
CYCLE C 20TH 1. In our readings, Jeremiah and Jesus as prophets have a major point in common. Their words spoken for Yahweh, while true, were often ‘DIVISIVE’ and ‘INFLAMMATORY’. You see, PROPHECY, was held to be a kind of an ‘Expert Opinion’. So what Prophets said...
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