Superior Priest

What Do You Do with God’s Invitation? (28OA-17)

You have the best invitation ever!!!! To go to Mass.

 If Pope Francis invited you to a party in Rome would you be excited to go? There is something even better here. Isaiah tells us about the richness of the future. We get to experience it today in Mass. The reality is that Mass is a foretaste of Heaven and its heavenly banquet. But do we experience it that way? Do we show up as Judas or Peter?

Have No Anxiety at All, Go to Adoration (27OA-17)

The Eucharist is the Source and Summit of our faith because it is Jesus Christ Himself. Where do you seek out the presence of God?

 We are such an anxious world because we are pulled in so many ways. St. Paul wishes us to be free of anxiety like himself trusting and present to reality. Adoration in the Blessed Sacrament is a place of practicing that presence that frees one from anxiety. You have lots of hours in a week. You spend one in Mass can you also spend one in Adoration?

What do we Grasp at for Happiness? (26OA-17)

What will make you happy? A motorcycle? Money? Marriage? Obedience to God on the Cross?

 Jesus shows us true fulfillment of life in perfect obedience to the Father even on the Cross. Where do we try to grasp for happiness and fulfillment in things that are finite and lacking? Even good things made by God can distract us from the greatest of God. We come to the Eucharist to receive the humility and obedience in perfect fulfillment of life.

Life is Not Fair! (25OA-17)

Life is not fair! You can either die unhappy or get over it. God does not operate in our view of fairness.

 We think too small. We are like children when we approach God with our view of the world and a distorted view of fairness. God’s ways are not unfair, our ways are unfair. God is more then fair, he allows mercy to triumph over justice which give us an opportunity to be saved. Thank God that he is not perfectly fair according to our view or we would be condemned to hell, but instead have his fairness of mercy of God seeks us out to save us.

How is “Admonish the Sinner” a Work of Mercy? (23OA-17)

We are called to love. Love is to desire the good of another for the other’s sake. Correcting a bad behavior is love of a parent or friend. But do we forget to do this in faith?

 We know the corporal works of mercy, but do we know the spiritual works of mercy? One of the spiritual works of mercy is Admonish the Sinner. Jesus tells us how to do that today. Also to remember James 5:19-20 "My brethren, if any one among you wanders from the truth and some one brings him back, let him know that whoever brings back a sinner from the error of his way will save his soul from death and will cover a multitude of sins."

What Would Jesus Do? (22OA-17)

WWJD? What Would Jesus Do? Sometimes not what we would think in our hedonistic mindset.

 Who are we formed by? The World or by the Word of God? Are we professing Jesus Christ as Lord or rebuking him for His controversial stances? Peter tries to correct Jesus and gets rebuked himself. Do we also trying to correct Jesus on what he should do or teach? Jesus does not teach us to follow the wide and easy road, but the narrow and difficult road of the cross.

Who do You Say that I am? (21OA-17)

Who do you say that I am? Liar, Lunatic, Legend, or Lord?

 Jesus takes his disciples up to Caesarea Philippi and asks them “who do YOU say that I am?” This is an important question that Jesus asks us as well today. We proclaim his Lordship when we participate in the Mass and receive the Eucharist with reverence and truth.

Be Perfect in Love (7OA-17)

It is pretty simple, just don’t mess it up and be Perfect.

 The perfection that the Gospel calls us to today is a hard goal to achieve. But we don’t judge it by the worlds goal of perfection, but God’s goal of perfection which is accomplishing what we are ordered to in our end. We are ordered in our end of perfection in Love with God in Heaven. The story of St. Maria Goretti and Alessandro teach us this path to perfection. We will be saved by our faith, but we will be judged on our love.

Advent is a Strange Time (3AA-16)

John the Baptist is Advent Incarnate! How can we live this Advent like John the Baptist?

 Advent is a strange time, when it isn’t Christmas yet, but yet we have plenty of Christmas music and parties. We prepare for Christmas during this Advent season not just by decorating, but preparing our heart. We prepare by living a life that points ourselves and others toward Jesus Christ. One way to do this is this Advent offer a sacrifice that makes yourself decrease and Jesus to increase.

 

It is the End of the World!!! (33OC-16)

Are we ready for the end of the World? Does your life Witness to God or to the world?

 

The end of the world is coming! Are you ready for the judgement of the Lord? We are called to give witness to the world with our life. If you live out your faith just in praying the meal prayer, going to Mass, and mentioning that you went to Mass when people ask you what you did this weekend; are all ways of witnessing your faith to others.