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Fr. Mike Schmitz

11th Sunday of Year B

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Christians are called to have courage and walk into the unknown because God has called them there, even in uncertain times, and to always be courageous in following God's word, even when it may cost us everything.

  • 00:00 πŸ‘¨β€πŸ‘¦ Good dads keep families moving forward in the dark.
    • A character from a TV show from Minnesota talks about his great relationship with his father.
    • Good dads keep their families moving forward even when it's pitch black and they can't see ahead.
  • 01:40 🌟 Christians are called to remain courageous in the face of adversity, as discussed in 2 Corinthians chapter 5.
    • Christians are called to keep moving forward even in uncertainty and overwhelming situations, as discussed in 2 Corinthians chapter 5.
    • Despite being afflicted, perplexed, persecuted, and struck down, St. Paul encourages us to remain courageous in the face of adversity.
  • 03:25 🌟 Courage is not the absence of fear but the willingness to move forward despite it, enabling us to do the right thing when it is difficult, and Christians are called to have courage and walk into the unknown because God has called them there.
    • St. Paul encourages us to always be courageous, even in the midst of fear, because courage is not the absence of fear but the willingness to move forward despite it.
    • Courage, or fortitude, is the virtue that enables us to do the right thing when it is difficult, not just when it is easy.
    • Despite persecution and affliction, Christians are called to have courage and walk into the unknown because God has called them there.
  • 06:38 πŸ‘¨β€πŸ‘§β€πŸ‘¦ Good dads are important in uncertain times, as they may feel pressured to pretend they know what they're doing, but it takes courage to ask for help.
    • Uncertainty about the future and the state of our culture and country is a reason why good dads are important.
    • Dads may feel pressured to pretend they know what they're doing, making it difficult for them to admit when they don't.
    • Brene Brown studies vulnerability and shame, and men often struggle with being vulnerable due to societal expectations, but it takes courage to ask for help.
  • 09:20 🌟 St. Andrew, patron saint of the Army Rangers, exemplifies the idea of voluntarily going above and beyond, emphasizing the importance of courage and willingness in leading the way.
    • The Army Rangers are one of the most highly trained fighting forces in the world, with a motto of "Rangers lead the way," and St. Andrew is their patron saint because he was the first called apostle.
    • The official Ranger motto "suas pante" means voluntarily doing things of their own accord, emphasizing the idea that Rangers lead the way and do things willingly.
    • Doing the minimum is still honorable, but going above and beyond voluntarily is even more special.
  • 12:07 🌟 Christians are called to always be courageous and walk into the future with faith, resisting the temptation to cheat, lie, or live outside of God's law, even when it may cost us everything.
    • Christians are called to always be courageous and walk into the future with faith, not by sight.
    • Walking by faith means continuing to move forward even when things seem dark and hopeless, resisting the temptation to cheat, lie, or live outside of God's law.
    • Choosing to follow God's law and walking by faith may cost us everything, but it is the essence of courage.
  • 15:20 🌟 Always be courageous in following God's word, like Grandma Helen who stood up against her hospital's decision to perform abortions.
    • Grandma Helen, a dedicated nurse, stood up against her hospital's decision to perform abortions and refused to allow her nurses to dispose of the aborted babies, ultimately leaving her position when the hospital continued to perform abortions.
    • We must always be courageous in following God's word, even when the world tells us otherwise.
  • 17:39 πŸ‘£ Keep moving forward in faith, even when you can't see where you're going.

Deacon Peter McCulloch

11th Sunday of Year B

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One of the wonders of our world surely must be the humble seed. With enough soil, sunlight, rain and time, tiny seeds can not only feed whole families; they can also split rocks, destroy buildings and even move mountains. It’s really quite miraculous.

When we think of miracles, we usually expect instant action. But most of the time that’s not what happens. Most miracles – like seeds – actually occur quite slowly.

Consider the story of Sally Wagter. In her book, Miracle in Slow Motion, she recounts her journey from despair to joy as she raised her severely autistic son, Tim. She refused to accept the bleak future his specialists had forecast for him. Instead, she decided to help him discover his potential.

That decision was a seed that took years to grow, but what she achieved was beyond her wildest dreams. Tim grew into a musically gifted, socially confident and academically capable young man. [i]

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[i] Releasing My Child’s Potential

[ii] Eucharist: The Basic Spirituality – Fr. FrankO’Dea SSS

[iii] CS Lewis, Miracles. Centenary Press, London. 1947:178.

Fr. Andrew Ricci

11th Sunday of Year B

CHRIST THE KING
CATHEDRAL
Diocese of Superior

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We are Seen, Summoned and Sent by the Lord

Seeing the crowds, the Lord shows compassion and pity for their needs. Summoning the Twelve, he gives them authority and sends them on mission. The point? These words apply to us as well!

Fr. Austin Fleming

11th Sunday of Year B

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Teaching to the Test

When I was younger, much, much younger, I was taught to live  according to the Ten Commandments, the words of Jesus and the teachings of the Church- LEST I sin and end up in hell.

Are you familiar with the concept of β€œteaching to the test?” It’s a term for any method of education whose curriculum is heavily focused on preparing students to pass a standardized test.

Analogous to β€œteaching to the test” is an approach to faith that might be called β€œliving to the test,” the test being God’s judgment of me at the end of my life. Or, as Saint Paul put it in his letter to the Corinthians and to us: Therefore, we aspire to please the LORD… for we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ so that each of us might receive recompense, according to what we did in the body, whether good or evil.

Homiletic Pastoral Review

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Insights from the Prophet Ezekiel and the Teachings of St. Paul

We take to heart the message of hope and resilience that today’s readings offer us. Like the tender shoot planted by the Lord, may we grow and flourish in our faith, nurtured by the knowledge of God’s active presence and faithfulness. Remember, no matter where we find ourselves, to give thanks to the Lord, to proclaim His kindness and faithfulness. For in His love and power we find our true home and the promise of eternal life.

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11th Sunday of Year B

National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception

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The Tree Canopy of Washington D.C. and the Kingdom of God

Dominican Blackfriars

11th Sunday of Year B

DOMINICAN FRIARS – ENGLAND & WALES, SCOTLAND

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The parable of the mustard seed teaches us also both encouragement and ambition. On the one hand, encouragement, because it tells us that the work of God, the presence of God’s kingdom, is real, even if the change it makes may be very small, even if we might fail to notice it. The mustard seed is indeed tiny, but it is very real and packs a punch whether eaten while still a seed or left to grow into a shrub. And so, we should be encouraged to have confidence in the presence and power God’s grace, even if we find our lives are still ones of struggle with sin, temptation and weakness, all the things that seem to deny the reality of the kingdom of God within us.

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Does an overview of history help us live well? In today’s Gospel parables, Jesus outlines his teaching on history, and how the Kingdom of God, and therefore the Church, fits into it to help us live well.

The Parable of the Developing Seed has three phases. In Phase One the seed is sown.  The second phase is one of growth. The final phase is the action of harvesting. How would the Jews have heard and understood this?

Bishop Robert Barron

11th Sunday of Year B

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People of faith see the world differently, with a vision of God’s purpose that can make them seem peculiar to others, and they are called to walk by faith, not by sight, in order to see the unfolding of the kingdom of God in the world around them.

KEY INSIGHTS w/ Timestamps
  • 00:00 πŸ‘€ People of faith see the world differently, with a vision of God's purpose that can make them seem peculiar to others.
  • 00:53 🌱 God promises to bring new life and growth out of destruction and exile, as seen in the book of Ezekiel.
  • 02:16 πŸ”₯ The destruction of the city and temple was a disaster, but there is hope despite defeat.
  • 03:10 🌱 People of faith see things differently, not just what's obvious, but according to God's plans and purposes.
  • 05:14 πŸ“œ Paul, formerly Sha'ul, proclaims the good news of Jesus Christ and emphasizes the importance of walking by faith, not by sight.
  • 07:27 πŸ™Œ Paul encounters the risen Christ, realizes Jesus is the true Lord, and spreads the message of a new kingdom, against all expectations.
    • Paul encounters the risen Christ on the road to Damascus and realizes that Jesus is the true Lord and Messiah, leading him to spread the message of a new kingdom.
    • Saul, studying under Gamaliel, saw Ezekiel's prophecy coming true in the risen Jesus, against all expectations.
  • 09:59 🌱 Jesus uses parables to illustrate that great things come from small beginnings, fulfilling Ezekiel's prophecy of the kingdom of God.
  • 12:00 πŸ‘€ Walk by faith, not just by sight, and see the unfolding of the kingdom of God in the world around us.

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Fr. Peter Hahn

11th Sunday of Year B

SAINT LEO THE GREAT LANCASTER, PA

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Despite Our Struggles with Sin and Routine We Grow Each Day

We are called to grow in a deeper understanding of God’s love and rely on His power and grace to make advancements in our spiritual life despite our struggles with sin and routine.

KEY INSIGHTS w/ Timestamps
  • 00:00 We are called to grow in a deeper understanding of God's love despite our struggles with sin and routine.
    • The routine of the liturgical year reflects the repetitiveness and routine of our personal faith, and we are called to grow each day in a deeper understanding of God and his love.
    • We struggle with our wounded nature and habits of sin, despite the privilege of celebrating Mass.
  • 02:18 We rely on God for everything and it is by his power and grace that we can do anything good and make advancements in our spiritual life.
  • 03:23 The book of Ezekiel gives context to the history of the chosen people, who were expelled from Jerusalem due to their infidelity to God, leading to the destruction of the temple in 587.
  • 03:57 The Lord will restore and make the withered tree bloom.
  • 04:16 God is the one who does all things for us and seeks to perfect us in the life of faith, as expressed in Eucharistic prayer number four.
  • 05:19 We are called to respond to the love and action of the Holy Spirit.
  • 05:27 St. Paul discusses the struggle to please the Lord and the reliance on God's mercy and grace in today's readings.
  • 06:17 Trust in the unseen action of God, be careful of pride, and have gratitude for His mercy in our spiritual development.
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Fr. Charles E. Irvin

11th Sunday of Year B

Diocese of Lansing

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Jumboitis

Our society, someone has declared, is suffering from β€œjumboitis”. We need the biggest military, the biggest car, the biggest guns, the biggest house, the biggest business, and so forth. We’ve got bigger and bigger buildings, cities, and even churches. β€œThe bigger, the better” and β€œthe more, the merrier” seem to be the adages that govern us. But are they really true?

Many don’t think so. Including Jesus. In the Gospels we find Jesus giving high praise for just a cup of water, two copper coins, five measly old barley loves and two dried up fish, little children, crowds of only two or three being gathered together, and services rendered for even the least of our brothers and sisters.

Fr. Joe Jagodensky, SDS

11th Sunday of Year B

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11th Sunday of Year B

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Being the Soil Ready to Receive the Seed

God has wants his kingdom in us to grow into the biggest shrub and biggest branches so that birds of the air can find shelter in its shade. The poor, homeless, sick, marginalized, etc around us are in need of our shelter. We must not think we are too small to do this task. Who will do it if you don’t? At our baptism God sowed this seed of the kingdom into us. We must be the good soil in which the seed of the kingdom will grow.

Fr. George Smiga

11th Sunday of Year B

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Small Things Matter

In today’s Gospel, Jesus is again speaking in parables. Parables were Jesus’ favorite way of teaching. He used parables, because parables force you to think. You have to pause and use your imagination to consider how the kingdom of God is like two sons, or ten virgins, or a treasure found in a field. Today Jesus tells us that the kingdom of God is like a mustard seed. Now what is he trying to say? Parables always have multiple meanings. Today I want to suggest to you one possible meaning of the parable of the mustard seed: Jesus is telling us that small things matter.

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Fr. Anthony Ekpunobi, C.M.

11th Sunday of Year B

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Msgr. Joseph Pellegrino

11th Sunday of Year B

DIOCESE OF
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God Gives the Growth

Many people are upset by the recent survey that showed a decline in the number of Catholics in the United States. W ell, first of all, the report fails to consider the continual impact of migrants to our country from the Catholic countries of Latin America. That mistake aside, we should be concerned, but our concern should be tempered by the large number of young Catholics devoted to the faith.

Msgr. Charles Pope

11th Sunday of Year B

ARCHDIOCESE OF WASHINGTON D.C.

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If You Can Use Anything Lord, You Can Use Me

For us who are disciples, there are three related teachings given to us that speak of how God will make use of us and others. It is also good to link these teaching to Father’s Day, which occurs this weekend here in the U.S. These three teachings can be described as

I.  ADAPTABILITY
II.  β€œAWE-ABILITY”
III. ACCOUNTABILITY

Bishop John Louis

11th Sunday of Year B

AUXILIARY BISHOP
ARCHDIOCESE OF
ACCRA, GHANA

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Fr. Michael Chua

11th Sunday of Year B

ARCHDIOCESE OF KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA

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Life Issues

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Building the Culture of Life is a combination of our responsibility and God's responsibility. In Christ, God has already conquered death and brought about the victory of life. This is the starting point both of the Church and of the pro-life movement. And the Kingdom of Life is constantly growing in the world and in the hearts of those who are open to it. The images, in the first reading and the Gospel, of constant growth under the hand of God, are meant to inspire confidence in God's plan for the ultimate triumph of life and of all that is good.

We too share responsibility. We will be judged according to what we do (2nd reading). Either our actions will promote and defend life, or they will promote and defend death. God gives the growth, but we must constantly plant the seeds. This is the opportunity to exhort our people to practical action on behalf of the defense of life. When one life is saved, that brings into the world all the good that individual will do, and all the children that individual will have.

I Will Life High the Lowly Tree

Douglas McManaman
The only way to reach the lofty heights of infused mystical contemplation is to become a tender shoot. Most people aspire to be the towering cedar tree, and so they are never planted by the Lord on the high and lofty mountain of infused contemplation.

Walking Without a Flashlight

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Faith invites us to trust God even if we cannot yet view the evidence or the outcome. Nowhere is this invitation more important than when we look ahead to our own deaths.

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Fr. Phil Bloom

11th Sunday of Year B

ST. MARY OF THE VALLEY
ARCHDIOCESE OF
SEATTLE

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Gratitute Week 1: Start Small

Bottom line: Today we begin with small things like a tender shoot or a tiny seed. Or things that we take for granted like hands and eyes and feet.

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Fr. Vincent Hawkswell

11th Sunday of Year B

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Fr. Tommy Lane

11th Sunday of Year B

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Jesus yearns to have everyone in his Kingdom of Love

God will go gardening! That is what God says through the prophet Ezekiel in our first reading today (Ezek 17:22-24) God will take a twig from the top of a cedar tree and plant it on a high mountain where it will become a tall tree, and all kinds of animals will live under it, and all kinds of birds will nest in it. Of course, God is talking in a parable through the prophet Ezekiel. There will be a tree that will give shelter to all. What might that be? We find the answer in the second parable in the Gospel today (Mark 4:30-32).

Fr. John Kavanaugh, S.J.

11th Sunday of Year B

JESUIT HOMILIST,
SCHOLAR AND AUTHOR (1941-2012)

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Imperceptible Life

We ask ourselves: have we made progress? We are almost never aware of it. Only with effort and discipline do we become fully conscious. If we keep a journal, now and then we are startled when we peruse past entries. Worries, fears, preoccupations of the previous year seem to have evanesced. The greatest terrors and strongest urgencies of five years ago now surprise, embarrass, or encourage us. Was this me? Why was it that I could not gauge it as it was lived?

Life, like faith and love, resists most measurement. As it develops, it is rarely noticed. We seem not to do these things by sight. Our changings are unmarked as they happen.

Fr. Leon Ngandu, SVD

11th Sunday of Year B

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SAINT AUGUSTINE CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL IN THE ARCHDIOCESE OF NEW ORLEANS

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Bishop Frank Schuster

11th Sunday of Year B

AUXILIARY BISHOP
ARCHDIOCESE OF
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Forward in Faith

My friends, always remember that it was during a time of doubt and fear when Ezekiel showed us a cedar shoot that became the largest of trees. It was during times like that when Jesus showed us a mustard seed that can become a majestic bush. It is during times like these that the Church will show you the cross and an empty tomb that foreshadows our salvation. The big picture is this, the hope Christ offers us for the future will never disappoint. We know this. We know this. Why? Because the history of our parish and history of the Church demonstrates that no matter what challenges we are confronted with in life, how blessed and better off we always are if we just simply trust Jesus, set our sight on him and move forward in faith

Father Bob Warren, SA

11th Sunday of Year B

Diocese of Phoenix

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