Episode Synopsis "”Stay Awake!”"

1st Sunday of Advent, Year A, Nov 27, 2022

Listen "”Stay Awake!”"

More episodes of the podcast Fr. Nick's Homilies

• Pray for the 7 gifts of the Holy Spirit
• This is as basic and simple as it gets!
• Jesus is the Good Shepherd
• ”He was made known to them in the [Mass]”
• Christians have always shared life together
• 7 last words of Jesus
• ”Without celebrating the Lord’s Day, we simply cannot be!”
• Words to new Catholics
• 7 last words of Jesus
• Are all Masses created equal?
• Don’t be a ’victim’, be a ’victim’
• Peter and Teresa Martin at our ”To Have and To Hold” Dinner Date
• Spiritually alive or Spiritually dead?
• Put on those faith goggles!
• Think of heaven to persevere through this life
• Lent is like training camp
• Ash Wednesday and St. Valentine’s Day?
• Our health and abilities are given to us to serve God and others
• We are so blessed to have Catholic schools!
• You can do more
• The Church offers preventative care as well
• ”The only display of royal greatness that Jesus had on earth was during his infancy”
• But you have each other!
• God’s got this!
• Testify to the Light!
• The beauty of ad orientem worship
• Let’s build a culture that fosters chastity and promotes virginity for the sake of the kingdom
• What about the Apocalypse?
• Eucharist more than a symbol
• Your King is THE KING! He has your back
• Eucharist as Sacrifice
• We must protect our children
• Lord, purify me in this life so I don’t have to be purified in the next
• Who do you surround yourself with?
• What does loving God look like?
• Make your life a sacrificial offering to God
• Everyone is invited, but you must put on the wedding garment to enter the Wedding Banquet
• Why are we going ’back’?
• A priest is a ’Cheerleader’
• Wanting Heaven and wanting the Will of God
• To be a Christian, we must forgive
• Theology Uncapped:Why we are not one
• Christ founded a visible Church
• We have a way of dealing with our inadequacies that doesn’t crush us
• Jesus wants to be known by you
• My vision for Queen of Peace Parish
• Live the Liturgical Calendar with our brothers and Sisters the Saints!
• The Kingdom of God IS worth it!
• Fr. William J. Baer
• Wheat AND Weeds!
• Some odd and ends...
• My yoke is easy and my burden light
• ”Get Married and start a family”
• Fear God, and you will fear no one!
• God loves with a human heart
• Fatherhood and Community
• Bible and a Beer: Rules for Discernment
• Informed Consent: History of Communion in the Hand
• You are unworthy...so what, we all are!
• You have a great mission, but you have everything you need, you have THE GHOST!
• Bring earth to heaven and bring heaven to earth
• I will not leave you orphans; I will come to you
• live an attitude of abundance not scarcity
• ”Save yourselves from this corrupt generation”
• Go to Mass more often
• The Resurrection changes everything!
• Make this week Holy or not, the choice is yours!
• Do you weep over the your sins and the world’s brokenness?
• When we are healed, our response is worship, to offer sacrifice
• Only the Living Water will truly satisfy
• ’To have and to hold’
• This life is about not seeing yet still believing
• Where Jesus goes, there goes the devil in pursuit
• You dont have to be perfect to begin, but you do have to be perfect in the end
• For freedom, Christ set you free!
• Be salt, Be light, Be the city on the mountain top
• Catholic Schools are the best at making disciples
• Be God’s love in the world, be light in the darkness
• the Theo Drama is much better than the ego Drama
• ”The deepest cause of the crisis in the Church is the effacing of the priority of God in the Liturgy” -B16
• Jesus comes to heal us
• The family is so important!
• If you miss Mass you need to go to confession before going to Communion
• Hope against hope for the Savior this Christmas
• St. John the Baptist had guts and was humble
• The People who walked in darkness have seen a great light
• The People who walked in darkness have seen a great light
• Reflections on Mary and Joseph
• ”Stay Awake!”
• Jesus has absolute authority over all peoples and things
• Trust in the process
• The real marriage is in heaven
• Die well, with hope
• Sign up for adoration...you deserve it!
• Humility is the Ladder by which we climb to heaven
• ”Will he find Faith on earth?”
• Jesus wants to heal you
• ”Holiness isn’t exceptional, its expected”
• Invest your TREASURE in Queen of Peace
• Invest your Talent in Queen of Peace