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Called To Communion - Why Did God Make Tornadoes?

Attached to this recording is the official insignia of the pope, which consists of a threefold crown with a set of keys. The Pope is the Bishop of Rome. Catholics believe that the Pope has the authority of St. Peter.  In the the gospel, we hear about Our Lord giving the keys of the kingdom of heaven to St. Peter.  We Catholics believe that St. Peter handed on that authority to the Man he established as his replacement; that man being the Bishop of Rome, who in turn handed on that authority to his successors. In my homily this morning, I wanted to make the point that the authority and responsibility of the keys are not absolutely exclusive to St. Peter and his successors; to a lesser or greater degree all of us who are baptized share in the authority and the responsibility of the Keys albeit in union with the successor of St. Peter.  I also wanted to make the point that in various ways we open doors to give people access to Christ and his Divine Mercy, but we must do it with the same profession of faith which St. Peter made; that Jesus is truly Lord and Savior, and the only way to the Father. For more details, you can listen to my homily by using this link to my Sound Cloud Recording.  I gave this homily on August 24, 2014: 21st Sunday in Ordinary Time; Cycle "a" readings; Ordinary Form of the Roman Catholic Mass; 9:30 AM Sunday Mass at St. John's in Rapids City.

Open Wide the Doors to Christ

Poland's Savior and Your Savior

Praying for Dad's Conversion

Today as we celebrate the first Sunday of Advent, we are reminded that Jesus came once before and He will come again.  And that as we are preparing for Christmas, a remembrance of His first coming, why we should on a daily basis prepare for His second coming.  Today we are also reminded that God made a promise to His people Israel in today's first reading from Isaiah and that Jesus was the fulfillment of that promise.  So today as we begin Advent I focus on God keeping His promises and in the homily I also include a true story from Matthew Kelly's book, "Rediscovering Catholicism" about the underground Catholic Church.  Happy Advent everyone!

A God Who Keeps His Promises

In the Gospel today we see Jesus, the sinless one, allowing Himself to be baptized by John the Baptist in the River Jordan.  He did not need it, yet He allowed Himself to be baptized.  Why is that?  In the homily today I explain how allowing Himself to be baptized shows Jesus' humility, was necessary for the sake of identification of who He was, and how it propels Jesus into His public ministry.  In setting the example for us, it ought to inspire us too to be humble, to understand just how important it is to be identified as a child a God through Baptism, and a gentle reminder that we too are part of God's plan and share in His mission in taking the Gospel message to the ends of the earth,

Jesus Did Not Need To Be Baptized, Yet He Did It

My homily for the beginning of Catholic Schools Week 2019.

Re-defining Success

Morning Glory, with Gloria Purvis, Deacon Harold Burke-Sivers, and Monsignor Charles Pope. Today on Morning Glory we discuss a silent Priest is a dead Priest, temptation can corrupt the soul, and keeping symbols of Faith out of the public square. All of that and more today on Morning Glory including your emails! Join the conversation, email us MORNINGGLORY@EWTN.COM

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Morning Glory 051319 - A Silent Priest is a Dead Priest

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Morning Glory, with Gloria Purvis, Doctor Matthew Bunson, and Monsignor Charles Pope. Today on Morning Glory we discuss the sensory appeal, why do people love incense, the declining numbers in the Church, and not your average New Year's resolution. All of that and more today on Morning Glory including your emails! Join the conversation, email us MORNINGGLORY@EWTN.COM

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Morning Glory 052019 - Why do people love Incense?

I gave this homily on Nov. 23, 2019: Reading proper to Feast of Christ the King, Cycle "C" Sunday Readings; Ordinary form of the Roman Catholic Mass; 4:00 PM Saturday Vigil Mass at St. John's in Rapids City.  Attached to this recording is a photo of Blessed Miguel Pro being executed in Mexico for the crime of being a Catholic priest.  This is the first in a series of three homilies that I'm giving on Luke 23:35-43.

Nailed

I gave this homily on Nov. 24, 2019: Readings proper to Feast of Christ the King, Cycle "C" Sunday Readings; Ordinary form of the Roman Catholic Mass; 9:30 AM Sunday Mass at St. John's in Rapids City; 9:30 AM Sunday Mass at St. John's in Rapids City.  Attached to this recording is a photo of a St. Dismas Medal.  St. Dismas is the patron saint of prisoners, and he is identified as the "good thief" who was crucified with Jesus.  This is the last in a series of three homilies that I gave on Luke 23:35-43.

St. Dismas

I gave this homily on Nov. 30, 2019: Reading proper to the Feast of St. Andrew; Ordinary form of the Roman Catholic Mass; 8:00 AM Saturday Mass at St. John's in Rapids City.  The "St. Andrew Christmas Novena" begins today.  There are strange things about this novena: It's not a novena; It makes no mention of St. Andrew; we have no idea where it originates.   In this homily, I actually talk about St. Andrew, how his legacy is part of the formation of the early Church, and being today is Saturday- a day in honor of the Blessed Virgin Mary- I talk about Mary being the Queen of the Apostles.  I also talk about the French protesting "Black Friday" and I also make a passing reference to basketball being the 8th sacrament in the minds of many Catholics.

What Does This Have To Do With St. Andrew?

I gave this homily on Nov. 30. 2019: Readings proper to 1st Sunday of Advent, Cycle "A" Sunday Readings; Ordinary form of the Roman Catholic Mass; 4:00 PM Saturday Vigil Mass at St. John's in Rapids City.  The second reading for this Sunday's Mass contains some of the most famous verses of the bible, for it was through these verses that the great St. Augustine found conversion.  This is the first in a series of three homilies on the readings for the First Sunday of Advent.  This particular homily is about Romans 13:11-14.  You could consider this "Part A" with "Part B" on Romans given at the 8:00 AM Mass.  Attached to this recording is Fra Angelico's depiction of the "Conversion of St. Augustine".  I think this painting vividly depicts "the bottom" which St. Augustine had reached; the moment when he was ready to "take and read" St. Paul's call to conversion.

Take and Read

I gave this homily on Dec. 3, 2019: Readings proper to Tuesday of the First Week of Advent; Ordinary form of the Roman Catholic Mass; 8:00 AM Tuesday Mass at St. John's in Rapids City. Sometimes, after we have done our best, that best must collapse so that God’s dreams for us may be fulfilled. This thought may help us in times like ours, when our beloved Church seems diminished and in some disarray.  Attached to this recording is a photo of two very unlikely animal friends.  There are multitudes of photos and videos on the internet documenting these strange occurrences between animals that would normally eat each other.   I can't help but to think of Isaiah's prophecy: "Then the wolf shall be a guest of the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the kid; The calf and the young lion shall browse together, with a little child to guide them."  In this recording, I also talk about St. Francis Xavier who had dreams that didn't quite come true.

Dream Big

I gave this homily on Dec. 30, 2019: Readings for the 6th Day of Christmas; Ordinary form of the Roman Catholic Mass; 8:00 AM Monday Mass at St.  John's in Rapids City.  On the 6th Day of Christmas my true love gave to me an old woman praying fervently.  Anna the prophetess had been coming to the Temple to worship for roughly sixty years — over twenty-thousand days worshiping God daily in the Temple! How easy it would be to not be alert – on that one day - out of twenty-thousand- when the Savior and Messiah finally showed up! Moreover, Anna didn't have the benefit of advance notice that the Lord had given to Simeon (see Lk 2:26). Anna had to be ready and alert every day for twenty-thousand days. She resembled the wise virgins who kept their lamps filled with oil (Mt 25:4) and were ready when the Master appeared.  In this recording, I reflect on how I am like Anna, and how I am not like Anna.

An Old Woman Praying

Fr. Glenn H. Harris is a Roman Catholic Priest: Pastor of St. John the Baptist Catholic Church in Rapids City and St. Mary of Hampton, in the State of Illinois in the United States of America; Ordained for the Diocese of Peoria.   This is part of his efforts to implement the "New Evangelization." 

An Old Woman Praying

Fr. Harris

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