A universe without God means we’re free to live as we please, and to celebrate our creative ways of being “authentically ourselves”. But in practice, this worldview seems to do nothing for the chains we carry everyday. That’s because that isn’t our universe. God does exist, and so does a tyrant—one who seeks our capture and destruction. And the odd thing? We tend to trust the tyrant more than God! There’s good news though, and it comes from a man who sets prisoners free.
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2021-03-21 Fr James - 5th Sunday of Lent - Stockholm Syndrome

As we spend time with Jesus in these most pivotal days, Father Michael invites us to contemplate what it means for the Lord to take you, to bless you, to break you, and to give you to others. Hear how Jesus won Father Michael over in the same manner by taking him, blessing him, and especially breaking him. May Father Michael's encounter, just like the apostles' encounter with Jesus, move us to go deeper into stepping into our identity as Eucharistic People.

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2023-04-06 Fr Michael Holy Thursday - Took Blessed Broke Gave

Jesus came to testify to the truth. What is this truth? Well, He shows us in an embodied way—a human way—who God truly is. When we look to the cross, may we not see our shame but our glory! For “by His stripes, we are healed…”

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2023-04-07 Fr James Good Friday - Embodied Love

Father Michael on his first Easter Vigil homily breaks open 1 of the 7 beautiful scripture readings, the biblical meaning of 4+3=7, and sheds light on the answer to the following questions that we may have. 
What is the Bible all about?
What is this whole story about Christ?
What are the reasons for the Sacraments?
What are we celebrating at the Easter Vigil?
What does it mean to be Catholic?

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2023-04-08 Fr Michael Easter Vigil - Intimacy With You

2023-04-09 Fr James Easter Sunday - There Is More

Let’s be honest: we think with our stomachs and hearts just about as much as with our brains. For better or for worse, we’re not just brains in a vat. What then do we do when we want to touch Jesus’ wounds so as to see for ourselves that He is risen indeed? Divine Justice and Divine Mercy have an answer… as does BWW it turns out!

2023-04-16 Fr James Divine Mercy Sunday - My Perspective on Buffalo Wild Wings

Fr. Michael shares an invitation and his hope as we move forward with the Adoration Chapel & More Appeal.  As the pastor of OLM, which has been a beautiful gift for Fr. Michael and the parishioners, his hope for the Adoration Chapel is to create that which happened to the disciples on the road to Emmaus, that we can cry out to the Lord, “Stay with us, stay with us, Lord!” And with that prayerful cry, we create a space to encounter the Lord Jesus in a very personal way; that whatever we are encountering in our sufferings and joy, we can bring it before the Eucharistic Lord.
Will you take part in this beautiful invitation that is not only a gift to each of us personally, but also a gift to the existing ministries, and the future generations to come? 
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2023-04-23 Fr Michael 3rd Sunday of Easter - Stay With Me

Our social experiment of “moving beyond” God has born its rotten fruit. It turns out that there is only one gate, one way, and that it has been the same answer to our wanderings for millennia. Will we live like sheep without a shepherd? Or will we follow the call to greatness of heart? 
Check out Mary Eberstadt’s works at https://ignatius.com/authors/mary-eberstadt/

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Mary Eberstadt holds the Panula Chair in Christian Culture at the Catholic Information Center in Washington, D.C., and is a Senior Research Fellow at the Faith and Reason Institute. She is an essayist, novelist, and author of several influential books including How the West Really Lost God: A New Theory of Secularization. Her previous volumes with Ignatius Press include Adam and Eve after the Pill: Paradoxes of the Sexual Revolution, and the novel, The Loser Letters: A Comic Tale of Life, Death, and Atheism.

2023-04-30 Fr James 4th Sunday of Easter - Greatness of Heart in a Small of Heart World

Form follows function. We see this with all created things: from sports cars to trucks, and rockets to parachutes. Why not also our bodies? The 6,500 sex-specific genes in our bodies have a single goal in mind. What is it? Listen to find out. 

Also, check out Jason Evert's newest book! Props to his YEARS of research to make this homily possible!

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2023-05-13 Fr James 6th Sunday of Easter - Our Bodies Are Meaningful, Not Meaningless

We’re all searching for peace in some way. What does Jesus offer that Buddhism, or Stoicism, or atheism doesn’t? Listen as Fr James says goodbye to OLM while explaining where enduring peace comes from. 
Also check out Fr Jacques Philippe’s book https://www.stpaulsusa.com/Best-Sellers/SEARCHING-FOR-AND-MAINTAINING-PEACE

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2023-06-25 Fr James 12th Sunday of OT - Searching for Peace

The Mark of a Good Priest by Father Mark Bernhard
St. John Vianney says, “The priest must be full of love, patience, and understanding.” Listen as Father Mark Bernhard remembers Father Don in all his meekness and humbleness, full of love, patience, and understanding.

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2021-03-21 Fr James - 5th Sunday of Lent - Stockholm Syndrome

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