Homily for Ascension Sunday

Given at St. Ann's in Ancaster.

I Heard Him Talk about it in a Homily...

Pope Francis' thoughts on the Ascension of Jesus Christ (click here).

Homily for the Sixth Sunday of Easter

Given at St. Ann's in Ancaster, ON.

Homily for the Fifth Sunday of Easter

Based on the first reading (Acts 14:21-27) and the Gospel (Jn 13:31-35).  "Glory is only obtained through sacrifice".

Talk on Marriage Given at St. Ann's, Ancaster on April 18, 2013

Marriage is a vocation, that is, a specific path to holiness and union with God.  Holiness is a path of love, and to love means to sacrifice.  And through the path of sacrifice, love and holiness, our lives actually become better.

I heard him talk about it at a talk on marriage...

Interior Freedom by Jacques Phillippe

Homily for the Third Sunday of Easter

Homily given at St. Ann's in Ancaster on the Third Sunday of Easter.  John 21:1-14

I Heard Him Talk about it in a Homily...

Blessed John Paul II, Novo Millennio Ineunte

Homily for the Second Sunday of Easter (Divine Mercy Sunday)

I Heard Him Talk about it at The Source...

• Catechism of the Catholic Church (online version)
• Catechism of the Catholic Church (amazon.ca link)
• Prayer Primer, by Fr. Thomas Dubay (amazon.ca link)
• Fire Within, by Fr. Thomas Dubay (amazon.ca link)
• Difficulties in Mental Prayer, by Fr. Eugene Boylan (amazon.ca link)
• Difficulties in Mental Prayer, by Fr. Eugene Boylan (Google Books link)
• A School of Prayer: The Saints Show Us How to Pray, by Pope Benedict XVI (amazon.ca link)

I Heard Him Talk about it in a Bulletin Announcement...

Defund Abortion Rally At Ontario's Legislature - Tuesday, March 19

Talks Given During the Parish Mission at St. Mary's

Talk 1 - Interior Freedom (Sunday evening Vespers)

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Talk 2 - Primacy of Grace and Prayer (Monday evening Mass)

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Talk 3 - How to Profit from Your Faults (Tuesday evening Confession Service)

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St. Mary's Parish Mission

Sunday Mass

• Porta Fidei, by Pope Benedict XVI
• Catechism of the Catholic Church (online version)
• Catechism of the Catholic Church (amazon.ca link)
• Story of a Soul.  Autobiography of St. Thérèse of Lisieux (amazon.ca link)
• Story of a Soul.  Autobiography of St. Thérèse of Lisieux (online version)

Sunday Vespers

• Interior Freedom, by Jacques Philippe (amazon.ca link)
• God and the World, by Pope Benedict XVI (amazon.ca link)

Monday Mass

• Novo Millennio Ineunte, by Pope John Paul II
• Prayer Primer, by Fr. Thomas Dubay (amazon.ca link)
• Fire Within, by Fr. Thomas Dubay (amazon.ca link)
• Difficulties in Mental Prayer, by Fr. Eugene Boylan (amazon.ca link)
• Difficulties in Mental Prayer, by Fr. Eugene Boylan (Google Books link)
• A School of Prayer: The Saints Show Us How to Pray, by Pope Benedict XVI (amazon.ca link)

Tuesday Reconciliation Service

• How to Profit from Your Faults, by Joseph Tissot (publisher link)
• 20 Tips for Making a Good Confession
• Examination of Conscience for Adults
• Examination of Conscience for Youth and Young Adults (good for adults too!) (links to a pdf)

  *  Feel free to print out these examinations of conscience

and bring them with you to confession

I Heard about it at an RCIA Session...

Peter Klein, The Catholic Source Book (amazon.ca link)

I Heard Him Talk about it in a Homily...

Blessed John Paul II's letter to families, Familiaris Consortio

I Heard Him Talk about it in a Homily...

Great books on the teachings on prayer by Sts. Teresa of Avila and St. John of the Cross:

"Prayer Primer" by Fr. Thomas Dubay (amazon.ca link)

"Fire Within" by Fr. Thomas Dubay (amazon.ca link)

I heard it at the Lessons and Carols...

Cardinal Nguyen Van Thuan, Prayers of Hope (amazon.ca link)

Cardinal Nguyen Van Thuan (Wikipedia page)

I Saw it in the Bulletin...

General Instruction of the Roman Missal (link to open the pdf version of the document)

Vatican II Document on the Liturgy, Sacrosanctum Concilium

I Heard Him Talk about it in a Homily...

Blessed John Paul II, Novo Millennio Ineunte

Saint Kateri Tekakwitha biography

Vatican readying for Mohawk Saint Kateri Tekakwitha (CBC article)

Book Recommendations

"Prayer Primer: Igniting a Fire Within" by Fr. Thomas Dubay (Amazon link)

"Fire Within" by Fr. Thomas Dubay (Amazon link)

"Difficulties in Mental Prayer" by Fr. Eugene Boylan (Amazon link) (Google Books link)