When God Erases
By considering the ancestors of Jesus found in Matthew 1, we can discern qualities of the Divine Initiative in our lives. Fr. Pat looks at three of these.
Feb 08, 2017
All Saints Homilies
Homilies from Fr. Patrick Henry Reardon
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A Prophet, a Scholar and a Prime Minister
Three Second-Temple Prophets who were among those who prepared the world for the coming of the Messiah have much to teach us about how to keep the Lord uppermost in our hearts and lives.
Feb 08, 2017
To Put On Christ
To put on Christ necessarily involves a great deal of studious application; indeed, we are obliged to study Him. Fr. Pat looks at the account of the healing of the crippled woman in Luke 13 and gives us three ways we can endeavor to look like Christ.
Feb 08, 2017
The Gospel and the Christian Moral Life
The Christian lives an upright moral life not because of conformity with some commandment, and not by way of modeling himself on some external model, but because he does not want to depart from Christ.
Feb 08, 2017
Open to Me the Gates of Repentance
Fr. Pat offers three reflections on the parable of the Publican and the Pharisee.
Jan 30, 2017
The Light of Wisdom
Fr. Pat reflects upon the theme of revelatory light, particularly as Holy Scripture contrasts it with darkness.
Jan 04, 2017
Consecrated to God
Each of us is the servant of the Lord, which means that we do not belong to ourselves. And if we do not belong to ourselves, we certainly do not belong to the world, we belong to God.
Dec 15, 2016
Insight Through Experience
By giving Paul so dominant a place in the sacred Canon, the Fathers surely intended us to learn from his example how to examine the circumstances of our lives in order to attain wisdom in Christ.
Nov 27, 2016
Live Close to the Cemetery
Using Luke 8:26-27 as a starting point of his reflections, Fr. Pat encourages us to live our lives with an awareness of death as an important part of our mental composition.
Nov 27, 2016
A Good and Noble Heart
In this homily based upon the Parable of the Sower in Luke 8, Fr. Pat teaches us about the qualities of the heart, its enemies, and our example of one with a patient heart.
Nov 27, 2016
Traffic Jam
In this homily on Luke 7:11-16, Fr. Pat offers reflections on Jesus' raising of the son of the widow of Nain.
Nov 27, 2016
The Holy Ghost Over the Bent World Broods
In this homily based on 2 Corinthians 4:6-15, Fr. Pat reflects upon the glory of Christ in creation, in the Bible, and in our daily cross.
Nov 27, 2016
Don't Ever Throw the Quadrant Overboard
St. Paul says, "It is God who makes both us and you stand firm in Christ" (2 Corinthians 1:21). In a certain sense, every verse in the Bible is telling us to stand firm. In this homily Fr. Pat encourages us to do just that.
Nov 27, 2016
Have You Ever Misplaced an Elephant
Fr. Pat looks at three moral impediments to faith: chameleon morality, narcissistic morality, and indolent morality.
Sep 25, 2016
Cultivation, Consecration, Navigation
Fr. Pat looks at three images of the Church found in 1 Corinthians 3 and Matthew 14.
Sep 25, 2016
The Temple, Repeated Prayer, and Authenticity
The parable of the Publican and the Pharisee teaches us much about prayer. Father Pat looks at three things: the meaning of the temple, the issue of repeated prayer, and authenticity when speaking with God.
Sep 23, 2016
And We Share Her Vocation
On the Feast of the Dormition of the Theotokos, Fr. Pat offers reflections about the Mother of Our Lord: her presence in the early church, earliest references to her in the Scriptures, and about the Marian quality of the people of God.
Sep 11, 2016
How are We to Live
If we are justified by faith, if we live in the Holy Spirit, and if Christ is our Lord, then what should our lives be like? Fr. Pat looks at Paul's exhortations to the believers at Rome.
Sep 01, 2016
Three Generations of Faith
Father Pat compares the characteristics of faith in Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and the events in their lives which shaped that faith.
Aug 24, 2016
Purity of Heart
In this homily based upon Matthew 6:22-33, Fr. Pat looks at three things necessary for us to have purity of heart.
Aug 24, 2016
What Does it Mean to be Holy?
Holiness is not about an ideal to be striven for; it’s about a conformity to God’s will in the individual vocation of each person. In this homily from the Sunday of All Saints, Fr. Pat considers what it means to be holy.
Aug 24, 2016
To Proclaim, To Parse, and To Pray
In this homily from Pentecost Sunday, Fr. Pat looks at three benefits given by the Holy Spirit to the people of God: proclaiming God as our Father, parsing the Scriptures correctly, and praying.
Aug 24, 2016
A Conflict about the Sabbath
In the story of the healing of the paralytic in John 5, we learn about sin from three sources: the paralytic, the opponents of Jesus, and Jesus himself.
Aug 24, 2016
Things that Jump Out
In this homily from the Sunday of St. Thomas, Fr. Pat comments on three things that jump out at him from the Gospel text of John 20:19-31.
Aug 24, 2016
The Memory of the Church
In this homily from the Sunday of the Myrrh-Bearing Women, Fr. Pat looks at the characteristics of the memory of the Church—that it is reflective and rationally conscious, it is literary and rhetorical, and it is maternal.
Aug 24, 2016
He Built Bigger Barns
Fr. Pat discusses the parable of the rich man's barns.
Jul 15, 2016
St. Remy, Clovis, and Us
If Christ really is risen from the dead, we have the basis for the renewal of everything. Fr. Pat considers this in his Paschal homily.
Jun 02, 2016
The Christian Hope
The Christian hope is based on an oath God made to a man from Mesopotamia 4,000 years ago. Fr. Pat looks at the irony of hope, its source, and how we should go about strengthening it.
May 16, 2016
Baptism and the Chalice
Baptism and the Chalice represent the sacramental initiation into a new identity founded on union with Christ; thus the two questions Jesus put to the sons of Zebedee are for us today as well.
May 16, 2016
Hanging on to Others
Fr. Pat looks at the story from Mark 2 of the paralytic being lowered through the roof.
May 16, 2016
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