1. Lec # 13- Solemnity of Christmas- Dec 25th, 2012- Fr. Bresowar

    My brothers and sisters in Christ-

    Merry Christmas to all of you! Not happy holidays… Merry Christmas!

    Tonight, we remember once again, the greatest birthday in all of humanity, and we celebrate because our salvation was born into the world over 2000 years ago in a cave in Bethlehem. Our salvation, our hope, our beginning and our end. The prince of all peace, the king of the universe, the glory of our Father, the pride of our mother,

    The Advocate (1 John 2:1); Lamb of God (John 1:29); The Resurrection & the Life (John 11:25); Shepherd & Bishop of Souls (1 Peter 2:25); Judge (Acts 10:42); Lord of Lords (1 Timothy 6:15); Man of Sorrows (Isaiah 53:3); Head of the Church (Ephesians 5:23); Master (Matthew 8:19); Faithful & True Witness (Revelation 3:14); Rock (1 Corinthians 10:4); High Priest (Hebrews 6:20); The Door (John 10:9); Living Water (John 4:10); Bread of Life (John 6:35); Rose of Sharon (Song of Solomon 2:1); Alpha & Omega (Revelation 22:13); True Vine (John 15:1); Messiah (Daniel 9:25); Teacher (John 3:2); Holy One (Mark 1:24)
    Mediator (1 Timothy 2:5); The Beloved (Ephesians 1:6); Branch (Isaiah 11:1); Carpenter (Mark 6:3); Good Shepherd (John 10:11); Light of the World (John 8:12); Image of the Invisible God (Colossians 1:15); The Word (John 1:1); Chief Cornerstone (Ephesians 2:20); Savior (John 4:42); Servant (Matthew 12:18); Author & Finisher of Our Faith (Hebrews 12:2); The Almighty (Revelation 1:8); Everlasting Father (Isaiah 9:6); Shiloh (Genesis 49:10); Lion of the Tribe of Judah (Revelation 5:5); I Am (John 8:58; King of Kings (1 Timothy 6:15);
    Prince of Peace (Isaiah 9:6); Bridegroom (Matthew 9:15); Only Begotten Son (John 3:16); Wonderful Counselor (Isaiah 9:6); Immanuel (Matthew 1:23); Son of Man (Matthew 20:28); Dayspring (Luke 1:78); The Amen (Revelation 3:14); King of the Jews (Mark 15:26); Prophet (Matthew 21:11); Redeemer (Job 19:25); Anchor (Hebrews 6:19); Bright Morning Star (Revelation 22:16) The Way, the Truth, & the Life (John 14:6)
    Jesus Christ has come from Heaven, to dwell amongst us, to destroy sin, to do away with the effects of death, and to open the gates of eternal life.

    Something so incredibly ineffable, unnamable, triumphant, and glorious; one might expect the King of all the Universe to come in power and majesty as he certainly deserved to, and yet he chooses, by his own freedom, to come in an almost inexplicable way, in a paradox that shows the truest nature of Love, of our God who is Love; he comes through a spotless virgin, and a righteous man to lead her; he chooses a place that no one would choose to be born in, and that not even Mary and Joseph knew of.

    It was no accident, that there was a census by Caesar Augustus in those days, it was no accident that Joseph was to lead Mary to Jerusalem to have their name registered in the great Roman effort, it was no accident that while she was there she went into labor, and it certainly was no accident at all that there was no room in the Inn for her and Joseph. It was no accident that he would be forced out of town, 5 miles south to the hills of Bethlehem.

    All of this was ordained and predestined by the Word of God, by Jesus Himself from heaven, for it was his desire and that of his Father and the Holy Spirit, that he would be born in a smelly cave, amongst moldy hay, a place where the shepherds in the field kept their animal feed; a place where no woman in her right might would look at and say, “that’s where I want to deliver my child” It was his intent, to come into the world this way, so that what was spoken of the prophets might be fulfilled.

    “But you, O Bethlehem of Ephrathah,
   who are one of the little clans of Judah,
from you shall come forth for me
   one who is to rule in Israel,
whose origin is from of old,
   from ancient days… And he shall stand and feed his flock in the strength of the Lord,
   in the majesty of the name of the Lord his God.
And they shall live secure, for now he shall be great
   to the ends of the earth” (Micah 5:1, 3-4)

    No, it was no accident that the Wonder-Counselor, God-Hero, the Father-Forever, and the Prince of Peace would choose to come into the world in the least and most humble of ways, after all, he says,
    “Whoever would be great among you must be your servant.” And he is the servant of all servants.

    His way is a paradox to the world, it’s a stumbling block to what we consider to be traditionally powerful. Yet he shows us true power. His whole life is about conquering, but conquering not through human inventions, not through worldly weapons, or manpower, or money, but rather through humility.

    The Great I AM, gave everything that he was, poured himself out, made himself lowly, despised, and brought to weakness, so that Love might destroy death. This is true power. And not only that, he shows us the only true way, so that we might join him and do the same.

    Christmas is about Christ and the Mass. That’s why we are here tonight/today, to celebrate his triumphant incarnation where true power will destroy that which no one can escape, death, by the weapon of humility, the cross. We make present on this altar the same sacrifice which won for us our redemption and then we eat of the fruit of his effort as we offer ourselves up with him.

    What a gift we have been given. What a savior we have. Let us never take it for granted. Merry Christmas and God Bless all of you!




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  2. Special- Lec # 9- 3rd Sun of Advent- Dec 16, 2012 – Fr. Bresowar

    My brothers and sisters in Christ-

    Today is “Guadate Sunday." Guadate means “rejoice” and this Sunday, the third Sunday of Advent has been a time the Church gives us to be reminded of the fact that Christmas is on the way, and even though we are in the midst of a penitential season, we are called to take a moment and rejoice.

    And so I had written a homily about rejoicing; about the need to always rejoice as the readings remind us today, despite what is happening around us. And, about the hope that must exist within us as we journey towards the kingdom of God.

    And then, on Friday, I like many of you was shaken badly by what happened in Connecticut. And as we are still discovering details, and we are still in shock, it just felt like it wasn’t really a time for rejoicing. It felt like evil robbed us as Catholics, in this country, of "Guadate Sunday", just like it robbed many young innocent children of life, and of those children who remained of their own innocence, on Friday. It felt like our joyful anticipation has been interrupted by evil.

    So I set down to rewrite my homily last night at about 10 o’clock, and I prayed about it. I wondered what God would want me to say when there are hardly any words which could be said; when it feels like something was taken from the depth of our beings. I reflected.

    And I was brought back to that question that no matter how much I studied about good and evil, it always seems to come up in times like these.

    That question that many people are asking now across our country.

    Where were you God? And why God did you allow that to happen? And I thought about it, and I waited for an answer. Why? Why this evil, and how much longer are you going to put up with it?

    And in my heart, I heard him say, "Oh Vincent, I didn’t allow this; that was not part of my plan. It was never part of my design. I have those 26 souls with me now. Yes, I knew it would happen, but I didn’t cause it to happen."

    "As much as you are weeping now, I’m weeping more."

    God hates this atrocity more than we do. The Holy Scriptures remind us that Jesus was very emotional; he wept just like we weep; he was frustrated just like we are frustrated; he prayed fervently that his Father would allow something different to happen, just like we do.

    And yet he knew that his Father would not intervene with our free will. This is God's gift to us, and he won't interfere with it. He just won’t. He could, but he will not. He creates us with the ability to choose to love, and with that comes the ability to choose to hate.

    True love cannot be forced upon us, it must be freely chosen, or else it is not love at all. And the consequences of choosing to love are life giving, and come with self-denial, a reality we witness most especially with the crucifixion of our Lord. And we saw Friday, the consequences of choosing hate which comes with total self-absorption, and would lead someone to do something so heinous. 

    There are many questions that will go unanswered. When disasters of this magnitude occur, there typically are. How could someone hate so vehemently, that they would choose to something so atrocious?

    Many people will try to offer answers to this question; many solutions will be put forward to try to keep it from happening again. Many will put blame on something or someone to try to explain the evil. 

    The Truth is... 

    We just don’t know. We can’t explain it. It’s unfathomable. It's unspeakable.

    And yet, how we respond makes all the difference. Many will look at their children in a different way now; they will tolerate those little things that drive a parent crazy just a little bit more. Maybe they will focus more on the family, on dinner times, on happy times together, game nights, turn off the tv and the electronics and communicate with each other the old fashion way. Maybe neighbors will start, once again, to reach out to each other and look after each other’s children.  Everyone will appreciate, maybe, in a more profound way the innocence of the children and try to protect it as long as possible. Because it is a hard hard world that awaits them, and their innocence is the most precious gift our children possess.

    It will be taken from them one day, no matter how hard we try to keep that from happening.

    Nope, evil robbed us of our joy this Sunday. That is for sure. It just doesn’t feel like a Sunday to rejoice.

    But… EVIL… although it may have captured the moment, and caused us grief and sorrow in our hearts, as we mourn the loss of innocence yet again… EVIL…  will not have the final say. It's day is coming when it will pass away forever.

    We may ask our God where were you when our innocence was robbed of us? Where were you last Friday? And if we listen closely we would hear him say to us, "Where do you think I was?"  I WAS ON THE CROSS.

    And we might say… come again… and maybe we would hear a little louder…. VICTORIOUS! All alone… I conquered this once and for all. I was destroying death, and opening paradise for all of those who were taken away from you. I was with each of them at every moment. I was with each parent, I was with each child, I was with you. 

    And in just a little while longer... you will see me wipe away every tear from their eyes; and there shall no longer be any death; there shall no longer be any mourning, or crying, or pain; the first things will have passed away. (Revelation 21)

    "I saw a new heaven and a new earth," the apostle John says at the very end of the last book of the bible, when it is all accomplished.

    "I saw no temple in the city, for its temple is the Lord God almighty and the Lamb. The city had no need of sun or moon to shine on it, for the glory of God gave it light, and its lamp was the Lamb.
    During the day its gates will never be shut, and there will be no night there. The treasure and wealth of the nations will be brought there,
    but nothing unclean will enter it, nor any[one] who does abominable things or tells lies." (Rev 21)

    No, evil may have won the weekend, but evil only has one destination, and that is to be stamped out forever and ever.

    So knowing that those little ones, which Jesus proclaims, "let them come to me, do not hinder them," are with Him in the Kingdom where there is no more death, no more sin, and no more evil or its effects. And knowing that those adults that died protecting those children, are there as well. And, knowing for certain that we will see them again and know them in a way which we did not know them here; let us pray together for those who remain and are left to try to pick up their lives. Let us offer our thoughts and intentions for them; for the parents of the children who must find a way to carry on; we pray for the children of the 6 adults who were killed, for all the relatives, for the friends, for the families, for the town of Newtown, and even for the family of the one who committed the crime. For there is a another son who has inexplicably lost a mother and a brother. We pray for them all… and we entrust them to the loving care of our God who died, who was on the cross destroying evil and death, that they, and ourselves might live with him forever.

    And that, if nothing else, is a reason to rejoice on this Gaudete Sunday. 

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  3. Lec # 3- 1st Sun of Advent, Dec 2, 2012- Fr. Bresowar

    My brothers and sisters in Christ! It is a joy and a privilege to be here with you today as we begin this new liturgical year. Although we think of the New Year beginning obviously on January 1st, this is technically the first day of the liturgical year.

    The last few weeks, we have been focusing on the end times as we were coming to the end of the liturgical calendar.  That culminated last Sunday, with Solemnity of Christ the King. We were reminded of our Lord’s Kingship and his dominion which is everlasting and which will never be taken away.  The Gospels had been geared towards Jesus’ teachings concerning what will happen at the end of time. And by and large, most of us priests have been preaching the message of being prepared for that day when all of us will go before Jesus and have to give an account of our lives. A reality which can be very scary if we are not ready for it.

    Yet, now we kind of shift gears if you will. We still must always be prepared, because Jesus’ coming is not dependent on the liturgical calendar, and as God reminds us through sacred scripture, through the writings of Paul to the Thessalonians, “For you yourselves know very well that the day of the Lord will come like a thief in the night!”

    We must always live as though this reality could happen at any moment, rather it be our own death or the second coming of Jesus Christ.  

    With that always in mind, we somewhat shift to a new beginning now, a new year. Now is the time to focus on preparation for the coming of Jesus Christ into our very hearts and lives, now is the time to clean our house, so as to prepare a place for the Christ child.

    Advent is a season of preparation, that’s why it is designated by the color purple. It’s a season of cleaning, of repentance, of getting rid of the junk that keeps us from allowing God to dwell within us; of getting rid of those things that we hang onto that keep us from clearly seeing and welcoming our salvation.  This is why just about every church will have reconciliation services throughout the next 20 days or so. But not only is it a season of cleaning, of repentance, of fasting and prayer, but it is also a season of new beginnings, of starting over, or beginning a new.

    Each year, at the end of December, most of us come up with a list of goals we would like to accomplish the following year. Rather it be, I’m going to lose weight this year, to, I’m going to spend more time playing golf (which really isn’t a resolution), to I’m going to try to do something to better my life and those around me. I’m going to study more, I’m going to pray more, I’m going to exercise more, I’m going to do whatever… and most of us… do pretty good with our resolutions… for about a week. And then we make a firm resolution to try again next year.

    Why? Because we are people of habits, and it is hard to break habits.

    That’s another part of what Advent is all about, breaking habits which keep us from having truly healthy spiritual lives, truly healthy perspectives on life, and truly healthy relationships with God first, and then with others.

    Advent is a time to start again, just as is the New Year. However, Advent is different, because it is also a time of anticipation. A time of joyful anticipation. A time for us to reflect again on what exactly it means to call ourselves Christian. To say that we are Christian entails a certain lifestyle, a certain attitude. And as we reflect on the past year, we can certainly see in our lives, times where we have lived our faith beautifully, and we could properly call ourselves Christians, followers of Jesus Christ, and then we can also look back in our lives over the last year, and recognize there are times when we call ourselves Christians, but we are anything but.

    To welcome the Christ child, to welcome the incarnation once again into our very beings, to self-identity with our beloved, to prepare ourselves to once again not only call ourselves Christians, but to live our Christianity as we have been called to do so by our baptism, motivated by the Love and Truth that dwells within each of our souls, this is what Advent is all about.

    The new Liturgical year is always special. But this year, maybe the Church can help you if you are wondering what it is you could do to make this Advent, this joyful time of anticipation, a real season of conversion, a season not like the rest of the Advents that we have been through year after year, but something different, something new and bold. A deeper love and conversion of heart. A deeper detachment from those things, that junk, those sins, that stuff that we keep within us, that keeps us from truly being free and liberated to love unconditionally.

    How can we do this, how can we be different this year? How can we make Advent more about Christ and less about us?

    My brothers and sisters,   

    We are currently in the Year of Faith. Our Pope, the visible head of the church which Jesus Christ himself founded, in which he presides, and which he is directing through the Holy Spirit, through his vicar, has declared now is the time to bolster our faith.

    We live in an ever increasing atheistic society. A godless society. A society which has abandoned by in large, traditionally morality for a newly defined moral truths based off of humanism apart from Jesus Christ. What use to be deplorable, has now in many places, become celebrated.

    If we are to traverse this culture of death, and rise above it, and not enter into it in our marriages, in our families, in our friendships, in our culture, and not suffer its effects which are devastating, then we are going to need a strong vibrant faith.

    Faith is a virtue which requires a willingness to enter into it. The more we seek to foster it, the more we receive it.  

    But how can we have a strong vibrant faith, when if we often times have no clue what it means to call ourselves Catholic?  How many of you have picked up and dusted off your Catechism? How many of you own a Catechism? How many of you are wondering what is a Catechism? We think we know what it means to be Catholic… but that’s the danger, as soon as you know what it is means to be Catholic, that’s when it is time to start over. Especially in a society which is trying to define through the media what it means to be Catholic for us… according to it’s own opinions apart from the Church. It’s time to start anew in our understanding.  And here we are, a new beginning, a new year, a time to refresh our knowledge of our Catholicity, our Christianity. Time to once again understand what it means to be a disciple, a follower of Jesus Christ.

    There is no depth to the wisdom of God. WE can learn and learn and learn about one topic, one word, Love, for example, and never exhaust its mystery.

    To be Catholic means to understand that we can never exhaust the mystery of God and his Church. WE can never learn enough as to why we are Catholic, and what exactly that means in a very pluralistic world.  

    And if we are going to stay above the fray, if we are going to call ourselves Christians in a world which despises us, and tries to convince us of its lies by perverting the Truth, and if we are going to persevere in love, even to the point of death, then we are going to need faith. And this is the year of Faith.

    So I encourage you to pray for each other, to strengthen each other faith and love, not to tear each other down, to clean your house if you will, to allow Jesus to enter into your soul once again, so that you might have about you a zeal which pursues the Truth and bolsters your faith.

    Jesus will transform your hearts and make you into instruments of unconditional love, where you can experience joy in all things, especially in suffering, in the cross, the greatest instrument of Love the world has ever known, you can experience what beautiful realities God has in store for you, if you are willing and allow him to do so.  

    Lord increase our Faith, that we might live for you, and for you alone. Amen.

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  4. Lec # 158- 33rd Sun of OT, Nov 18, 2012- Fr. Bresowar

    My brothers and sisters in Christ…

    The world is a very scary place… good thing it is passing away. Good thing this is just a pilgrim journey to Heaven and not a final destination. Right now, we seem to be on the brink of another war, the economy is on the brink of another recession, morals are all but shot in the family and in society, the golden calf of idol worship is back in many forms, the Church is under attack on the religious liberty front… and God seems to be put on the back burner as man tries to once again, save himself from himself. We know this story, we know the outcome, we’ve seen this play out in history multiple times, and we wonder why people refuse to learn from history. So once again, we find ourselves having to endure great suffering, which is an effect of sin, sin, which is a turning away from God’s perfect plan for us.

    Suffering, although not caused by God, is allowed by God. Some think God allows it to punish us for our sins, I doubt it… St. Augustine states that God is a physician, and that suffering is a medicine for salvation, not a punishment for damnation.  

    Now more than ever maybe, is the time for us to increase our faith which God does by grace, to get ready to suffer, and to remember our final destination is not in this world, that our salvation from this mess that we are in, rest, as it always has, in Jesus Christ, who willingly entered into suffering to show us that this is how God brings about redemption.  

    Christians, those who seek to follow Christ with everything that they are, true Christians, not wishy washy ones, not cafeteria ones, but true Christians, are always looking forward to the second coming of Jesus Christ. Why? Because that is when he will finally accomplish what he started, when God will make manifest the Kingdom forever, and where sin and suffering, the effects of sin, will be stamped out forever. There will be no more sadness, no more war, no more abortion, no more murder, no more separation, no more adultery, no more hurting each other, no more disordered sexuality, no more lust, no more temptations, no more strife. The battle will be won, and we, if we persevere and love Jesus by actually following his commands and being obedient to his Church, by allowing him to be God in our lives instead of us, will enjoy the paradise we were created for. This is not our hope, this is our reality… people who lack faith, often times believe Christians made this story up to help themselves cope with suffering… I can think of better things to do to cope with suffering. Faith, the virtue which we must be open to, but once we receive, allows us to know for certain, that Christ will come again and finish what he started.

    The first Christians, maybe more than any other time, suffered great persecutions, especially under the Roman Empire. We think we have it bad now, we are suffering nothing compared to what they had to endure. Naturally, they were always looking forward to, longing for the Day of the Lord, to persevere in the face of every form of adversity. Over and over again, St. Paul invokes this future time of blessing.  

    Today the Gospel reminds us very clearly that the end of our world will come, and that we should be very watchful for this.

    No one, only the Father, knows when this will happen, but what is certain, is that it will happen.

    We are reminded that in the end, there will be a judgment for everyone, and that Jesus will separate the sheep from the goats. The sheep he will put on his right and the goats on his left. This is an analogy for those of us who accepted and lived as the Gospels tell us, and those of us who rejected the Gospel, the good news, and lived as if we were our own God, and we make the rules, not Him.

    Jesus is very clear that those who accepted and lived the Truth, which he reveals through Scripture and his Church, will share eternal life, and those who did not, will be cast into the eternal fires of Hell with Satan.

    Rather Jesus returns while we are alive, or rather we die first, each of us cannot avoid coming to that judgment day. Each of us will have to give a full account of our life in front of God, and this can be a very scary thought for us.

    This can be very scary, however, if we live our lives like we actually love Jesus Christ and we love our neighbor, then we have nothing to fear about dying and judgment. If we keep his commands, and seek to serve and not to be served, if we take up our Cross and deny ourselves; if we pray every day, and do not take his grace for granted; if we feed the hungry, shelter the homeless, visit this sick and the dying, visit the prisoners, take care of the orphaned and the widow; if we live as honorable husbands and wives, fathers and the mothers, sons and daughters; if we put God before everything else, and if we make sure that we eat his body and drink his blood in the Holy Mass, and we go to confession and repent of our sins over and over, then we have absolutely nothing to fear.

    Because if we do all of those things, then we already live with the Kingdom of Heaven inside each one of us. Eternal Life is Jesus Christ, and when Jesus Christ lives inside of us, and He is the King of our Heart, then eternal life reigns in our heart and we have nothing fear, nor could we, about our judgment, or really all the issues that happening in the world around us. For the world is passing away.

    Jesus says that unless you hate your life in this world, you cannot have eternal life. What does he mean by this, he means, we were created for eternity, that’s where our heart should be. Store up for yourselves treasures in Heaven says the Lord, for where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.

    Unfortunately, many people will end up in Hell because they refused to change their lives, even when God offers them so many chances to change.

    But we must pray every day for each other and for ourselves while we still have time. We must seek to give up control of our lives and let God take control. We must learn about Jesus and His Church, about our faith, and offer up our sufferings united with the sufferings of Jesus Christ. If we can do this, we will not complain anymore about what is going on here with all of our problems, instead we will suffer willingly, and Jesus will use this suffering to bring us to Heaven.


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  5. Lec # 493- Wed, 32nd Week of OT- Nov 14, 2012

    My brothers and sisters in Christ,

    I don’t know if you remember at the beginning of the year when I said to you, that for those of you who have faith, then the one amongst you who does not, you’d have a hard time understanding why they think a certain way and behave a certain way, and likewise for those who really don’t have much faith or belief in Jesus, well they wouldn’t really understand the views and lifestyles of the one who do.

    This is my perception of what is happening in our school, and by in large what is happening in our society right now. 

    For someone who has devoted His life to the Truth as revealed by Christ through His Church, as someone who has abandoned that Truth and decided for myself what was best for me and society for a long time in my life, and then come to see how fruitless that view was in his own life and how damaging it is to society,  it can be exceedingly frustrating that there are so many out there who just really don’t know Jesus, or don’t want to know him.

    But I try not to judge people based on where they are on their own spiritual journey.

    I better than many, understand that faith is a journey, and that what I decided I knew in high school, and in college, changed drastically when I decided after a series of experiences to finally open myself up to grace, when I started to look at this life through this lens of eternity, and not the lens of this world alone.

    For when we look at life through our own lens, through our own senses, through our own opinions and perceptions apart from what Christ revealed to us, apart from faith, it can be very difficult to know what is right and what is wrong, what is good and what is bad, and what is true and what is not true.

    I also understand better than most that following Jesus is a personal choice, a difficult choice because it requires a change in perspective and a willingness to let go of this false sense of control and autonomy that we have come to believe we have in this world. As if our opinion of how things should be makes it so. You know where that usually comes to ahead, is when people are dying. I encounter more people when they are dying who all of sudden realize they don’t have any control. The sooner we realize that this isn’t our world, this is God’s world and he in control, he designed it, he makes the rules and that he did not do so for the sake of trying to inconvenience us, but for the sake of True Love, the sooner we will see clearly our whole purpose for existing in the first place.

    Everything and anything that matters is Love. To tell someone that what they are doing is wrong, if it is in fact wrong, is not unloving, but is actually loving.

    That’s why we defend marriage as God designed it, that’s why we defend properly ordered sexuality, that’s why we defend life, even though the world wants to say that religion has no place in the public debate, Truth is Truth and love can’t be silenced, nor should it be.

    It’s tough… it’s tough to go against the tide of modern culture, to choose to not embrace secularism… when so many people, so many celebrities, so many of our influences out there, politicians, feminists, leftist, rightist, extreme liberals, extreme conservatives, even Catholics who are confused as to what it means to be Catholic, are trying to shape our opinions.

    But thanks be to God for Jesus Christ and his holy Catholic Church. For she is the light of the world, and He is guiding us through his Holy Spirit, through his Church, even though his church is made up of broken men and women like you and me.

    Paul tells us to hold on to the Truth, to be consistent in sound doctrine, because it is this doctrine that is going to stand the test of time, as it has for the last 2000 years.

    2000 years later, and the gates of Hell have still not prevailed over her. You’ll see a lot of people out there who hate, despise, or disagree with the Church and think that she needs to get with the modern times, that she is no longer relevant.

    If we could fast forward 100 years from now… those people will be long gone, but the Church will remain.

    Jesus says clearly at the end, he will come and separate the sheep and the goats… an analogy for those who chose to accept Truth and those who chose to reject it. And he will welcome into the Kingdom those who lived his Truth which he offers us, and cast into Hell those who decided to be their own god.

    Which side will you be on? It’s your choice. History is a great asset because we learn from it. We already know what happens.  Cafeteria Catholicism is going to fade into history, as is anything, which is not true. But, and this is big but… Love will always remain.

    If we love him, we will keep commands. He said so himself. If we love him, then he will do good works through us. He will feed the poor, shelter the homeless, feed the hungry; he will do the social justice that needs to be done. He will visit the prisoners through us, he will visit the sick. For where the Christian goes, so goes Christ.  He will do it all for his sake which embraces Truth even when its difficult to accept.  He will complete what he started, and we will simply become his instruments to be transformed into Love, which in the end, is all that matters. 
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  6. Lec # 155- 32nd Sun of OT- November 11, 2012- Fr. Bresowar

    "The world itself now bears witness to its approaching end by its fading powers.  […] The peasant is failing and disappearing from the fields, the sailor at sea, the soldier in the camp, uprightness in the forum, justice in the court, concord in friendships, skill in the arts, discipline in morals."
    Someone might think these words were written today in response to a decline in American society witnessed by the attempt to so centralize the government that the freedom of the Church is threatened.  Yet these words were written by St.  Cyprian, an early Church Father, around the year 250.

    I find them to be very interesting and prophetic. The fact of the matter is that the world is always in a moment of crisis, because sin still reigns in the world, ignorance, which is an effect of sin, mainly the sin of pride, is abound. It makes you almost wish for the second coming of Jesus Christ. We know that when our Lord comes, the world will end as we know it, those who persevered in Christ and goodness will come to know the fullness of the Truth, and be transformed, made perfect, the blessed dead will rise from their graves and be reunited with their glorified body and there will be no more suffering and no more confusion. Truth will win the day and Heaven will reign forever! This is our hope! Eternity with God!

    And yet,

    I posed a question for discussion on Facebook asking if it is wrong to pray that Jesus Christ will go ahead and come back, given what implications that has for those of us who are trying to live our life according to the example he gave us?

     It seems that it’s reasonable to pray that Jesus would go ahead and return so that this battle that we are all fighting, the war that is raging for our souls, and the daily strife of trying to avoid sin, will finally be over, and the victory which is already won on the cross will be made manifest forever. It seems reasonable enough… and yet, I think there are so many people that are afraid of this great hope of the second coming of Jesus Christ. There is a lot that is unknown about it, a lot of people would probably, if they were honest about it, tell you they are not ready, and so I would imagine that many people simply do not think about it, and when it comes up in conversation, it would be easy to want to change the subject as it’s not the most comfortable thing to talk about or reflect on.

    For centuries, Christians have been asked, are you prepared for return of Christ?

    In today’s society the question is by and large ignored, by Christians and non-Christians. When Cyprian wrote in the year 250, Christians believed that the world was coming to an end as they knew it. Flash forward to today, it would easy to believe, given the moral decline of society that we live in, that the world is coming to an end as we know it. And yet, St. Cyprian, as should be the case with all good Christians, did not give into despair about this. Yes the world is always coming to an end as we know it, because the world is passing away… nothing is ever the same, but at the same time, where some believe society is evolving pass the need for traditional values and morals, we as Christians place no hope in that lie, we must fight the temptation from Satan to give into despair, especially in the realm of politics.

    This is because Christians realize that history in a sense has already come to an end.  When Christ rose from the dead and ascended into heaven, the whole purpose for the world was realized: God was finally glorified in Jesus Christ.
    Once we realize that the final realization of the world cannot occur on this earth, then — though one must be involved in what happens here, as this is our pilgrim road to heaven — looking at time from eternity is the only thing that makes sense.
    What does that mean? That means that Christians need to see everything in this life through the lens of Heaven, through the lens of eternity.
    There are those who despair and have no hope when things do not go their way in the political order.  This cannot be a Christian attitude.  If it is true that our final homeland is only in heaven, then each society here must be of concern to us — but the Christian cannot put his hope here.  His hope is centered only in God.
    After all, though Christ has redeemed the world, human beings still suffer from the weakness of ignorance, malice and lust that characterized original sin.  People are still sadly motivated by the "desire to dominate," which is the origin of all lust and its final expression.

    My brothers and sisters, All is not lost when political parties or politicians succeed in introducing legally sanctioned injustices into a state. As is the case with gay marriage and abortion, euthanasia, forcing people to violate their conscience to choose between God and the state. Even with this reality before us, all is not lost. We are Easter people, we win! Hallelujah is our song!
    The Christian has many options to demonstrate his final hope and interest in the solution to the problem that faces this particular society and mankind as a whole.  He or she may seek to promote virtue in the context for which he or she is most responsible: the family, at work or in the local community. 
    The corporal works of mercy, which have in some ways been abandoned by some Christians and left to the state or bureaucracies, are a marvelous way to strengthen the life of hope and grace for individuals and society. 

    The point is, like the widow in the Gospel today, the Christian is called in this world to give what he or she can to promote values, which give life. The widow gave everything she had and this was more pleasing to the Lord, this is what we will be judged by.  Life is short here, give everything you are away, cause that is what is going to matter in the end.

    The Church has seemed to be asleep for a long time regarding the dangers to limiting the freedom of Catholics' religious practice.  Fortunately, more and more Catholics are becoming alive to the real possibility of dictation by the state concerning our practice of religious freedom.  This can and should alarm anyone who is serious about allowing his or her religious faith to influence his or her participation in the public square.

    True, in a democracy or a democratic republic, the clergy should not have an active role in the political process as clergy.  But, as citizens, each of us as Catholics must be aware that the kind of behavior that is necessary to preserve democracy is not necessarily the kind of behavior democracies like.
    Freedom cannot be license.  It must respect the inalienable rights of man, which must, for example, include life.
    Just because Christians hope in God does not mean that they are freed from concern and action in the civil order.  Still, in the final analysis, this hope of eternity is the only thing that can serve.  During his life, St. Augustine was not only a bishop; he was also a civil magistrate.  When he was dying, his city of Hippo was being besieged by the Vandals, particularly nasty barbarians who would eventually capture and destroy all he had worked for.  On his deathbed, he insisted that the walls be covered with verses from the Psalms so he could think about God.
    St. Augustine was not daunted by the fact that the world as he knew it was passing, for he had hope in heaven.  This had guided all his actions on earth and now was his final consolation.  As he said of heaven: "There we shall rest and see; see and love; love and praise.  This is what shall be in the end without end"

    Heaven always is, and always must be our motivation as we continue to build the kingdom of God, to proclaim the good news by our lives, and to seek to build virtue in a world which desperately needs Jesus Christ.

    (Much of this homily came from a wonderful article written by Fr. Brian Mulladay titled, “Hope in God”)



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  7. Lec # 146- 29th Sun of OT- Oct 21, 2012- Fr. Bresowar
     My brothers and sisters in Christ, today’s readings are reminding us of the need to conform our lives to that of Jesus Christ. Jesus Christ is not simply our Lord and Savior, our God sitting on the judgment throne watching over us, but he is our brother, who is able to sympathize with our weaknesses, and who like us has been tested in everyway, literally, giving us the example of how to deal with life, and to do so without fear.
     When I was in seminary, my spiritual director said to me, he said Vincent, you want to know the simplest formula for success, happiness, and peace in life? I said sure, that sounds great. He said, all of the knowledge concerning  Jesus in the world, all of the doctors of spirituality, all of great saints and all their advice boils down to this simple formula… look at your life, compare it to the life of Jesus, and make an adjustment. This holds true at every moment of your life. Look at your life, and adjust it to the life of Christ.
     In the first reading we hear Isaiah prophesy about Jesus, he says, The LORD was pleased to crush him in infirmity. That he gave his life for an offering for sin, and that because of this he shall see the light in fullness of days. And, that his suffering will justify many.
     If this is the case with Jesus, then it must be the case with us. Jesus invites us to participate in his very life, and so it stands to reason that if God allows his son to suffer, and his son invites us to share in his divinity and humanity, then God will allow us to suffer as well. But that this is allowed not for punishment in this life, but because it is the path to glory so long as we suffer with Him who suffered for us.
    Peter says in his letter, Rejoice, beloved, in the measure that you share Christ’s sufferings. When his glory is revealed, you will rejoice exultantly. Happy are you when you are insulted for the sake of Christ, for then God’s Spirit in its glory has come to rest on you. - 1 Peter 4:13-14
     We live in a world that sees suffering as something to be avoided at all cost, in fact, it is suffering that causes many to lose faith in God and to make choices that only cause more suffering. This is most clear in a society which looks to the killing of the most innocent to solve it’s suffering. Pharaoh and Harod did this very thing. Pharaoh because he could not stomach the fact that the Israelites were growing, and Harod because he was worried that there might be someone to take his place as King. They took the lives of the most innocent to try and solve their problems and we know the outcome for both of these men. It didn’t alleviate their suffering, it made it worse. They both tried to destroy life to avoid suffering. We see this in our society as well, especially in abortion and euthanasia, embryonic stem cell research, and so on… life must be destroyed to try to alleviate suffering here on earth.
    But what is true life?
     Jesus is life, and he did suffer, willingly, he showed us that to truly live, we shouldn’t avoid suffering which God allows for a reason. That doesn’t mean we necessarily go out seeking it, although some do, in acts of fasting, penance, almsgiving, mortification, but not to destroy life, but so that they might truly begin to live.
     Look at our lives, look at the life of Jesus, and adjust. If he suffered, so will we. But our hope is in the Resurrection and not death. We know the end of suffering if we persevere. His apostles were asking in the Gospel for glory, and what does Christ say, he says, you can’t have it, unless you are willing to be baptized in the baptism of suffering. Are you willing to drink the cup that I have to drink? Do you understand, that to die with me, is to truly live?
     Christians have the key to everlasting life, we have the treasure, but it is not a worldly treasure, it will not bring us glory and wealth in this life, honor and praise amongst our peers, the glory that we have is the Cross. The cross, which is foolishness to the world, but is our victory and our salvation.  IN the hospital, often times when people are suffering the most, I am privilege to witness the beginning of eternity. What people see has horrid and many fear, we Christians see as the end of this life, and beginning of true life. We haven’t even begun to live what God has in store for those of us who persevere and unite our sufferings with that of his Son. Why are the Saints so willing to suffer? Because they begin to experience Heaven in that suffering. If we experienced as they did, we would be much more willing to suffer for love as well.
    We participate in the redemption of the world, we offer our very lives, our existence, we suffer, and in this, we become like God.
     So let us pray for the grace to suffer well, and not to run from it when God allows it. To practice virtue, to fast, to give alms, to not look for worldly honor and glory and praise (it’s a lie, we really can’t find that ever-lasting joy in this world), but rather, to look at the life of Jesus Christ and to adjust our lives to his, to understand our lives in light of his, so that we might truly understand in our mind and in our heart what the good news is, that to suffer and die with Jesus Christ, is to love, and love is everything and the only thing that matters in the end. 
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  8. Lec # 140- 27th Sun of OT- Oct 7th, 2012- Fr. Bresowar

    My brothers and sisters in Christ, as you are well aware, unless you have been living in a cave for the last year with no access to any outside information, the election is one month away. Even if you didn’t care, or didn’t want to know about it, you have no choice, because it is everywhere, we are being bombarded with politics from every angle, each time we get on the internet, or turn on TV, or read the newspaper, or even go outside it seems. We have a choice to make, as if we didn’t know, and as with each election cycle, all the buzz that is trying to influence this choice, will stop briefly after November 6th, and we will rejoice because of that, and, hopefully we will be cautiously optimistic because of the results.

    Now, because of an IRS stipulation that states we can’t endorse candidates from the pulpit, I’m not going to do so…however, I do find it ironic that for the first time in recent history, our religious freedom is being directly challenged by a federal government mandate which stipulates we must violate our conscience for the sake of a moral evil, which is something we would never do.  And yet while our liberty is taken away, slowly, we are supposed to just stand up here and take it. No I won’t mention a candidate, I don’t really consider the Church to be republican or democrat, nor does Church claim to be either, but I can tell you what she does claim to be… she claims to be a voice for those who don’t have one, those who would be silenced, a voice for the poor, for the weak and the suffering, and she proves it by her actions in the world. And any Government who would, or who has tried in the past to get rid of her, will find out in the end, when it is time to die into history that the Church will not be dying with it. Not because of her humanity, which is certainly fallen, but because of her divinity; she is the bride of Christ born from the side of Christ, the new Adam, on the tree of life, the cross. As Eve is the bride of Adam fashioned from his Rib, so the Church is the bride of Christ, born of water and redeemed by his blood, which pours forth from his side on the cross.  She’s not going anywhere…

    She speaks for those who would otherwise have no one to speak up for them, especially for those who reside in the womb, in the first stages of life.

    It is amazing to me that so many people out there live as if they are not going to have to answer for their own life. I understand the enormous pressure that consequences can have for our actions, but in the end, every man and woman will have to go before Jesus, alone, and give a reason as to why they thought they could avoid natural consequences by doing something evil, such as taking the life of an unborn child, as if we, ourselves were the author of life and death.

    Now of course Jesus is much softer on the repentant sinner, and he understands the fear and the emotional distress that any woman would be going through who would contemplate an abortion. That we would condemn a woman for making this choice is not our place, but at the same time, we cannot pretend that abortion is a viable choice in any circumstance either. Never, in any condition, is procured abortion, which is the deliberate murder of life, a viable choice, even if politicians or feminists tell us otherwise.

    Blessed John Paul II, reminds us in his encyclical on the Gospel of Life, that Among all the crimes which can be committed against life, procured abortion has characteristics making it particularly serious and deplorable. The Second Vatican Council defines abortion, together with infanticide, as an "unspeakable crime".54
    But today, in many people's consciences, the perception of its gravity has become progressively obscured. The acceptance of abortion in the popular mind, in behaviour and even in law itself, is a telling sign of an extremely dangerous crisis of the moral sense, which is becoming more and more incapable of distinguishing between good and evil, even when the fundamental right to life is at stake. Given such a grave situation, (the pope goes on) we need now more than ever to have the courage to look the truth in the eye and to call things by their proper name, without yielding to convenient compromises or to the temptation of self-deception. In this regard the reproach of the Prophet is extremely straightforward: "Woe to those who call evil good and good evil, who put darkness for light and light for darkness" (Is 5:20). Especially in the case of abortion there is a widespread use of ambiguous terminology, such as "interruption of pregnancy", which tends to hide abortion's true nature and to attenuate its seriousness in public opinion… But no word has the power to change the reality of things: procured abortion is the deliberate and direct killing, by whatever means it is carried out, of a human being in the initial phase of his or her existence, extending from conception to birth.

    No word has the power to change the reality of things. Truth is truth. We don’t condemn the woman who makes this choice, because no one knows the immense pressure she is under. But we also in no way, support the politician or political party whose platform would make it easier to pave a way to death. And especially the Catholic politicians who would dare to call themselves so while at the same time publically support those positions which are vehemently opposed to charity, truth and life. It’s unthinkable and scandalous. Since the legalization of abortion in our country, over 50 million children have been murdered. That is deplorable. And yes, there are other issues, but none as big as 50 million children.

    In the Gospel, Jesus says, "Let the children come to me; do not prevent them, for the kingdom of God belongs to such as these.”

    He has a such a special love for the children, because they are innocent, they are pure, and they belong to Him. And any destruction of something so innocent and pure can only be demonic. So let us protect them, and beg for forgiveness when we fail them, for unless we do, we will not enter our eternal reward.



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  9. Lec # 134- 25th Sun of OT- Sept 23, 2012- Fr. Bresowar

    Recently, I was accused of being a really nice person. That’s not a problem. I like being accused of this, I have no problems living under this title, a nice person. But then, the one who accused me of this, added… there always comes a stipulation, he is really nice… but… he is too strict with his doctrine.

    He is too Catholic!

    He doesn’t leave any wiggle room for those of us who don’t agree with the Church on every issue.

    To which I respond, absolutely, if that is the case, then I’m doing my job. Because there is only one way, and it’s not for me to question it, it is for me to preach it.  

    My brothers and sisters in Christ… I did not say “Yes” to being a priest to preach or teach a water- downed version of what is going to get us into Heaven one day. I said “Yes” to a life of difficulty, and challenges, not simply because I love people and I want to do good things while I’m here, I didn’t say yes for me, I’m not simply a social justice priest, I said “yes” because first and foremost Jesus Christ is the way the truth and the life, and his Church is the avenue in which he leads us to Himself, and He called me to be one of his priests. And he gave me the strength to say yes.

    The gate that leads to life is narrow and constricted, and few people find it.

    Yes we must do good things for others, especially the poor, the suffering, the widows, those who have nothing, we must feed them, and shelter them, and give them clothes to wear, with no expectation of return, we must… but with one goal in mind…all for the glory of Jesus Christ. Not for them, but for Christ. Whatever you do for the least of my brothers or sisters, you do for me.

    We live in incredibly difficult times, where once again, the Church must be purified of her complacency and tendency to bend to social pressure, shepherds must preach the Truth independent of their own interpretation, and this Truth of Jesus Christ, the light of the world, must shine forth so that those who live in darkness, can once again see the great light.

    The darkness is everywhere around us, surrounding us, choking us, it is in the media, it is in our movies, our music, our politics, it’s everywhere, and if we don’t combat it with Truth, then how will people find their way out?

    We can’t simply feed people with food that perishes… we cannot accept people, love them, feed them, clothe them, shelter them, while at the same time accept behavior that is killing them. That’s not love at all. People who want to be their own Gods often times use the excuse that Jesus loves them no matter what and that he understands all their challenges, and so it’s okay to break the divine and natural law, it’s okay to use contraception, or engage in deviant behavior, because Jesus loves me and he understands my needs.

    Jesus does love them, and he does understand their needs, but he never said be your own God, you make the rules, I’ll just accept you no matter what. That’s garbage, and it is had invaded our society. Relativism is a plague which is leading many souls to hell. No Jesus said quite the opposite, he said, if you love me, keep my commands.

    We must always be thinking about Eternity! Where are we going? That should be a question that each of us asks ourselves every day, and it should influence every decision, every thought.

    In the Gospel today, Jesus announces that he is going to go and be handed over to men and they are going to kill him!

    He thinking about his victory, and eternal life, which is why this makes sense. In worldly view, this makes absolutely no sense, it is defeat, it is death… it is to be laughed at and scorned by the world, and is a sign of weakness… but to Jesus, who is not thinking like the world thinks, what he is telling his disciples, is that “I’m going to go open the gates of paradise to all of you.” He says, they will kill me, but in three days I will rise.

    But they don’t understand… they haven’t quite gotten it yet, they don’t recognize that for them to live, he must die, and they haven’t made the connection for their own lives as well, that to live with Him in eternity, they are going to have to die with Him too.

    But what does it mean to die with Christ? It means first to die to our own desire to be our own god and make the rules independent of the Church with Christ himself gave the power of the keys of Kingdom of Heaven. We can’t afford anymore, to reject the teachings of the Church and still call ourselves Catholic. We are either in, or we our out. It’s a choice we have to make, a choice, which has eternal consequences.

    However, If it was given to us to see what lies ahead for those who follow Christ with their lives, their choices, those who trust the Church that he established and gave power, those who follow her doctrine with obedience, and learn to love for the sake of Christ first, and then naturally others which is borne of the love of Christ, if it was given to us to see the paradise that await those that do, we would all work without worry of fatigue to receive this reward that does not go away. No eye has seen nor ear has heard, nor has it dawned on the very thoughts of men, what God has prepared for those who love him.

    My brothers and sisters, the doctrine of the Church is Truth received from Christ himself for the sake of Love, for the sake of eternal life. It is liberating to follow, not constrictive, not enslaving, it certainly is difficult because it requires a death to our own ego, and it can’t be redefined for our own sake… it is what it is, but if we take a leap of faith, pray for each other, pray for grace and a willingness to take up the cross and some how find it within ourselves to follow Her, we will be transformed into vessels of light, purified of our complacency and our own desire to be God, and we will love for the sake of love, we will become beacons of hope and light, which is to say, we will become the hands and the feet, and the heart and the soul, and love and the beauty, and the eternity, we will become one with Jesus Christ.

    And we won’t have to answer the question on that judgment day as to why we wanted to be our own God, instead we will come to Jesus and hear him say, well done, come in and receive your reward.  
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  10. Lec # 439- Homily for JPII, Wed, Sept 12, 2012

    Today’s Gospel, Jesus is reminding us that those who are poor are blessed, those who have nothing, the innocent, those who are humble, not just the poor financially, but the poor in spirit, the humble, those who put others before themselves; the kingdom of God is theirs. Then he says blessed are the hungry, for they will be satisfied. He is not just speaking to those who hunger for food that perishes, but certainly this group is included, he is also speaking for those who hunger for the truth, those who hunger for justice and mercy, those who hunger for righteousness.
    Then he says, blessed are those who are weeping, for you will laugh. Certainly, he is referring to the widows and the orphans, those who feel abandoned, those who have lost loved ones, he reminds them that their weeping will turn to joy. But he is also speaking to those who are weeping for the injustices that take place in the world, the wars, the poverty, those who are persecuted, those who are unjustly killed in and outside of the womb, those who would be their own gods and decide for themselves what is right and wrong. He says to those on the side of Truth, your weeping will turn to joy.

    Then finally, he gives a forth blessing, a blessing which kind of sums up and engulfs the previous three. Blessed are you when people hate you, and when they exclude and insult you, and denounce your name as evil on account of the Son of Man.

    This is the greatest blessing of them all. Because the poor, the widows, the orphans, they are blessed not because of their slate in life, but because their proximity to the Truth of Jesus Christ.

    Jesus is saying to us, if you come after me, and accept me, and the truth which I am, then people are going to persecute you, people are going to hate you, and guess what, you are blessed because of it.

    Everywhere we accept the Truth of Christ as revealed by his Church throughout the ages, people have hated us. It is just as true today as it was 2000 years ago. It even happens here in this school. Some people here are persecuted for believing in and standing up for the Truth. You see it in your classrooms at times, from students and some teachers. Some find going to mass a waste of time, some find the March for Life an unworthy cause.  Some people, in a Catholic school, hate the Catholic Church for what she stands for and feel like religion is forced down our throats (in a Catholic school of all places). Remember you are blessed when people hate you because of this, and you are called to pray for your enemies, and those who would persecute you.

    Why do people persecute Christ and his Church? Because the Truth is objective, it forces us to have absolutes and choose, and that is not the way the world would like it. The world, by in large, would like everything to be subjective, everything to be gray, and not black and white as the Truth is. Jesus posited Truth, through himself and through his Church, a truth that many can’t understand and refuse to accept, and they walked away, like they did in the Gospel, and like they do today. But just like the laws of physics are unchangeable in the physical realm, so it is with the Truth, it’s unchangeable in the eternal and physical realm.

    Gay marriage, women priests, abortion, contraception, etc, these are the issues of today, and many people reject the Truth taught by the Church concerning these issues, which is like rejecting the law of gravity as taught physicists, you can do so, but you are not going to get the results you want in lab.  These issues of today however, were not the issues of 200 years ago; then, there were different issues people debated as true or not true, 200 years before that, it was something else. The point is, Jesus Christ, and his Holy Church, from which he gave authority to bind and to loose, are True, that’s why they are still here after 2000 years, and what she teaches on matters of faith and morals are True. And the only option to rejecting this, which is based on love and freedom, is the opposite consequence of hate and deception. To accuse those who would champion the Truth of being intolerant, and bigoted and hateful is sad, but it happens all the time. Blessed are we who stand up for Jesus Christ and the divine and natural law, over a world which either accepts and lives by it, or rejects it and hates those who do not do the same. We are all blessed when we choose to let Jesus be God and seek to serve the poor, humble ourselves, take care of the widows and orphans, feed our hunger for Truth, accept it even when we don’t fully understand it, and then go out and feed the world with food that will not perish, food that gives everlasting life, the Truth of Jesus Christ.

    For there is absolutely no such thing as social justice, apart from charity and Truth rooted in the teachings and life of Christ revealed through his Church. Social justice must lead us to Heaven first, that must be the goal, and there is no other way to Heaven except through Christ, who is love incarnate. And if you disagree with me on this, fine, but I’m not making it up as I go, and I’m changing anything because I don’t like it.  I’m just passing down that which has sustained us for 2000 years, and long after we are gone, long after the United States ceases to exist, after the rise and fall of many more nations, and in the end, after it is all said and done, there will be Jesus Christ, and his holy Catholic Church. The world is passing by, but the Truth is eternal. So anything which is a distortion of, a redefining of, or a rejection of the Truth is going to die out over time, but the gates of hell will not prevail over those who accept and teach the Truth as revealed by God through his Church, and for those, the law of love will reign for eternity.
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