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Some Homilies from Father Thomas A Kempis, the venerable author of the Imitation of Christ, on the Birth of Our Lord Jesus Christ. The Imitation of Christ by Thomas A Kempis is the largest read devotional book in the world next to the bible, and no book has been translated into more languages than the Imitation of Christ.
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Be taught by the Venerable Thomas A Kempis, the author of the Imitation of Christ on how to celebrate the Resurrection of Our Lord as one should with devotion and exaltation.
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Some Homilies from Father Thomas A Kempis, the venerable author of the Imitation of Christ, on both the Passion of Christ and on Palm Sunday and the triumphal procession of Jesus our Lord into Jerusalem.
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The Church Fathers where truly holy, wise and perfect men, who fighting bravely trampled the world underfoot, fed their flocks in a world of hunger, and defended the Church against the attacks of heretical wolves through their faithfulness to apostolic tradition.
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The Church Fathers where truly holy, wise and perfect men, who fighting bravely trampled the world underfoot, fed their flocks in a world of hunger, and defended the Church against the attacks of heretical wolves through their faithfulness to apostolic tradition.
Short Catholic Homilies: Perseverance in Prayer
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In this short Catholic Homily we learn why God does not always grant all of our prayers quickly.
” (Prayer) is like the fall of a tree in the woods under the blows of the axe: the tree will come down, but not at the first, the second, the tenth, or perhaps even the hundredth stroke.”
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Yet if he shall continue, knocking, I say to you, although he will not rise and give him, because he is his friend; yet because of his importunity he will rise; and give him as many as he needeth.
Short Catholic Homilies: Temptation
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In this short Catholic Homily we learn why God allows us to be tempted, and the value of steadfastly resisting it. To overcome temptations does only increases our virtue, but wins for us jewels in our crowns for the kingdom of heaven.
…Catholic Lent Homily Series: The Joy of Penance and the Transfiguration
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In this homily for the second week of lent we reflect on the Transfiguration and why the Church would pick Lent for the Gospel reading of Gods revealed glory here on earth.
The Purification in the Temple: The Hiddenness and Poverty of Jesus and Mary
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This Homily was written by his grace Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet (September 27, 1627 – April 12, 1704) who is considered to be one of the greatest homilists of all time.
Catholic Homily: Reverence for the Holy Name of God
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In this homily we first consider that even wretched sinners keep up appearances with God by practicing one of two good things (like abstaining from meat on Friday) or avoiding some particular sin.
Catholic Homily: The Catholic Home
…Summary of a Catholic Homily for the Feast of the Holy Family.
A good homily for the Feast of the Holy Family. In this homily we are given the comparison of a Priests duty to the altar with that of the husband and wife to the home.
Catholic Homily For Epiphany: Following God’s Guidance
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This homily explains how to become like little Children in our relationship with God. It explains how prayer is the means of spending time with God, listening to his every word in the depths of our heart in silence, the holy scriptures and the councils of the Saints and perfected, the importance of behaving in the same manner that God does, and obedience to our lawful superiors.
Catholic Homily Sunday in Octave of Christmas
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Christmas is the divine condescension to men and an invitation to Love God as he loves us.
It is the God of heaven condescending to us; taking our weakness upon him, sympathizing with us, and asking us for sympathy and love.
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True repentance of our sins is not something that is done once, but a work of a lifetime. Through frequent confession and reception of Holy Communion we can conquer our habits of sin and live the life of grace.
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St John the Baptist was praised by Jesus Christ our Lord for not yielding to human respect and preaching the truth. The homilist points out that if our Lord came back today he would not find this same virtue even among those who are considered “good Christians.” Our salvation depends on bearing witness to Christ.
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In this short traditional Catholic homily we learn about the virtuous parents of St John the Baptist. We consider St John the Baptists remarkable virtues and receive an exhortation to take him as an intercessor in removing the obstacles in our life to Jesus Christ our Lord.
Short Catholic Sermon : Joy in Gods Service
Editors Reflection : Its easy to be grim in a world so afflicted with sin. Discouragement comes when we fall from temptation and fear when we see how little progress we have made in possessing that true Charity and virtue which our Lord Jesus Christ has demanded of us.…
Short Catholic Sermon : Every Catholic Must Evangelize
Editors Reflection: This homily on Catholic Evangelization is over 100 years old, but does not need much adaption for the times today. One of the terrible consequences of not preaching on Hell and eternal damnation regularly is a loss of the sense of urgency to bring conversion to those in darkness and repentance to those who having the true faith have lost all of their sanctifying grace by falling into grievous sin.…
Praying for the dead is one of the 7 spiritual works of mercy.
We lose nothing, dear brethren, by praying for them; be assured we are rather the gainers, for not only do they pray for us, but more— our charity towards them deepens in our souls our love for God, and makes us thirst the more after virtue and holiness, and wins for us a higher place in heaven and a brighter crown of everlasting glory.…
To forgive offenses willingly is one of the 7 spiritual works of mercy, and it is one that we have a lot of opportunity to practice.
“If we bear malice towards anyone, we are not worthy of the name of Christians” Transcript…
This Traditional Catholic Homily reminds us of what appears to be a most stern requirement, and one that is very at odds with our fallen human nature.
We have no time to waste!
“Brethren, some day we shall want all this time that we are now wasting. Then it will stand out before us in its true value; we shall see that it should have been redeemed, and that it is now irredeemable.” Transcript…
Being “busy” and redeeming the time can be two separate things.
These traditional Catholic sermons from the 1800s are very hard hitting. Its nice to hear priests speak as fathers who value the souls of their children.
In this sermon, our homilist points out one of the basic tenets of our Faith : that you can never do evil that good might come of it.…
Why would short sermons that commenced over a century ago still be worthwhile to hear today? To use an old cliche, “the more things change the more they stay the same”. The Apostolic Faith of our Fathers has been passed down to us and as such what holds true to previous generations holds true to us. …