Mary Mother of God, 1 Jan 2010

Click here to download and listen to this homily (16 minutes) given by Fr Thomas Weise. Mary treasured all that was said about Jesus in her heart. We are called to do the same.

Readings: Numbers 6:22-27; Galatians 4:4-7; Hebrews 1:1-2; Luke 2:16-21

Holy Family 27 Dec 2009

Click here to download and listen to this homily (14 minutes) given by Fr Thomas Weise. Being family is hard work. Even the Holy Family of Jesus Mary and Joseph did not always understand each other.

Readings: 1 Samuel 1:20-22, 24-28; Psalm 84; 1 John 3:1-2, 21-24; Luke 2:41-52.

Christmas Day 2009

Click here to download and listen to this homily (10 minutes) given by Fr. Thomas Weise. We are challenged today to take Jesus home with us and care for and nurture his growth in our hearts.

Readings: Isaiah 52:7-10; Psalm 98; Hebrews 1:1-6; John 1:1-18

Christmas Mass at Midnight 2009

Click here to download and listen to this homily (16 minutes) given by Bishop Edward Burns. Wrapping and unwrapping gifts is a large part of the Christmas celebration. Do take as much care when we share our faith. Do we help our kids unwrap so of the great mysteries of faith. We we take the time to unwrap our faith is Christ the new born King?

Readings: Isaiah 9:1-6; Psalm 96; Titus 2:11-14; Luke 2:1-14

4th Sunday of Advent, Cycle C, 20 Dec 2009

Click here to download and listen to this homily (15 minutes) given by Fr Thomas Weise. Mary sets out to visit her cousin Elizabeth. When she arrives her greeting fills John the Baptist in Elizabeth's womb with the Holy Spirit and Joy. Have we opened our lives up to the working of the Holy Spirit as these women did? Come Holy Spirit! Blessed are those who believed that the Word of God would be fulfilled in each of us.

Click here to download and listen to this homily (10 minutes) given by Bishop Edward Burns.

Readings: Micah 5:1-4a; Psalm 80; Hebrews 10:5-10; Luke 1:39-45.

3rd Sunday of Advent, Cycle C, 13 Dec 2009

Click here to download and listen to this homily (14 Minutes) given by Fr Thomas Weise. John the baptist calls us to see the world diferently. Is the glass half full, half empty, or over engeneeried?

Readings: Zephaniah 3:14-18a; Isaiah 12:2-6; Philippians 4:4-7; Luke 3:10-18.

Remembering Aidan Taylor Neary10 Dec 2009

Click here to download and listen to this homily (15 minutes) given by Fr. Thomas Weise at St. Pauls on the occasion of the one year anniversary of Aidan Neary's death. Life is Good, every moment is precious, and the next moment is not guaranteed.

Readings: Ecclesiastes 3:1-8; Psalm 116; Romans 8:28-32; Matthew 25:1-13.

Click here to download and listen to this reflection (12 minutes) given by Mary and Patrick Neary, Aidan's parents.

Aiden wrote this poem "Legacy" in March of 2008 a few months before his death: "All of us want our memory saved, long after we come to pass. We want a piece of us engraved, or captured, as if behind glass. We all want to leave behind a legacy, so that we'll live on in our endeavors. To want otherwise would simply be a lunacy, for then we'd be forgotten forever. As for mine, I don't ask for much, I don't need to be very far-famed. I want to be good, and remembered as such. With that legacy, I wouldn't be ashamed."