First Sunday of Advent

Our watching constitutes yearning for a world renewed by God and made perfect by his love and mercy. Using our gifts for others is the best way to stand ready and alert.

Recording is of a Mass offered at 14 Holy Helpers Church in West Seneca, NY at 10:00 am on November 29, 2020.

Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe

The corporal works of mercy are repeated four times. Each repetition reinforces Jesus' insistence that how people treat others, especially those in need, is how they treat him.

Recording is of a Mass offered at 14 Holy Helpers Church in West Seneca, NY at 10:00 am on November 22, 2020.

33rd Sunday in Ordinary Time

Jesus talks longest about the servant with the fewest talents because most Christians are like him. He wants to jar these believers out of their complacency before it's too late, to persuade them to do the work for the kingdom that he assigns them.

Recording is of a Mass offered at 14 Holy Helpers Church in West Seneca, NY at 10:00 am on November 15, 2020.

32nd Sunday in Ordinary Time

Disciples must be about the work that Jesus wants them to be doing before it is "too late". Otherwise they might find themselves standing for all eternity  like the foolish virgins watching the light from their lamps -- lamps lit too late -- bounce off that door that will never open again.

Recording is of a Mass offered at 14 Holy Helpers Church in West Seneca, NY at 10:00 am on November 8, 2020.

All Souls Day

It is the Father's will that he will not lose any one of these who are chosen to be Jesus' brothers and sisters.

Recording is of a Mass offered at 14 Holy Helpers Church in West Seneca, NY at 10:00 am on November 1, 2020.