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Pray and Reflect
These homilies and reflections by Father Silas explore the Readings of the Sunday Mass and the times and sesons of the Christian life
The Twenty-Ninth Sunday in Ordinary Time (2026)
Our responsibilities in the world matter, but our deepest allegiance belongs to God
The Twenty-Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time (2026)
Faith must take shape in the choices we make and in the way we live.
The Twenty-Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time (2026)
The invitation of this Gospel is to become people who can receive God's generosity without needing to measure it against what someone else receives
The Twenty-Third Sunday in Ordinary Time (2026)
The God who calls us is the God who continually reconciles us to himself and to one another
The Twenty-Second Sunday in Ordinary Time (2026)
The Gospel invites us to put ourselves behind Jesus, to let him lead, and to become free enough to follow
The Solemnity of Saint Pius X, Pope
Saint Pius X used the gifts he received to enrich the Church in his time
The Twentieth Sunday in Ordinary Time (2026)
The mercy of Christ is always stronger than the boundaries we create
The Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time (2026)
God's faithful presence does not rise and fall with our awareness of it
The Eighteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time (2026)
The God revealed to us this Sunday is the God of extravagant generosity
The Memorial of St. Alphonsus Liguori (2026)
We are invited to pray for the gift of vision.
The Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time (2026)
When we recognize the value of the Kingdom, everything changes
The Sixteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time (2026)
God never ceases to work quietly within the human heart, bringing about a harvest that only God can fully see.
The Fifteenth Sunday In Ordinary Time (2026)
Jesus invites us to receive grace so fully that it can accomplish within us what God desires.
The Fourteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time (2026)
Jesus opens his heart to embrace the heaviness that we carry in ours
Saint Thomas the Apostle (2026)
Every one of us is called to bear witness to Christ by the way we live
The Thirteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time (2026)
The heart is always capable of becoming larger than we imagined.
The Nativity of St. John the Baptist (2026)
"O Lord, you have searched me and you know me."