Category: Youth Masses
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3rd Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year A (2026)
(Given at the 4:30 pm Saturday anticipated Mass and the 5:30 pm Sunday youth Mass at OLP) Generally, when the Bible says someone’s journeying away from Jerusalem, it’s not a good thing. And the two disciples from our gospel passage are doing just that. They are heading to Emmaus, seven…
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Palm Sunday Year A (2026)
(Given at the 5:30 pm Sunday youth Mass at OLP) Today marks the beginning of Holy Week. The most holy week of the year where we enter into Christ’s passion, death, and resurrection. We do this every time we come to Mass, but most intensely this week and at the end of the week with the…
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4th Sunday of Lent Year A (2026) *Youth
(Given at the 5:30 pm Sunday Youth Mass at OLP) I remember the feeling when I was younger of not being chosen. My 6th grade class was going to Ameritown, and I ran for mayor. But, I lost. And this hurt. Now, if I had better self-esteem, I could’ve…
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2nd Sunday of Lent *Youth
(Given at the 5:30 pm Sunday youth Mass at OLP) In Galatians, Paul says that he has been crucified with Christ, it is no longer he that lives, but Christ who lives through him. This is not specific to Paul; Romans tells us that all Christians have been crucified with…
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Epiphany (2026) Part 2
(Given at the 5:30 pm Sunday youth Mass at OLP) Jesus is the light to all nations. He is the Light of the World. Even more so, as Truth himself, Jesus is the light to our minds. During my high school years, as I grew in my relationship with Jesus,…
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4th Sunday of Advent (Year A) 2025 *Youth
(Given at the 5:30 pm Sunday youth Mass at OLP) Feeling unworthy of a calling is a real thing. I remember my second to last year in seminary, going to my formation director, and expressing feeling completely unworthy to be ordained. He told me this was normal, and guess what?…
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The Feast of the Dedication of the Basilica of St. John Lateran 2025
(Given at the 4:30 pm Saturday Mass and the 5:30 pm Sunday youth Mass at OLP) What’s the pope’s church in Rome? Many of you, like myself in the past, would probably say St. Peter’s Basilica. It’s massive, and it’s the center of the Vatican. It even holds the bones…
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30th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year C) 2025
(Given at the 5:30 pm Sunday youth Mass at OLP) We need to stop comparing ourselves to others. According to Father Samuel Keyes, this is what Jesus is saying in our gospel passage this evening. The Pharisee prays this way explicitly, but maybe when we heard the passage, we thought,…
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The Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross 2025
(Given at the 4:30 pm Saturday Mass and the 5:30 pm Sunday youth Mass) (Reader Discretion Advised) Imagine walking into a building of a brand new religion. You enter the doors, walk up the aisle, and see at the forefront of the back wall an image of a man hanging…
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28th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year C) 2025
(Given at the 5:30 pm Sunday youth Mass at OLP) There were times in high school where it was difficult to explain my faith to my friends. Maybe some of you, especially our young people here, can relate. And there were areas where it’s like, if only I knew then,…