Category: Youth Masses
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Ascension Sunday 2026 (Youth)
(Given at the 5:30 pm Sunday youth Mass at OLP) I love surprise parties. My birthday is this Thursday, by the way, so . . . Just joking. Anyway, I’ve always liked surprises. Planning them is the best. I may not always know how things are going to play out,…
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Ascension Sunday (2026)
(Given at the 4:30 pm Saturday Mass) Jesus ascends into heaven. He goes to prepare a place for us, as we hear in John’s Gospel. He is the way and has made open the way to heaven that was impassable before. Ever since Adam and Eve sinned and cursed the…
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Fifth Sunday of Easter Year A (2026)
(Given at the 4:30 pm Saturday Mass and the 5:30 pm Sunday youth Mass) When it comes to us, Jesus is all in. He tells the disciples, if I go to prepare a place for you, I will come back again and take you to myself. He promises that he…
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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…