Monday of the 20th Week in Ordinary Time, 20 Aug 2012

Click here to download and listen to this homily (8 minutes) given by Fr Thomas Weise at St Rose of Lima parish in Wrangell, Alaska. St Bernard, Abbot and Doctor of the Church, worked hard to reconcile groups with each other. Let us do the same.

Readings: Ezekiel 24:15-23; Deuteronomy 32; Matthew 19:16-22

20th Sunday in Ordinary Time, 19 August 2012

Click here to download and listen to this homily (20 minutes) given by Fr Thomas Weise at St Rose of Lima parish in Wrangell, Alaska. Jesus says, "My flesh is true food and my blood is true drink." In the Eucharist we receive Jesus, Body-Blood-Soul-Divinity. In a very real way we receive a heart transplant.

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Readings: Proverbs 9:1-6; Psalm 34; Ephesians 5:15-20; John 6:51-58

Saturday of the 19th Week in Ordinary Time, 18 August 2012

Click here to download and listen to this homily (6 minutes) given by Fr Thomas Weise at St Catherine of Siena parish in Petersburg, Alaska. Jesus says, "Let the children come to me and do not prevent them; for the Kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these." Children between the ages of 4 and 14 are especially receptive to developing a life long relationship with Jesus.

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Readings: Ezekiel 18:1-10, 13b, 30-32; Psalm 51; Matthew 19:13-15

Friday of the 19th Week in Ordinary Time, 17 Aug 2012

Click here to download and listen to this homily (8 minutes) given by Fr Thomas Weise at St Catherine of Siena parish in Wrangell, Alaska. Jesus teaches, "It was because of the hardness of your hearts that Moses allowed you to divorce your wives, but from the beginning it was not so." Let us pray for all married couples.

Readings: Ezekiel 16:59-63, Isaiah 12, Matthew 19:3-12

Thursday of the 19th Week in Ordinary Time, 16 Aug 2012

Click here to download and listen to this homily (8 minutes) given by Fr Thomas Weise at St Catherine of Siena parish in Petersburg, Alaska. "How often must I forgive my brother?" Jesus answered, "I say to you, not seven times but seventy-seven times."

Readings: Ezekiel 12:1-12; Psalm 78; Matthew 18:21-19:1

Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, 15 Aug 2012

Click here to download and listen to this homily (6 minutes) given by Fr Thomas Weise at St Catherine of Siena parish in Petersburg, Alaska. We celebrate that Mary was assumed body and soul into heaven. Mary first conceived Christ in her soul making room in her heart for him, than she received her first communion at the incarnation and it urge her to visit her cousin Elizabeth in her time of need. May we make room in our hearts for Jesus and having received communion head out to help others.

Readings: Revelation 11:19a, 12:1-6a, 10ab; Psalm 45; 1 Corinthians 15:20-27; Luke 1:39-56

Jacob & Cailey Wedding at Shrine of St Therese, 12 Aug 2012

Click here to download and listen to this homily (15 minutes + Exchange of Vows 4 minutes + applause) given by Fr Thomas Weise at the Shrine of St Therese near Juneau, Alaska. Jacob Olmstead and Cailey Neary enter into a Sacramental Marriage at the Shrine of St Therese near Juneau, Alaska. Married love involves sacrificial suffering like Jesus on the Cross and a women in labor, both bringing forth life. Jacob and Cailey are to be like two hinge plates securely fastened together by Jesus who is the hinge pin.