Homilies by Fr. Mark Goring, CC (Page 5)

Make it your priority to seek first the Kingdom of God this summer. Be sure that the kingdom of God is in your summer plans.

Testimonies can be about all sorts of things.

Every one of us is to take part in the great commission.

When we let the Holy Spirit work in us, little by little we are pruned, and our life does bear more fruit.

The gift of Jesus’ peace is most prominent in his Eucharistic presence. When Jesus becomes present at the time of consecration he comes with his peace.

Let’s remind ourselves of our belief in the risen Lord.

Let tonight be a challenge to you. Accept the Lord Jesus into your heart!

As Christians, we need a Christian understanding of suffering. Suffering is not meaningless. Our Lord Jesus Christ suffered himself. He is the model. He is the one we follow. Like Jesus, we too will have our passion and death according to the Father’s will for our lives. This is part of being united to Christ. We suffer. We embrace our cross to the end. We need to be looking to the Lord. We all suffer. We all have to pass…

Our parish is meant to be a place where people are blown away by the presence of God.

We can’t do anything in the spiritual realm without the grace and Spirit of God.  We need to catch what the Holy Spirit is doing in our midst. We need to allow the Lord to enkindle in us the fire of his love. We need to share the Holy Spirit with others.  The Lord is giving us a special grace of conversion and preparation so that we can share the fire with others. Let’s pray for that grace this lenten…