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Sunday homilies by Fr. Mike Walker from St. James Catholic Church in McMinnville, Oregon.

Saturday, December 29, 2018

Family and the Holy Family

Feast of the Holy Family. "The Holy Family teaches us how holiness can be found in the context of ordinary life. Wherever we are in our families, God can lift us up as well."
Posted by Fr. Mike Walker at 10:01 PM

Saturday, December 08, 2018

Straightening Our Paths

2nd Sunday of Advent. "John the Baptist quoting Isaiah invites us to allow God to fill in our valleys, bring down our mountains, and make our roads straight and smooth. What does that mean?"
Posted by Fr. Mike Walker at 9:39 PM

Sunday, December 02, 2018

Real Hope In Our Real God

1st Sunday of Advent. "Jeremiah's preaching to turn back to God, worship God alone, and follow God's law is also what he preaches to us. This is because we live by a hope that has been realized in Christ. Advent helps us to live according to the reality to which we have been called into."
Posted by Fr. Mike Walker at 10:55 AM

Sunday, November 04, 2018

Hear O Israel - and Catholics!

31st Sunday in Ordinary Time. "Hear O Israel... The Shema and Jesus' teachings are rooted in God speaking, our hearing, and our responding. Our response in loving action means that we know how to speak naturally about what is most important."
Posted by Fr. Mike Walker at 5:15 PM

Sunday, October 14, 2018

The Good Challenge

28th Sunday in Ordinary Time. "Jesus and the Rich Young Man helps us to know what is most important and how to follow him."
Posted by Fr. Mike Walker at 11:27 AM

Monday, October 08, 2018

God's Intention - Marriage and the Impossible Ideal

27th Sunday in Ordinary Time. "What did Jesus teach about marriage and why? How does his teaching help us to strive toward his intention in our creation and how do we do that?"
Posted by Fr. Mike Walker at 9:15 AM

Sunday, September 23, 2018

To Depend and Trust

25th Sunday in Ordinary Time. "God calls us to make him highest in our lives. We can only do that with trust, humility, and service. Yet, this is how God asks us to live."
Posted by Fr. Mike Walker at 10:57 AM

Sunday, September 16, 2018

To desire and be drawn by God

24rd Sunday in Ordinary Time. "We desire God and he draws us in. So why don't we follow through better? God reveals himself in three ways. It's through revelation in the Church that we can know the fullness of God through Scripture, Church teaching, and prayer."
Posted by Fr. Mike Walker at 4:27 PM

Sunday, September 09, 2018

All Things Well

23rd Sunday in Ordinary Time. "Who is like Jesus? Why is he unique? How do we accept his uniqueness in a world where many choose not to? What can we do practically to live according to his perfection?"
Posted by Fr. Mike Walker at 11:16 AM

Sunday, August 19, 2018

Eat, Drink, Live

20th Sunday in Ordinary Time. "Why do we believe the Eucharist is Jesus? What is the Eucharist? What is the purpose of the Eucharist?"
Posted by Fr. Mike Walker at 7:14 PM

Wednesday, August 08, 2018

Bread and Jesus

18th Sunday in Ordinary Time. "What does our heart truly seek? How does God provide us a way to that end? What is with the bread?"
Posted by Fr. Mike Walker at 5:39 PM

Sunday, July 29, 2018

Multiplication and Mana

17th Sunday in Ordinary Time. "Why was the multiplication of the loaves and fishes so important? What was it really saying? How can we enter into the Kingdom that Jesus, the Messiah, brings?"
Posted by Fr. Mike Walker at 11:11 AM

Sunday, July 08, 2018

T-Rex and Jesus' Rejection

14th Sunday in Ordinary Time. "Do we dismiss because we think we have something all figured out? Have we lost our sense of wonder? This is what happened in Nazareth when Jesus was rejected in his home town. How can we avoid the same mistakes?"
Posted by Fr. Mike Walker at 11:22 AM

Sunday, July 01, 2018

Jairus and Coming to Christ

13th Sunday in Ordinary Time. God demonstrates that we are not disposable. If we come to God, we need to put a little effort into it, come in humility, and live for God rather than the opinions of others."
Posted by Fr. Mike Walker at 11:03 AM

Sunday, June 24, 2018

Birth of John the Bapist

Birth of John the Baptist. "What is a prophet? What does John teach us and how can we be prophets in word and deed like John?"
Posted by Fr. Mike Walker at 7:44 AM

Sunday, June 17, 2018

How Do We Pray?

11th Sunday in Ordinary Time. How the Kingdom grows is how it works with prayer as well. Thomas Green has a nice little book describing prayer. I hit some highlights this weekend and help frame what prayer is and how to do it well."
Posted by Fr. Mike Walker at 11:18 AM

Sunday, June 03, 2018

The Fount and Summit of Christian Life

Feast of the Body and Blood of Christ. For what and for whom do we live? What ultimately can make us fulfilled and happy? Jesus, Vatican II, and The Catechism tell us it is the Eucharist as the fount and high point of Christian life. Why?"
Posted by Fr. Mike Walker at 11:23 AM

Saturday, May 26, 2018

The Consequence of the Trinity

Feast of the Holy Trinity. Why does the Trinity matter? What are the implications of the Trinity? How specifically can we live in harmony with what God teaches us in his very nature?"
Posted by Fr. Mike Walker at 10:26 PM

Wednesday, May 23, 2018

Unity and Pentecost

Feast of Pentecost. What the Holy Spirit and the Church teach us about unity in the Body of Christ."
Posted by Fr. Mike Walker at 5:09 PM

Sunday, April 22, 2018

Jesus Shepherds In Us and Through Us

Good Shepherd Sunday is also First Communion Sunday at St. James. How does Jesus shepherd us and how can we learn from his example by allowing others to shepherd us and encouraging us to be shepherds for others."
Posted by Fr. Mike Walker at 11:21 AM

Sunday, February 25, 2018

Lenten Mission - Answering the Skeptic

This week and for the next three weeks we have a parish mission The mission is partly based on the book "The Case for Jesus" written by Brant Pitre as well as Fr. Mike's own research and commentary. It is focused on giving reasonable explanations to the skeptic who might also have a bias against Christianity. How can we know and explain who Jesus was and is? How do we know that our information is accurate? Can we reasonably have confidence in what Jesus said and did? Did Jesus really claim to be God? These and other questions will be discussed."
Posted by Fr. Mike Walker at 3:45 PM

Sunday, February 04, 2018

Leaving Our Mark

5th Sunday in Ordinary Time: "How do we live according to what is eternal? How does Jesus want to leave his mark in us? How can we leave our mark on the world?"
Posted by Fr. Mike Walker at 3:29 PM

Monday, January 15, 2018

God's Calling and our Calling

2nd Sunday in Ordinary Time: "God calls all of us to him. We find our calling when we are open, sit at his feet, step out in faith, and persevere. We don't need to wait, he calls us now and where we are."
Posted by Fr. Mike Walker at 11:22 AM

Sunday, January 07, 2018

Epiphany 2018

The lesson of the Magi and how they lead us by their example to be better Christians."
Posted by Fr. Mike Walker at 6:27 PM

Monday, January 01, 2018

Christmas 2017

Experiencing the reality of Christmas and learning from the example of the first Christmas."
Posted by Fr. Mike Walker at 11:16 AM
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