Great crowds were traveling with Jesus,
and he turned and addressed them,
“If anyone comes to me without hating his father and mother,
wife and children, brothers and sisters,
and even his own life,
he cannot be my disciple.
Whoever does not carry his own cross and come after me
cannot be my disciple.
Which of you wishing to construct a tower
does not first sit down and calculate the cost
to see if there is enough for its completion?
Otherwise, after laying the foundation
and finding himself unable to finish the work
the onlookers should laugh at him and say,
‘This one began to build but did not have the resources to finish.’
Or what king marching into battle would not first sit down
and decide whether with ten thousand troops
he can successfully oppose another king
advancing upon him with twenty thousand troops?
But if not, while he is still far away,
he will send a delegation to ask for peace terms.
In the same way,
anyone of you who does not renounce all his possessions
cannot be my disciple.”
The End of Alienation: A Catholic Movement from a Pagan World
Holiness for the Working Day
From the smoky cafés of 1920s Paris to the curated feeds of Gen Z, this talk traces a century of growing alienation and the quiet ache beneath every age. We look at how today’s neo-pagan culture offers counterfeit gods of sex, power, money, and self, and how events like the murder of Charlie Kirk jolted a generation into asking what is truly worth living and dying for. In the middle of this war between two altars (the pagan and Catholic), we explore why young adults are drawn to the beauty, ritual, and authority of the Catholic Church, and how we can accompany them into real transcendence,...
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Loving them to Freedom; All Souls Day
Holiness for the Working Day
All Souls Day 2025
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Meditation on Halloween, Fear & Hope
Holiness for the Working Day
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Slaying the Monsters: Safeguarding Your Children from Fear & Anxiety, Part 2
Holiness for the Working Day
Slaying the Monsters: Safeguarding Your Children from Fear and Anxiety, Part 2 is a two-part talk series for parents who want to raise resilient, peaceful, and imaginative children in an fear-filled world. Using Hook & Peter Pan as a guiding story, Fr. James Searby explores how children mirror their parents’ stress and how imagination, play, and wonder can heal the modern family. Drawing on psychology, neurobiology, and Christian spirituality, he shows why the antidote to anxiety isn’t control but connection through story, laughter, beauty, and presence. This series invites...
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Slaying the Monsters: Safeguarding Your Children from Fear & Anxiety, Part 1
Holiness for the Working Day
Slaying the Monsters: Safeguarding Your Children from Fear and Anxiety is a two-part talk series for parents who want to raise resilient, peaceful, and imaginative children in an fear-filled world. Using Hook & Peter Pan as a guiding story, Fr. James Searby explores how children mirror their parents’ stress and how imagination, play, and wonder can heal the modern family. Drawing on psychology, neurobiology, and Christian spirituality, he shows why the antidote to anxiety isn’t control but connection through story, laughter, beauty, and presence. This series invites parents to...
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Desperation: Sts. Simon & Jude
Holiness for the Working Day
Feast of Sts. Simon and Jude
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Comparison: The Tax Collector & The Pharisee
Holiness for the Working Day
30th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year C 2025
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A Pharisee, A Tax Collector, A Lion & A Mouse
Holiness for the Working Day
A Homily for Children
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Meditation on Doubt
Holiness for the Working Day
Given on the feast of St. John Paul II
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Full of Grace: The Miraculous Medal and the Genius of Woman
Holiness for the Working Day
What does the Miraculous Medal reveal about the soul of woman? On this feast of St. John Paul II, Fr. Searby unites the story of the Medal’s origins with the Pope’s teaching on the feminine genius. Beneath the rays of Mary’s open hands, we discover the quiet power of receptivity, compassion, and courage—the graces that still shape the heart of woman today.
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