"The Strength to Stand Before the Son of Man"
Fr. Dave Tomaszycki Podcasts
From the 7:30am Mass at The National Shrine of the Little Flower Basilica on Sunday, November 17, 2024 the Thirty-Third Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year B. My three points: The End Times Shining Stars or Everlasting Horrors? Living Mass Well: Baptized In the state of grace (Confession) The Mass: Offertory Consecration Communion
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The First Commandment and Tithing
Fr. Dave Tomaszycki Podcasts
From the 9:30am Mass on Sunday, November 10, 2024 at the National Shrine of the Little Flower Basilica, the Thirty-Second Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year B. The First Commandment Tithing Faith Resource: Washington, Booker T. , 1901.
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Vote for Life and Family
Fr. Dave Tomaszycki Podcasts
From the 11:30am Mass on Sunday, November 3, 2024, the Thirty-First Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year B, at the National Shrine of the Little Flower Basilica in Royal Oak. This homily was preached with the intention of forming the faithful in matters of responsible citizenship, in preparation for the upcoming election. The main points: What is the Place of Politics? Navigating the Gray Areas Abortion The Nature of the Devil Resources: , October 22, 1978. Sheen, Fulton J. . Pp. 4 & 41.
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Your Way is My Way, Lord
Fr. Dave Tomaszycki Podcasts
From the 7:30am Mass on Sunday, October 27, 2024, the Thirtieth Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year B, at the National Shrine of the Little Flower Basilica in Royal Oak. My four points: 'I Want to Follow You, Jesus' Grasping at What We Already Have Division vs. Diversity Grasping at Uniqueness Resources: Ritter, Lawrence S. . Sheen, Fulton J. .
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Only Christ Defeats the Anti-Christ
Fr. Dave Tomaszycki Podcasts
From the 7:30am Mass on Sunday, October 20, 2024 at the National Shrine of the Little Flower Basilica in Royal Oak, the Twenty-Ninth Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year B. My three points: "For Many" "A Ransom for Many" Worldliness Resources: Fulton J. Sheen, .
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The Rich Young Man and I
Fr. Dave Tomaszycki Podcasts
From the 6pm Mass on Sunday, October 13, 2024, the Twenty-Eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year B, at the National Shrine of the Little Flower Basilica. I tell a bit of my vocation story.
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Jesus and Fruitfulness
Fr. Dave Tomaszycki Podcasts
From the 7:30am Mass on Sunday, October 6, 2024 the Twenty-Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year B, at the National Shrine of the Little Flower Basilica. My three points: Jesus at Work Jesus softens hearts, therefore divorce is no longer acceptable Children Jesus "bringing many children to glory" The Anti-Creativity of Satan Jesus says: "Let the children come to me" The devil is against children being brought into God's glory. One of his tactics, is just to contracept children away.
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Cut it off! Spend it!
Fr. Dave Tomaszycki Podcasts
From the 6:00pm Mass on Sunday, September 29, 2024, the Twenty-Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year B, at the National Shrine of the Little Flower Basilica in Royal Oak. My three points: The Cost Giving it All to the Lord Mercy God's almighty power and love is shown "above all by pardoning and showing mercy." (Collect for the Twenty-Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time) Conclusion: Letting the Lord be the Lord: Am I striving to bring every aspect of my life under the lordship of Christ? If it's not under His Lordship, it under someone else's (the devil's). Resources: The...
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Is Voting Enough?
Fr. Dave Tomaszycki Podcasts
From the 7:30am Mass on Sunday, September 22, 2024, the Twenty-Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year B, at the National Shrine of the Little Flower Basilica in Royal Oak. Resource: The Fulton Sheen quote originally comes from the 1941 book Declaration of Dependence, quoted the new book On The Demonic, p. 80.
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"Take up your cross, and follow me."
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From the 11:30am Mass on Sunday, September 15, 2024, the Twenty-Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year B, at The National Shrine of the Little Flower Basilica. My three points: Why Does Jesus call Peter, "Satan"? (I draw heavily from Archbishop Fulton Sheen here, particularly his Life of Christ, and On The Demonic. And Sheen's reflections on this come from the chapter "The Grand Inquisitor" in Fyodor Dostoevsky's The Brothers Karamazov.) Jesus = Priest and Victim We Need the Cross Conclusion / Homework: Let's pray for the grace to pick up the right crosses (not all crosses...
info_outlineFrom the baptisms at the National Shrine of the Little Flower Basilica at 1:00pm on August 18, 2024.
I normally turn the recorder off right after Mass, and I normally don't use a microphone for baptisms, but on Sunday I forgot to turn the recorder off, and I just happened to use a microphone. So, I unintentionally caught my little baptism "homilette."