Sunday Thoughts From Fr. Edward Looney

The Holy Spirit will teach and remind you. What will you ask the Holy Spirit to teach and remind you of in your personal requests?

Ensure your hardships, the apostles say. What were those hardships? Persecution. Today we face our hardships demanding perseverance with faith.

Some voices are very familiar to us. Fr. Edward reflects on the voices we hear and the message they communicate.

Fr. Edward Looney preaches on the occasion of First Holy Communion and how Jesus feeds us with the Eucharist and each communion is a renewal of our love for God.

Fr. Edward preaches about confession on Divine Mercy Sunday.

Fr Edward preaches from the monastery of Venerable Maria of Agreda in Spain on the Thursday of the Octave of Easter.

As we celebrate Easter Sunday, it a moment for us to place our faith and trust in the eye witness accounts handed down to us.

Good Friday each year is a reminder of so many truths. Fr. Edward explains in his homily.

Jesus celebrated the Holy Eucharist on the night of the Last Supper and now through Adoration that moment is elongated for us and we are able to pray a holy hour. Fr Edward explains the reasons and the what to do of the Holy Hour.

What is the role of silence during Holy Week. It’s time to quiet our souls.

We tend to dwell on the sinful past of others and ourselves. The proper disposition would be for us to pray, asking God to not remember the sins of our past.

Peter, James, and John fell asleep before the Transfiguration. But they woke up. Now is the time for us to wake up.

Fr. Edward preaches on the temptations we face daily and how to address them.

An Ash Wednesday homily about a God who is merciful and cares about us for he is not vengeful and indifferent.

Our speech and conversations probably need work. This Lent we can identify sins of the tongue in our life and work toward conversion.

Fr Edward offers two different perspectives on the Beatitudes in this weekend’s homily.

God calls each of us in our life. It is up to us to say yes and cooperate with Him or say no and reject that call. Fr. Looney reflects on why we resist God’s call in this weekend’s homily.

Before I formed you in the womb, I knew you, says the Lord to Jeremiah. Have you thought about “before?” Fr Edward offers a reflection on the spiritual life and before.

Catholics love Mary. Why? Fr Edward provides a good overview this weekend.

Baptismal imagery abounds in the funeral liturgy. Fr. Looney explains in this weekend’s homily.