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The Kingdom of Man utterly ignores God

17th Sunday in Ordinary Time Fr. Anthony Brankin Gospel: Gospel: Matt. 13:44-52 “The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field.”

Full homily text: Jesus never seems to actually define what the Kingdom of heaven is, does He? Perhaps He is expecting us to make the definition ourselves knowing that if we discover […]

August 2nd, 2011 | Tags: , , , , | Category: Fr. Brankin, Modern culture | Comments are closed

Christmas is heaven breaking into our humdrum world

Fourth Sunday of Advent, Dec. 19, 2010 Fr. Anthony Brankin Gospel: Matt. 1:18-24. The angel”s command to Joseph

Summary: When I was a child in the sixth grade, my brothers and I had already lost that special feeling of wonder about Christmas. The Christmas spirit had given way to thoughts about what gifts we would […]

December 19th, 2010 | Tags: , , , , , | Category: angels, Christmas, Fr. Brankin | Comments are closed

TV’s Dark Allure Sways Us from the True Faith

18th Sunday in ordinary time, August 1, 2010 Fr. Anthony Brankin Gospel: Luke 12:13-21 Lay up treasure in heaven MP3 Audio 13 min.

Summary: Many pursuits in our lives are only vanity. The TV has become the extra person in our family. It uses drama that becomes grafted onto our emotional connection. There is a […]

August 2nd, 2010 | Tags: , , , , | Category: Audio homilies, Fr. Brankin, The media | Comments are closed