Last Posting for this Blog!

Hello Everyone,

I was blessed to be at Ascension for 4 years and all my Sunday homilies, most Holy Days of Obligation homilies, some Vocations Event homilies, and most talks I gave at Ascension were shared on this blog.  Since I am no longer an associate pastor at Ascension, I will no longer post things on this blog.  

However, I will continue to record my homilies as I preach them at my new parish assignment of Immaculate Conception Catholic Church of Dardenne Prairie and post them on my podcast.  The media player below has the most recent posted audio recordings and the link below will give you access to all my recordings.

https://frlampe.podbean.com/

Thank you to everyone who visited and continue to visit this blog!  My past blogs will remain available for everyone who is interested in it.

Last Homily - Healing Power of God - 13th Sunday in OT - June 27th, 2021

My last Sunday homily at Ascension.  We see a theme of healing in our Gospel passage.  God wants to heal us, especially in ways that help us get to Heaven!  I hope that I was a good instrument of God's healing grace to you.  Listen to my homily to learn more and hear my final farewell to the first parish I was a part of as a priest.  The audio recording is from the 5:30 pm Mass and it includes a story of St. John Vianney that was not in the video recording from the 9:15 am Mass.

Readings: Wis 1:13-15; 2:23-24 / Ps 30:2, 4, 5-6, 11, 12, 13 [2a] / 2 Cor 8:7, 9, 13-15 / Mk 5:21-43 or 5:21-24, 35b-43

Key Words:  Healing, Heaven, Miracles, Love

Faith in the Face of the Storm - 12th Sunday in OT - June 20th, 2021

We can face many kinds of storms in our lives and wonder where God is in all of it?  Does He care?  Why is He letting this happen?  Listen to my homily and get some answers!

Readings:  Jb 38:1, 8-11; Ps 107:23-24, 25-26, 28-29, 30-31 [1b]; 2 Cor 5:14-17; Mk 4:35-41

Key Words:  Storms, Heaven, Growth, Prayer, Suffering

The Real Presence of Jesus Christ - Corpus Christi - June 6th, 2021

What makes Mass, Mass?  What is the most important part of Mass?  Some may say Holy Communion, but actually that isn't the most important part.  We can go to Mass without receiving Holy Communion and it still is Mass... Listen to my homily to find out more and learn about the Real Presence of Jesus Christ in the Most Holy Eucharist.

Readings:  Ex 24:3-8; Ps 116:12-13, 15-16, 17-18; Heb 9:11-15; Mk 14:12-16, 22-26

Key Themes:  Real Presence of Jesus Christ, Eucharist, Reasons to Believe

Ponder the Mystery - Trinity Sunday - May 30th, 2021

The Mystery of the Trinity can be hard to accept.  It is something that should be pondered and the more we ponder it the easier it will be to accept it.  Listen to my homily to help you enter more deeply into this mystery.

Readings:  DT 4:32-34, 39-40; PS 33:4-5, 6, 9, 18-19, 20, 22; ROM 8:14-17; MT 28:16-20

Key Themes:  Ponder the Mystery, Trinity

Athanasian Creed Excerpt Describing the Trinity

We worship One God in Trinity and Trinity in Unity, neither confounding the Persons nor dividing the substance. For there is one Person of the Father, another of the Son, another of the Holy Spirit. But the Godhead of the Father, of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, is One, the Glory equal, the Majesty coeternal.

Such as the Father is, such is the Son, and such is the Holy Spirit; the Father uncreated, the Son uncreated, and the Holy Spirit uncreated; the father infinite, the Son infinite, and the Holy Spirit infinite; the Father eternal, the Son eternal, and the Holy Spirit eternal. And yet not three eternals but one eternal, as also not three infinites, nor three uncreated, but one uncreated, and one infinite…

So, the Father is God, the Son is God, and the Holy Spirit is God; and yet not three Gods but one God… For like as we are compelled by Christian truth to acknowledge every Person by Himself to be both God; so are we forbidden by the catholic religion to say, there be three Gods.

The Father is made of none, neither created nor begotten. The Son is of the Father alone, not made nor created but begotten. The Holy Spirit is of the Father and the Son, not made nor created nor begotten but proceeding. So, there is one Father not three Fathers, one Son not three Sons, and Holy Spirit not three Holy Spirits. And in this Trinity, there is nothing before or after, nothing greater or less, but the whole three Persons are coeternal together and coequal.

So that in all things, as is aforesaid, the trinity in Unity and the Unity in Trinity is to be worshipped.

Sharing Our Gifts with Others - New Parish Assignment - Pentecost - May 22, 2021

At Pentecost the Holy Spirit was given to the Church in a powerful way.  It was the first Confirmation.  God gives us the grace to spiritually mature, but He also gives us additional graces or gifts to be shared with others in the Church and the whole world.  Listen to my homily and find out where I am being called to share my gifts.

Readings:  Acts 2:1-11; Ps 104:1, 24, 29-30, 31, 34; 1 Cor 12:3b-7, 12-13; Jn 15:26-27; 16:12-15

Key Themes:  Pentecost, Different Gifts, Sharing our Gifts with Others, New Parish Assignment

In addition to my homily, I gave a brief announcement about being reassigned to another parish.  Below is the announcement that I made.

Following God - Praying for Vocations - May 21st, 2021

Holiness is our first vocation.  As we pursue it, God will reveal to us His plan and any particular vocations such as priesthood, religious life, or holy matrimony.  Listen to my homily to find out more!