August 31, 2020 by frbillnicholas PANDEMIC, ELECTION & LIVING GOD’S STANDARDS AS AMERICANS Homily – 22nd Sunday of the YearJeremiah 20:7-9Matthew 16:21-27 St. Peter is reprimanded by Jesus for judging not as God does, but as human beings do, thereby being a hindrance and a stumbling block to Him. Fr. Bill preaches on how we can be more aware of the way we live, vote, and react to a crisis less by human standards and more by God’s standards.
June 21, 2020 by frbillnicholas God’s Promise of Persecutions Sunday HomilyJune 21, 202012th Sunday of the Year – A God promised Jeremiah the prophet that he would be rejected and persecuted. Jesus promised the Church that they would be hated by the World. Fr. Bill addresses the reality of Persecution against Christians, it’s forms and strategies, as well as when and where we continue to see it played out even today, and closer than we think.
April 6, 2019 by frbillnicholas PROPHETIC FRUSTRATION & DIVINE “VENGEANCE” – Prayers of Lamentation Reflection for Saturday of the 4th Saturday of Lent How does it feel when it seems no one is responding to your example of living God’s Law? Jeremiah definitely knows – and he often reminded God of just how bad he had it.
April 30, 2018 by frbillnicholas VISIONS OF THE END TIME – Apocalypse #16 “Visions of the End Time” Daniel, Chapter 9 Gabriel and the 70 Weeks The Author of the Book of Daniel offers a “reinterpretation” of Scripture in light of the developments of History. A familiar name to Christians appears to Daniel to offer this new interpretation of a Major Prophet of the Old Testament regarding the Babylonian Exile
