SJBExcelsior Podcast sjbexcelsior
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- Religion & Spirituality
Listen to Fr. Carlson's weekly homilies here.
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Trust the Process
Trust the process that God uses to make us saints. Oftentimes we can say to the Lord, just like the apostles, “Do you not care?”. The Lord knows what the plan is, though, and never abandons us. We have to trust the process, growing in faith.
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Starting Small
We can get so worried about the state of things in the world, but let’s not look at it with human eyes, but with the eyes of God. The parable of the mustard seed reminds us of this.
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Taking You Back
Jesus came to save us, from original sin, from that entrapment of the evil one that we heard about in the first reading this past Sunday. He comes to rescue us and says, “I’m taking you back. Not only am I taking you back, but I’m going to give you everything. You’re going to be my sons and daughters.”
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Behold the Lamb of God
Fr. Carlson's homily from the Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ, June 2, 2024
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The Embrace of God
God is love. So often though, we think of him as a hard master, over exacting, meticulous, setting traps, and anxious to catch us in wrongdoing. This is not God.
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Longing to Give Us Peace
God truly longs to give us peace. A fruit of the Holy Spirit is peace. Let us pray, come, Holy Spirit, fill our hearts with the peace we are longing for!