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Here are some of my homilies for the liturgical year December 2006 - November 2007:

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(11/25/2007): C, 34th Sunday of Ordinary Time, Christ the King: Jesus is the King of Peace

(11/18/2007): C, 33rd Sunday of Ordinary Time, Follow Jesus with Perseverence

(11/11/2007): C, 32nd Sunday of Ordinary Time, Virginity for the Sake of the Kingdom of Heaven

(11/04/2007):C, 31st Sunday of Ordinary Time, Repentance as the Remedy of Despair

Next Pastoral Assignment, Ss. Cyril and Methodius Parish, Sterling Heights, MI


End of my Assignment Associate Pastor of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel, Emmett, Sacred Heart Parish, Yale, and Sacred Heart Mission Brown city.

(10/28/2007): C, 30th Sunday of Ordinary Time, Why Repent?

(10/21/2007): C, 29th Sunday of Ordinary Time, The Amalekite War and the Spiritual War

(10/14/2007): C, 28th Sunday of Ordinary Time, Gratitude and Spiritual Perfection

(10/07/2007): C, 27th Sunday of Ordinary Time, Refutation and Application: Sola Fides, Sola Scriptura

(09/30/2007): C, 26th Sunday of Ordinary Time, It’s About Eschatology, not Social Action

(09/23/2007): C, 25th Sunday of Ordinary Time, The Use of the Mammon of Iniquity

(09/16/2007): C, 24th Sunday of Ordinary Time, Refutation of Excuses of Those who Don’t Come to Confession

(09/09/2007): C, 23rd Sunday of Ordinary Time, The Suffering of Abandonment

(09/02/2007): C, 22nd Sunday of Ordinary Time, Jesus the Teacher of Humility

(08/25/2007): C, 21st Sunday of Ordinary Time, No, not Everyone Will Get To Heaven… will you?

(08/19/2007): C, 20th Sunday of Ordinary Time, The Cause of Division

(08/15/2007): C, Solemnity of the Assumption, Entrust your Entire Salvation to the Blessed Virgin Mary

(08/12/2007): C, 19th Sunday of Ordinary Time, Readiness

(08/05/2007): C, 18th Sunday of Ordinary Time, Spiritual Planning 101

(07/29/2007): C, 17th Sunday of Ordinary Time, The Failure of Abraham’s Prayer for Sodom

(07/22/2007): C, 16th Sunday of Ordinary Time, Subsistence and the One, Catholic Church

(07/16/2007): C, Monday, Our Lady of Mt. Carmel; The Scapular, and the Titular Feast of our Parish

(07/15/2007): C, 15th Sunday of Ordinary Time, The Measure of Divine Love

(07/08/2007): C, 14th Sunday of Ordinary Time, (07/01/2007): C, 13th Sunday of Ordinary Time, and (07/15/2007): C, 15th Sunday of Ordinary Time; First Homily at New Cluster of Parishes in Northern St. Clair County

Beginning of life as Associate Pastor of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel, Emmett, Sacred Heart Parish, Yale, and Sacred Heart Mission Brown city.


End of my Assignment as Associate Pastor of Sweetest Heart of Mary, St. Joseph and St. Josaphat, Detroit

(06/24/2007): C, 12th Sunday of Ordinary Time
    English Homily: My Time among You Has Come to an End
    German Homily: Meine Zeit mit Ihnen nähert sich dem Ende

(06/17/2007): C, 11th Sunday of Ordinary Time, Regarding Hope for Sinners

(05/20/2007): C, Ascension, The Two Comings and His Remaining in the Eucharist

(05/13/2007): C, 6th Sunday of Easter, Mother of Mercy

(05/06/2007): C, 5th Sunday of Easter, Heaven Consists Chiefly in Seeing God Face to Face

(04/29/2007): C, 4th Sunday of Easter, The Immorality of Homosexual Acts

(04/22/2007): C, 3rd Sunday of Easter, The Lamb, the Bread and the Eucharist

(04/15/2007): C, 2nd Sunday of Easter, Divine Mercy Sunday: O Soul Trust Your God, the Victor over Death and Sin

(04/14/2007): Wedding, The Sign of Marriage

(Sacred Triduum 2007)
   Good Friday
   Easter Vigil Mass with Baptism
   Easter Sunday Mass
      Auf Deutch (In German)
   Announcement on new pastoral assignment

(04/01/2007): C, Palm Sunday
    1st: The Entrance of the King to Jerusalem: David and Jesus
    2nd: The Freedom of Jesus Christ

(03/25/2007): C, 5th Sunday of Lent
   English Homily: Life and Death of Body and Soul
   German Homily: Das Leben und das Sterben des Leibes und der Seele

(03/18/2007): C, 4th Sunday of Lent: The Man Born Blind (Jn 9): Example of Steps in the Spiritual Life

(03/11/2007): C, 3rd Sunday of Lent: Sin, Its Punishments, and Its Remedies

(03/4/2007): C, 2nd Sunday of Lent: Pure Faith in the Church

(02/25/2007): C, 1st Sunday of Lent
   English Homily: Lent and the Sacrament of Confession
   German Homily: Fastenzeit und Beichte

(02/18/2007): C, 7th Sunday of Ordinary Time: Grace and Free Will

(02/11/2007): C, 6th Sunday of Ordinary Time: Use the Superior Motivations to Really Strengthen your Will

(02/04/2007): C, 5th Sunday of Ordinary Time: We Owe God both Awe and Love

(01/28/2007): C, 4th Sunday of Ordinary Time:
    English Homily: The Hymn of Love as a Meditation on Death
    German Homily: Die Lied der Liebe, eine Meditation auf dem Tode

(01/21/2007) C, 3rd Sunday of Ordinary Time: The Encounter with Christ; Preface on Roe v. Wade and Abortion

(01/14/2007) C, 2nd Sunday of Ordinary Time: Cana and the New Creation

(01/07/2007) C, Epiphany: Herod and Abortion

(12/31/2007) C, 1st Sunday after Christmas: The Family: The Battle of Our Day

(12/25/2006) C, Christmas, Mass During the Day:
    English Homily: Meditation on the "Word" (English)
    German Homily: "Wort" und Jesus Christus (Deutsch)

(12/24/2006) C, 4th Sunday of Advent

(12/17/2006) C, 3rd Sunday of Advent, Conversion During Advent

(12/10/2006) C, 2nd Sunday of Advent: The Purification Required for Holiness

(12/03/2006) C, 1st Sunday of Advent: How to Prepare for Christmas


Fr. Paul Ward
Diocesan Priest of the Archdiocese of Detroit
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