Sermons by Fr. John Esper


Homily, January 7, 2024

Homily, January 7, 2024

Speaker: | January 06, 2024

EpiphanyoftheLordB24 What drew the Three Wise Men to be such ardent seekers? On the one hand, these travelers express the universal longing that all human beings have for God. Conscious or not, intentionally religious, or...


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Homily, Christmas 2023

Homily, Christmas 2023

Speaker: | December 24, 2023

From The Pastor Seeking and savoring. We seek and long for things we feel we need and want, perceiving we do not have them. Savoring is realizing and treasuring what we have longed for with...


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Homily, December 17, 2023

Homily, December 17, 2023

Speaker: | December 16, 2023

From The Pastor We are so blest to be people of faith. Faith is God’s gift that the believer accepts and allows to grow. Faith is intended for all who seek the way and the...


Homily, December 10, 2023

Homily, December 10, 2023

Speaker: | December 09, 2023

From The Pastor Forty has long been an active biblical number that conveys both linear time and spiritual seasons. After liberation from slavery in Egypt, the Israelites traveled forty years in the desert seeking the...


Homily, December 3, 2023

Homily, December 3, 2023

Speaker: | December 02, 2023

From The Pastor Advent is a season of hope, built on faith, with a lively anticipation of joy and renewed strength. Hope is the theological virtue that lives in communion with faith and love. Hope...


Homily, November 26, 2023

Homily, November 26, 2023

Speaker: | November 22, 2023

From The Pastor Jesus is not a small Savior. Those who create war and violence, suffering and oppression for the sake of power must think Jesus is small and impotent. Rulers and the power mongers...


Homily, November 19, 2023

Homily, November 19, 2023

Speaker: | November 19, 2023

From The Pastor The Kingdom of God is often misunderstood as something we will experience in heaven. This is not the case. The Kingdom of God is the work Jesus began through the Incarnation. In...


Reflection, November 12, 2023

Reflection, November 12, 2023

Speaker: | November 10, 2023

From The Pastor The goal of the Christian life is union with God. Ultimately, that goal is fulfilled in the glory of heaven. However, to attain this fulfillment of Divine glory, our union with God...


Homily, October 29, 2023

Homily, October 29, 2023

Speaker: | October 29, 2023

From The Pastor The greater causes of human unhappiness, separation, division, and wars are most often caused by competition for power and control. Why is that? How is it that, in the larger view of...