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Homily for the Funeral of my Maternal Grandfather, Stanley Charles Musholt

Obituary  Grandpa always teased me about we Diocesan priests who preach too long…well sorry Grandpa, that you have to sit through one more, but I can’t miss this opportunity knowing that you’re a captive audience. “But the souls of the just are in the hand of God, and no torment shall touch them. They seemed,Continue reading “Homily for the Funeral of my Maternal Grandfather, Stanley Charles Musholt”

Homily for the 75th Anniversary of the Foundation of the Passionist Nuns in the Diocese of Owensboro

Intimacy with God. That’s why God sent His Son out of love into the world. Because God desires to be intimately involved in the life of His people. Where Adam and Eve once walked with God in the garden, God now walks again through His creation in the person of His Son. In the faith of His people. It’s no secret that God desires intimacy with His creation. He takes delight in it. He sees in it the good that creation fails to recognize within itself. And it’s no secret then that he desires to woo man’s heart to Himself and thus uses all of creation to reach out, calling and inviting his beloved children to come home.

Homily for the Rite of Christian Burial of my Grandmother – Wilma Esther Bruns

My Grandmother, Wilma Esther (Richards) Bruns passed away on Sunday, January 3rd, 2021. Her Obituary can be found by clicking here. It is an honor to be able to preside and preach at her funeral this morning. My homily can be found below. Please join me in praying for the repose of her soul andContinue reading “Homily for the Rite of Christian Burial of my Grandmother – Wilma Esther Bruns”